Yesterday at midnight was the international deadline for those applying to Australia's Queensland Tourism "Best Job in the World" competition. I applied by submitting my video and photo on two occasions, to be told finally that because of massive strain on their system, Queensland Tourism never received my video, thus making me uneligible for the contest. I uploaded my video first on February 17th and again on February 19th after the first error. I know I am not alone with this frustration, as I received an e-mail today saying that over 4,000 people lost their chances when they tried to apply before the February 22nd deadline last night. The competition has served the purpose of getting people around the world interested in Australia, but for the thousands of us who lost out just because of a technical error, this has been truly disappointing. I worked hard to put together a creative, fun video, which I posted on youtube and my blog abbyfeldman.blogspot.com (before I realized that I wouldn't be in the running for most views and highest rated video)... it's a lot better than most of the videos I saw on the site, and in all honesty, I think I would have been perfect for the job. So in the end, I guess it's Tourism Australia who's really missing out.