Thanks must go to Ben Pickles for loaning me his Mic & Thing-a-ma-jig for this project, I greatly appreciate it!

For those non Australians, who have no idea about the reference to Valvoline here is a real ad for Valvoline with John Laws passing the torch to Ricky Ponting, and then check out one of the many many spoofs fast forward did of John Laws many moons ago.

Getty images (worlds largest stock photo agency) partnered up with Flickr a couple months back and said they had been jointly working on a project in which to allow photographers to monetize their digital assets.

What's this got to do with the Whitsunday's you may ask? Well they have requested that I join their newly formed beta program (a handful of select photographers from flickr), in this small request they've asked if they can license some of my photos, of which one or two were photographed in the Whitsunday Islands.

I am still yet to decide whether or not I will partake in their program, but it is flattering to know that they like my work, and that they need some whitsunday stock!

Never mind the 16mm lens distortion, my head doesn't actually look like that in real life... was just trying to get everything in the shot.

So the editing practice is coming along in final cut pro and livetype. There's lots to learn but I'm eager to put something great together for my application.

Every year since my parents have owned (2001) their place on Shute Haven point I have without fail spent time in the Whitsundays.

Whether it was a weekend getaway to de-stress over uni exams or a full on three week relax-a-thon I've always managed to drum up some new business for the Whitsundays operators.

Every year without fail I organise a trip for family and friends to the great islands, at first it began with a road trip, with 10 friends taking shifts behind the wheel, the 2000 km journey become very much attainable. With age, came maturity and the desire to cover greater distances in less time, plainly to maximize relaxation potential.

Since it's conception many years ago we've had friends from the USA, United Kingdom, Israel, Italy, New Zealand and of course many New South Welshman to fill our spare beds. I'd say in the last eight years there's probably been close to 60 individuals tasting the delights of the turquoise views.

Right in the middle of my uni degree I decided to take some time off and utilize my parents holiday house in shute harbour. What is an incredibly modest house is situated on the end of shute haven point and what really makes the house stand out is it's incredibly gorgeous panoramic views of all the islands.

With this as my base I started work on Daydream Island as the resort photographer, my daily duties involved documenting the guests in their various leisure activities... 99% time this was them drinking cocktails at the pool bar. But some exerted themselves to play the odd round of putt putt and for the truly enthusiastic... parasailing.

What really differentiates working in the Whitsunday's to say any other location, is the commute. Being forced to catch the ferry every morning and evening had two fantastic advantages, the early morning rise allowed me to catch the most beautiful sunrise in the world,

While the afternoon journey home would further afford me a better opportunity to get to know the guests and other employees in the most relaxed and scenic setting one could ask for.