Secrets of the South Coast

Tommy Salmon

Photographer

Tommy Salmon is one of the rising stars of the 'new guard' of Australian landscape photographers. His imagery is highly emotive and expertly executed.

Tommy is regarded as one of the pre-eminent photographers in the country for the work in his field. He is a recognised member Canon Professional Australia and uses only the best photographic equipment, as anything else wouldn't survive the rugged conditions he is usually faced with.

Tommy is a true artist and has many talents, from singing, songwriting, playing drums and digeridoo.

Tom has a love for the wilderness and the water and is a regular surfer and scuba diver.

Serious stuff

Young Australian of the Year
Lead Photographer of Australia's most widely read 4WD magazine
Graduated first in class from Ultimo School of Photography
Worked with various newspapers, magazines, advertising and commercial clients.
Launched Secrets of The South Coast (2009)

Shaun Whale

Author

Shaun is a passionate journalist with a flair for creative and feature writing. He has worked for a number of publications, the most recent as the Deputy Editor of Australian 4WD Action magazine.

Shaun loves the ocean and the great outdoors and shares an unpretentious admiration for the natural world.

In his free time, and when he's working for that matter, you're likely to find him touring Australia in his 4WD or underwater diving some of his favourite sites along the east coast.

Serious Stuff

Graduated from the University of Technology Sydney and earned a Bachelor of Communications (Journalism).
Received a Bell Award in 2006 for best B2B magazine under 15,000 copies per month (Mortgage Professional Australia)
Placed in the top 3 percent of NSW for a short story submitted for HSC extension II English
Wrote Secrets of the South Coast (2009)
Working currently as Deputy Editor for Australian 4WD Action magazine

Kirsten Nutting

Designer

Kirsten's design work speaks for itself, but here's the girl behind the art!

Her house furniture is all red, black or white and she's a a car nut, and a self confessed workaholic! Her pet rat is called "Chevy-rat-rod."

Until the end of last year she had a boat, 1/2 a burnout car, a Ford Laser pub car, V8 Monaro, 1969 Kingswood and V8 LC Torana in the build. This year is all sensible, and she's reduced the total to just three cars.

Kirsten loves thinking up new business projects including spray tan, VHS to DVD converting, graphic design, photography - making lip balm and sugar scrubs and performing with my singer / keyboardist sister - all on the boil right now!

Serious Stuff

9 Years of Graphic Design Experience
Advanced Diploma of Graphic Design and Advertising - Billy Blue School of Graphic Arts
Graduate Certiﬁcate of Multimedia (with Merit) - University of Newcastle
Designed Secrets of the South Coast (2009)

Leanne McLeod

PR Operations & Sales

Leanne has a proven track record in creating water-tight processes to move small businesses to the top of their field. She was a small business owner for 8 years and successfully made it a market leader before selling it 2007.

From there, Leanne moved into the Publishing sector, where she produced DVDs in conjunction with leading magazine titles.

Passionate about fitness, the sustainable living and the outdoors, Leanne's hobbies are fire twirling, playing piano, running and brewing her own single malt scotch!

Leanne's bubbly and slightly quirky side can't help but brim over when it comes to dealing with both suppliers and customers alike.

Serious stuff

Graduated from University of Technology Sydney - Bachelor of Communications (Media Arts Production)
Top 10% in NSW for 3 Unit Art
'Young Biz' Graduate 2005
Marketing and PR for Secrets of the South Coast (2009)