What. A. Week. 🏝⛵️💙 Can’t say how special it was, after so many years of working alongside Hamilton Island Race Week in my capacity as media, to work for Hamilton Island and run the content/media centre and operations, and manage the sailing content for HIRW... it was an amazing privilege. The legacy of the Oatley’s in sailing cannot be denied, and to have the event back, in full force, and to celebrate that with the whole island as well as the sailors, provided one of the best reunion events since “you know what”! A massive thank you to the whole HI marketing and events teams for their trust in me! It was so great to be a part of your team, both in and out of the office, and on and off the water (and dance floor when we made it there ;) ). You are all incredible, thank you x @fstillwell @courtsbaz @caroline.gair.9 @aidamerdovic @deanmarchini and Carissa, Fraser, Kelsey and more 🫶🏻 A big thanks to our photographers and videographers, and other media for sharing their creativity, and vision of the event so that as media, we could share the amazing stories from the Island with the world with varied perspectives and elements of the event in focus (a few pics of the team post Media Drinks and at presentation minus a few @wendellt and @kenbutti) x Shout-out to the volunteers, last picture...! You all know how much I love you 🫶🏻 THANK YOU to Hamilton Island Wild Oats XI for taking me sailing once again as part of HIRW. It’s become a bit of a tradition, and my goodness it makes you remember why it is so important to do what we do when you actually get to hit the water x Thank you for having me ❤️⛵️❤️ Andrew, you are a legend, and by far the best partner, at work and at home I could ask for x To all the sailors, and adventurers, I promise there is more to come. While I was making sure HIRW content was next level with the team, Sailor Girl content had to take a back seat, but I promise there are albums & videos to come - stay tuned - @nicdouglass 🙌🏻 @hamiltonislandraceweek #hirw #hamiltonisland #sailing 📷 Images by Craig Greenhill @saltydingomedia who continued to bring it this year, @inbedwith.me - so lovely to have met you, and Kirby Withers x