Are these the best views of Australia?

Three winners of Tourism Australia’s photo competition, Australia From Above, have been unveiled, and boy are they pretty sights to behold!

The winners were chosen from 6,448 aerial photo of Australia submitted, with the comp showing off new, creative perspectives of landscapes around the country.

Tourism Australia’s Chief Marketing Officer Lisa Ronson, who was also one of the competition judges, said she’d been blown away by the quantity and the quality of entries.

“There are some amazingly talented photographers out there who are using drone technology to capture some breath-taking images of Australia,” she said.

“Drone-facilitated photography as well as other new technologies such as Virtual reality and 360 are enabling us to tell our story in ways which were just not possible a few years ago.

“It’s very exciting for our industry and will, I’m sure, provide inspiration to many Australian tourism operators as they look at new and engaging ways to promote their businesses.

The competition was run by SkyPixel, the world’s most popular aerial photography community, and co-sponsored by Tourism Australia and drone manufacturer DJI.

“The amazing work from participants really shows the growing interest around this new photographic artform and the potential of aerial technology” said Danny Zheng, DJI Vice President of Marketing.

“We were thrilled to see so many quality entries, from local photographers as well as those outside the country who captured Australia’s extraordinary beauty in an entirely new way.”

Check out the fab winners here:

Third Prize

yantastic, Rigby Island, Lakes Entrance, VIC

Yantastic | Peter Yan
Rigby Island in Lakes Entrance, Victoria

Judges said, “The vivid turquoise and sculptural shapes are astounding; it seems almost abstract, then all the lines drive your view to the almost invisible boat leaving a broad wake.”