Copyright - Austral Images is operated by Australdata which is owned by Michael Hessenthaler, being the photographer and copyright holder of all photographs displayed on this website.
Copyright and all rights are reserved, but you are granted unrestricted free use of any photographs on this website in dimensions that do not exceed 800 pixels high or wide. No larger images are displayed on this site.
Photographs purchased on this site are subject to a licence. Purchase grants a licence to use such high resolution images as specified under the following heading. Granting of a licence does not extinguish or relinquish copyright which remains with Michael Hessenthaler.
Terms of Use - Any photographic image seen on this website has a maximum resolution of 800 pixels high or wide. Any such images are available for you to download free and use as you wish, without any restrictions being imposed on you notwithstanding copyright which remains with the owner.
When you purchase any images from this website you are granted a licence. High resolution photographs purchased from us are not hosted on this server and will instead be supplied to purchasers via a download link to another server. The purchase fee is deemed to be a royalty, or license fee you have paid the owner. The licence grants you free and unrestricted use of the image WITH THE EXCEPTION that you may not claim you have copyright or that you have taken the photograph.
Exclusive Licence - Purchasing a licence for any high resolution photograph does not grant you exclusive use, meaning the same photograph may be sold as many times as we wish.
If you want exclusive use of a high-resolution photograph then you need to contact us to discuss your intended use and negotiate licence fee based on exclusive usage rights. Please see the Royalty Free information.
Guarantee - We do not make any promise or hold out any guarantee with respect of the quality, format, suitability, value or subject of any of the photographic images offered and available on our website.
Refunds - We will refund you your money in full if you have requested us, by email or phone, to give you a refund BEFORE we have sent you the download link for your purchase. Once a download link has been supplied to you, no refunds will be issued.