DAYDREAM Island business owner Anthony Nobilia was perfectly happy as the director of photography business Island Photos Pty Ltd, but after not being able to get back to work following Cyclone Debbie, he's afraid he's been left to slip through the cracks.

Mr Nobilia began with Island Photos seven years ago but his business has come to an abrupt halt after Daydream Island announced they would be closing until June 2018.

After applying for a number of cyclone-related government grants and loans to help the business recover, Mr Nobilia realised there was nothing available to him.

"We don't fit one particular part of criteria for the $25,000 grant... we didn't get it simply because we are not repairing, there is no physical damage (to the store). However we are re-visiting that because some of our equipment now doesn't work,” he said.

He was also unsuccessful with the $100,000 discounted rate loan to re-establish a business on the mainland.

Mr Nobilia said he understood there were set rules for the grants and loans, but he believed there should be some support available to people who had their businesses affected by the cyclone.

"I'm hoping to highlight our predicament so that the government understands... and possibly comes out with a grant that does help people in our situation,” he said.

"The government was claiming to be there and helping all these people - but they weren't there for us at all.”

Without a clear answer on whether he'll be operate on Daydream Island again, Mr Nobilia said he was still hopeful of a positive outcome.

Mr Nobilia said Whitsunday councillor Ron Petterson had been a big help investigating grants.