jQuery.preloadImages = function()
{
  for(var i = 0; i<arguments.length; i++)
  {
    jQuery("<img>").attr("src", arguments[i]);
  }
}

$.preloadImages("/images/orange.beach/001.jpg", "/images/orange.beach/002.jpg", "/images/orange.beach/003.jpg","/images/orange.beach/003.jpg");