TERMS AND CONDITIONS
ABOUT THE COMPETITION PRIZE
Win a Festival of Outback Skies competition prize package (valued at over $1,700) by becoming the 2025 festival’s local champion. If you have any friends and family staying at your residence over the festival weekend, and they have purchased tickets to attend the event, you are eligible to enter the competition.
One (1) prize package on offer, which includes:
- 4 return airfares with REX Airlines from Hughenden to Townsville (valid until 31 December 2025)
- 2 x 3-day Festival of Outback Skies passes for 2-4 May 2025
- $50 in drink vouchers to be used at Festival of Outback Skies from 2-4 May 2025
- Free entry for your guests into the Flinders Discovery Centre.
GENERAL
Information on how to enter and prizes form part of the Terms and Conditions. Entry into this competition is deemed acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.
To the extent of any inconsistency between these Terms and Conditions and any other reference to this competition, these Terms and Conditions will prevail.
WHO CAN ENTER
Entry is open to adults aged 18 years or older (‘Eligible Entrants’).
Flinders Shire Council‘s Community Services staff, Executive Leadership Team, Councillors and their immediate families are not eligible to enter this competition.
Immediate family means any of the following: spouse, ex-spouse, defacto spouse, child or stepchild (whether natural or by adoption), parent, step parent, grandparent, step grandparent, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, brother, sister, step brother, step sister or first cousin. The Promoter is Flinders Shire Council (Aust) 34 Gray St, Hughenden QLD 4821 (‘Promoter’).D
HOW TO ENTER
Eligible Entrants may enter this competition by completing the entry form.
The competition commences Monday 20 January 2025 at 9am AEST and will close on Sunday 6 April 2025 at 11.59pm (Local time) (‘Promotional Period’).
Entry form will request the names of each person attending the festival that will be accommodated at the entrants’ residence. Each name included within the entry will be one (1) entry into the competition. The winning entry will be drawn at random and verified through ticket sales system.
The Promoter’s decision in relation to any aspect of the competition will be final and binding on every person who enters. No correspondence will be entered into.
The Promoter is entitled to use any of the entries submitted in any manner and for any purpose at its absolute discretion, including promotional, marketing and publicity purposes without any further reference or payment or other compensation to the entrant. The Promoter is entitled to amend, edit, select, crop, retouch, add to or delete from any part of the submitted entry.
The Entrant warrants to the Promoter the entry submitted is an original work of the Entrant that does not infringe the rights of any third parties. If the entry or any part of the information provided to the Entrant in relation to the entry was provided by a third party, the Entrant warrants they have obtained the relevant copyright permission to submit the entry for the purposes of this promotion. The entrant agrees to indemnify the Promoter against all claims and costs by third parties arising from a breach of the warranty set out in this condition.
The winner will be selected at random from all entries received throughout the competition period and one (1) Prize Winner will be notified by Flinders Shire Council (Aust) Pty Ltd, 34 Gray St, Hughenden QLD 4821 on Wednesday 9 April 2025 at 10.00am AEST.
The Promoter may select an additional entry to be used as a replacement winner in the event that the initial entrant chosen as winner cannot satisfy these Terms and Conditions.
The Prize Winner will be notified by phone call and email within 24 hours of drawing. If the winner cannot be contacted or does not claim the prize within 48 hours of notification, we reserve the right to withdraw the prize from the winner and choose a replacement winner.
One entry per visitor staying with the entrant is permitted.
THE PRIZE AND VALUE:
- 4 return airfares with REX Airlines from Hughenden to Townsville valued at $1,272.00
- 2 x 3-day Festival of Outback Skies passes for 2-4 May 2025 valued at $400.00 (passes already purchased can be refunded)
- 2 x $25 drink voucher valued at $50.00
- Free entry into the Flinders Discovery Centre for your visitors (2 people), valued at $40.
Total prize value $1,762.00
FURTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS
The Promoter reserves the right to amend these Terms and Conditions if this competition cannot be run as originally planned. The Promoter may also cancel or suspend this competition if an event beyond the control of the Promoter corrupts or affect the administration security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this competition. The Promoter will disqualify any individual who has tampered with the entry process or any other aspect of this competition.
The Promoter and their associated agencies and companies will not be liable or responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, technical problems of the phone or of any phone network, or any misadventure, accident, injury, loss (including but not limited to consequential loss) or claim that may occur; as a consequence of late, lost or misdirected mail, email SMS or phone call; due to the broadcast of any program relating to the competition or the publication of any material, including any statements made by any compere, staff member, journalist, other entrants or any other person; any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer software or phone; or any combination thereof, related to or resulting from participation or sending or receiving of any communication or of any materials in this competition.
The Promoter reserves the right to request that the winners sign a winner’s deed of release or any other relevant forms or agreements that the Promoter deems necessary, to provide proof of identity, proof of age, proof of residency at the nominated prize delivery address and/or proof of entry validity (including phone bill) in order to claim a prize. Proof of identification, residency, age and entry considered suitable for verification is at the discretion of the Promoter. In the event that a winner cannot provide suitable proof, the winner will forfeit the prize in whole and no substitute will be offered.
No responsibility is accepted for late, lost or misdirected entries.
COPYRIGHT, PRIVACY, STATUTORY GUARANTEES, WAIVER AND LIABILITY
Nothing in these Terms and Conditions limit, exclude or modify or purports to limit, exclude or modify the statutory consumer guarantees as provided under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), as well as any other implied warranties under the ASIC Act or similar consumer protection laws in the State and Territories of Australia (“Non-Excludable Guarantees”). Except for any liability that cannot by law be excluded, including the Non-Excludable Guarantees, the Promoter (including its respective officers, employees and agents) excludes all liability (including negligence), for any personal injury; or any loss or damage (including loss of opportunity); whether direct, indirect, special or consequential, arising in any way out of the promotion.
Except for any liability that cannot by law be excluded, including the Non-Excludable Guarantees, the Promoter (including its respective officers, employees and agents) is not responsible for and excludes all liability (including negligence), for any personal injury; or any loss or damage (including loss of opportunity); whether direct, indirect, special or consequential, arising in any way out of: (a) any technical difficulties or equipment malfunction (whether or not under the Promoter’s control); (b) any theft, unauthorised access or third party interference; (c) any entry or prize claim that is late, lost, altered, damaged or misdirected (whether or not after their receipt by the Promoter) due to any reason beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter; (d) any variation in prize value to that stated in these Terms and Conditions; (e) any tax liability incurred by a winner or Entrant; or (f) use of a prize.
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