http://www.facebook.com/visitcaliforniaAU?sk=app_257250147660888
It's a land where rebel chefs are constantly rewriting the culinary rules and Korean street tacos can earn serious gourmet street cred. It’s where you’ll drive down a tree-lined lane to a winery in a grand chateau or a family-run vineyard where the guy pouring in the tasting room is a world-class winemaker. There are endless ways to taste, sip, savour and enjoy California!
Here’s your chance to taste test your way around
California on the ultimate culinary adventure.
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1. Information on how to enter and prizes form part of these Terms and Conditions. Participation in this promotion is deemed acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.
2. Promotion commences on 31/10/1011 and finalentries close 11:59pm AEDST on 04/12/2011(“Promotional Period”).
3. Entry is only open to Australian residents aged 21 years of over. Employees (and their immediate families) of the Promoter and agencies associated with this promotion are ineligible to enter. Immediate family means any of the following: spouse, ex-spouse, de-facto spouse, child or step-child (whether natural or by adoption), parent, step-parent, grandparent, step-grandparent, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, brother, sister, step-brother, step-sister or 1st cousin.
4. Individuals can enter through the “Taste California” application on the Facebook Platform. This is located on the “Taste California” tab on the California Australia Facebook Page on Facebook (
www.facebook.com/visitcaliforniaAU). Individuals must “Like” the California Australia Facebook Page and agree to allow the “Taste California” application before proceeding to submit an entry.
5. To submit an entry, entrants must then answer the question in 25 words or less ‘what foodie experience you are most excited to try in California and why’ using the “Taste California” application by 11:59pm AEDST on 04/12/2011.
6. Entry and continued participation in the promotion is dependent on entrants following and acting in accordance with the Facebook Statement of Rights and Responsibilities, which can be viewed at
www.facebook.com/terms.php7. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook. Entrants understand that they are providing their information to the Promoter and not Facebook. The information they provide will only be used for the purposes as set out in these Terms and Conditions. Any questions, comments or complaints should be directed to the Promoter and not Facebook.
8. The Promoter reserves the right, at any time, to verify the validity of entries and entrants (including an entrant’s identity, age and place of residence) and to disqualify any entrant who submits an entry that is not in accordance with these Terms and Conditions or who tampers with the entry process. Errors and omissions will be accepted at the Promoter's discretion. Failure by the Promoter to enforce any of its rights at any stage does not constitute a waiver of those rights.
9. Incomplete, indecipherable or illegible entries will be deemed invalid.
10. There are five (5) weekly rounds for this promotion (“Rounds”). Entries close for each Round at 11:59pm AEDST on the dates in the table blow.
RoundClose dateJudging dates
106/11/201107/11/2011
213/11/201114/11/2011
320/11/201121/11/2011
427/11/201128/11/2011
503/12/201104/12/2011
11. The judging will take place at Gate 7, 32 Crown Street, Woolloomooloo NSW 2011 on the dates specified in the above table. The winners will be notified by email. This is a game of skill and chance plays no part in determining the winners. Each entry will be individually judged based on the literary and creative merit to the answer provided to the question. Entries in each Round will NOT be entered into any subsequent Rounds. The Promoter’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
12. The five (5) best valid entries in each Round, as determined by the judges, will each win a Pre-Paid Visa card valued at $100.
13. The Promoter will then judge the twenty five (25) winning entries from all Rounds in a final round (“Final Round”) on 04/12/2011 at the same location stipulated in clause 12 above to determine the winner of the major prize. The best valid entry in the Final Round, as determined by the judges, will win the major prize. The major prize is a trip for two (2) adults to California, USA for seven (7) nights valued at up to AUD$8,200. The major prize includes:
return economy class airfares from the winner’s nearest capital city to San Francisco, USA;
four (4) nights accommodation at Larkspur Union Square Hotel, San Francisco, USA;
private airport transfer to Larkspur Union Square Hotel;
breakfast daily in San Francisco;
a culinary tour which includes: one half day city orientation tour; a Chinatown dinner and night tour; a farmers market and Ferry terminal tour; and a Napa gourmet day tour;
two (2) x San Francisco City passes;
a one day Hop on Hop off Trolley Pass;
bay cruise;
Lunch or Dinner for 2 at Chez Panisse (provided in the form of a $250 voucher);
transfers to Sonoma;
two (2) nights accommodation at Macarthur Place Inn & Spa, Sonoma, USA;
breakfast daily in Sonoma;
a cooking class in Sonoma for 2 people. Actual class will be subject to availability at the time of travel;
an evening of cheese and wine at the hotel ‘Macarthure Place Inn;
a 50 minute massage per person;
transfers to Mendocino County
one (1) night accommodation in Mendecino County, USA;
breakfast daily;
food and wine activities. Activities to be determined in the Promoters absolute discretion and will be dependent on activities available at the time of travel; and
transfers from Mendecino County, USA to San Francisco Airport 14 .Spending money, additional meals, taxes (excluding airline and airport taxes), insurance, passports, visas, vaccinations, transport to and from departure point, additional transfers, items of a personal nature, in-room charges and all other ancillary costs are not included. Prize must be taken by 30/11/2012 and is subject to booking and flight availability. Prize cannot be taken during Australian school holidays, public holidays or other peak periods. Frequent flyer points will not form part of the prize. Prize is subject to the standard terms and conditions of individual prize and service providers. The winner may be required to present their credit card at time of accommodation check in.15. As a condition of accepting the major prize, the major prize winner (and his/her/their companion) must sign any legal documentation as and in the form required by the Promoter and/or prize suppliers in their absolute discretion, including but not limited to a legal release and indemnity form.
16. The dinners, tours and activities included in the major prize are subject to each venue’s terms and conditions, including any applicable age restriction. The Promoter and organisers hereby expressly reserve the right to eject the major prize winner (and/or his/her companion) for any inappropriate behaviour, including but not limited to intoxication, whilst participating in any element of the major prize.
17. Any ancillary costs associated with redeeming the Pre-Paid Visa card are not included. Any unused balance of the Pre-Paid Visa card will not be awarded as cash. Redemption of the Pre-Paid Visa card is subject to any terms and conditions of the issuer including those specified on the Pre-Paid Visa card.
18. If for any reason a winner does not redeem the prize by the time stipulated by the Promoter, then the prize will be forfeited.
19. If any prize (or part of any prize) is unavailable, the Promoter, in its discretion, reserves the right to substitute the prize (or part of any prize) with a prize to the equal value and/or specification.
20. Total prize pool value is $10,200. Prizes, or any unused portion of a prize, are not transferable or exchangeable and cannot be taken as cash.
21. All entries submitted become the property of the Promoter. Entries will not be returned to any entrant. As a condition of entering into this promotion, each entrant agrees to assign all of their rights, title and interest (including copyright) in and to their entry to the Promoter. Each entrant warrants to the Promoter that each entry submitted is an original literary work of the entrant that does not infringe the rights of any third party. The entrant agrees to indemnify the Promoter against all costs and claims by third parties arising from a breach of this warranty. Entrants consent to any use of their entry which may otherwise infringe their moral rights pursuant to the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth).
22. Entrants consent to the Promoter using the entrant's name, likeness, image and/or voice in the event they are a winner (including photograph, film and/or recording of the same) in any media for an unlimited period without remuneration for the purpose of promoting this competition (including any outcome), and promoting any products manufactured, distributed and/or supplied by the Promoter.
23. If this promotion is interfered with in any way or is not capable of being conducted as reasonably anticipated due to any reason beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter, including but not limited to technical difficulties, unauthorised intervention or fraud, the Promoter reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to the fullest extent permitted by law: (a) to disqualify any entrant; or (b) to modify, suspend, terminate or cancel the promotion, as appropriate.
24. Any cost associated with accessing the promotional website is the entrant’s responsibility and is dependent on the Internet service provider used.
25. 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, 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.
26. 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, unauthorized 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.
27. The Promoter collects personal information in order to conduct the promotion and may, for this purpose, disclose such information to third parties, including but not limited to agents, contractors, service providers, and prize suppliers. Entry is conditional on providing this information. The Promoter may, for an indefinite period, unless otherwise advised, use the information for promotional, marketing, publicity, research and profiling purposes, including sending electronic messages or telephoning the entrant. Entrants should direct any request to access, update or correct information to the Promoter. All entries become the property of the Promoter.
28. The Promoter encourages consumers to enjoy responsibly. Legal aged consumers are advised to consider the safe drinking levels recommended in the National Health & Medical Research Council Australian Alcohol Guidelines that are available at
www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications/synopses/ds10syn.htm.
29. The laws of Australia apply to this promotion to the exclusion of any other law. Entrants submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Australia.
30. The Promoter is Gate 7 Pty Ltd Pty Ltd (ABN 13 082 107 088) of 32 Crown Street Woolloomooloo NSW 2011.
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