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Prize Details

Win the ultimate trip for you and three mates to the XXXX Island and live the Good Life! Spending three nights on XXXX Island (located on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia), enjoy idyllic beaches, long glorious sunny days and endless opportunities for you and your mates to relax.
 
Prize includes:
 •Return economy flights for four adults from nearest capital city to Rockhampton Airport.
•Transfers from Rockhampton airport to and from XXXX Island
•3 nights accommodation
•Selected food and beverages will be provided*
•Fun activities such as snorkelling, rod fishing, kayaking, canoeing and beach games*
 Contest Instructions


To enter, simply fill in your full details and tell us in 25-words or less what will you be doing on the XXXX Island?
 Prize Eligibility Only persons residing in Australia who are at least 18 years of age can enter. Contest Starts June 28, 2012 @ 07:30 pm (EST) Contest Ends July 13, 2012 @ 11:59 am (EST) Need more Details?

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XXXX is a Seven Media Group client. Visit www.bhg.com.au for full terms & conditions. Entrants must be 18+. Competition commences on 28/6/12 at 19:30 AEST and closes on 13/7/12 at 11:59 AEST. The winner will be judged at the Promoter’s premises on 20/7/12 at 11:00 AEST. Total prize value is up to $10,000, as at 7/6/12. The winner will be notified by mail and their name will be published online at www.bhg.com.au on 20/7/12. Winner must accept their prize by 20/10/12. Travel must be taken between 06/12/12 to 16/12/12 OR 07/03/13 to 31/03/13. *Activities available on the Island are subject to weather and management discretion. Selected food and beverages will be provided at Lion Nathan’s discretion, including unlimited water.



Terms and Conditions (Skill Based Competition)
 WIN A TRIP TO XXXX ISLAND!
 
General
 1. Information on how to enter and prizes form part of the Terms and Conditions. Entry into this competition deems acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.
2. To the extent of any inconsistency between these Terms and Conditions and any other reference to this competition, these Terms and Conditions prevail.
3. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. You are providing your information to the Promoter and not to Facebook.
 
Who can enter
 4. Entry is open to all residents of Australia 18 years of age or older, except employees and immediate families of the Promoter, associated companies and agencies and participating outlets including but not limited to Lion – Beer, Spirits & Wine Pty Ltd (ABN 13 008 596 370) (“Prize Provider”) and Octagon Australia Pty Ltd(ABN 31 006 222 233). Immediate family means any of the following: spouse, ex-spouse, defacto 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. The Promoter is Pacific Magazines Pty Ltd, 8 Central Ave, Eveleigh NSW 2015 (ABN 16 097 410 896).
5. Entrants may enter only once and only one prize will be awarded per person.
 6. Entrants into this competition must be 18 years of age or older as at the date of entry.
 
How to enter
 7. Limit applies to one entry per person, by telling us in 25-words-or-less, what will you be doing on the XXXX Island.
• Visit www.facebook.com/betterhomesandgardenson7, click the Win a trip to XXXX Island tab, complete the required registration form and answer the 25-words-or-less question.
 8. Entries must include all requested contact details and a 25-words-or-less answer to be eligible to win. Each entry must be unique and received by the Promoter prior to the competition close date and time.
 
When to enter
 9. The competition commences on 29/06/12 at 00:01 AEST and closes on 13/07/12 at 11:59 AEST. The winner will be the best valid entry as judged by the judging panel, having regard to skill, creativity and originality, at the Promoter’s premises on 20/07/12 at 11:00 AEST. The Promoter may select additional entries to be used as replacements in the event that the first entrant chosen as a winner cannot satisfy these Terms and Conditions or take a prize.
10. The winner will be notified by mail and their names will be published online at www.bhg.com.au on 20/07/12.
 11. Winner must accept their prize by 20/10/12. Travel must be taken between 06/12/12 to 16/12/12 OR 07/03/13 to 31/03/13.
 
Prize on offer
 12. Total prize value is (up to) $10,000, as at 07/06/12. 1 winner will receive:
a. A trip for the winner and three (3) guests who are Australian residents and aged 18 years or over to XXXX Island located on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. The trip includes return economy class airfares for four (4) adults from the winner’s nearest Australian capital city to Rockhampton Airport, including airline and airport taxes, transfers from Rockhampton Airport to and from XXXX Island and three (3) nights 3 star (or equivalent) accommodation.
 b. Winner and guests must travel together.
c. Accommodation may consist of a mix of single, double and/or dormitory-style rooms and semi-permanent tents with a mix of ensuite and communal bathrooms, and will be allocated at the discretion of the Promoter. Selected food and beverages will be provided at the Promoter’s discretion, including unlimited water.
d. Activities available on the Island are subject to weather and management discretion, and may include (but are not limited to) snorkelling, rod fishing, kayaking, canoeing and beach games. Participation in any activities will require the completion of an indemnity form and are taken at the risk of the individual. The Promoter may amend or substitute available activities in its absolute discretion.
e. Major prize value is up to RRP$10,000 (depending on point of departure). All other ancillary costs, including but not limited to taxes (excluding GST), fuel, meals and beverages (unless specified), transfers (unless specified), activities (unless specified), insurance, incidentals and any and all other expenses are the responsibility of the winner. It is a condition of accepting the Major prize that the winner and their guests arrange at their own expense valid travel insurance with the highest available coverage for their period of travel. The Prize is a single event trip for the winner and their guests and cannot be separated into separate trips or components.
 13. Flight portion of the prize(s) not available to the winner if they reside in the same state of the prize event. Prize winner/s that reside in Queensland are solely responsible for their transport to Rockhampton for the prize event.
 14. Winner/s and their guests must be Australian residents and aged 18 years and over. Winner/s will be allocated a travel window during the period 06/12/12 to 16/12/12 and 07/03/13 to 31/03/13 (“Travel Window”), in which they will be required to nominate a weekend on which they and their guests would like to take their trip to XXXX Island. Within 7 days of being notified that they are a winner, winner/s will receive an email confirming their Travel Window, and the period in which they will be able to access the Promoter’s online booking system to nominate a weekend (“Booking Period”). Winner/s will also be advised of other information and documents they will need to provide to the Promoter during the Booking Period to complete their booking. A further email will give winner/s a URL and code to access the online booking system during the Booking Period. Winner/s must during the Booking Period nominate a weekend and provide all other information and documents requested by the Promoter (including in respect of their guests). Weekends will be allocated on a “first come, first served” basis and are subject to availability, including airline economy class seat availability. If a winner’s nominated weekend is not available, they must nominate an alternative available weekend within the Travel Window. Second chance prize winner/s will not have the opportunity to nominate a weekend, and the weekend on which they and their guests must take their trip to XXXX Island will be allocated by the Promoter in its sole discretion.
 15. Accommodation and flight arrangements, including suppliers, will be determined by the Promoter in its sole discretion. Promoter may refuse any requested changes to travel arrangements in its sole discretion, and will not accept any request made within 24 days of the scheduled departure date. If any requested change is accepted by the Promoter, change fees may be applicable. Winner will be required to sign a Participation Agreement and Release to accept the prize.
16. Before the prize is awarded, the winner and their guests will be required to:
 a Sign a Participation Agreement and Release in favour of the Promoter and the event organiser to release the Promoter from, and indemnify the Promoter against, any loss, damage or injury arising from the use of or participation in the prize, except to the extent any loss, damage or injury is due to the negligence or wilful misconduct of the Promoter; and
 b Provide evidence of valid travel insurance with the highest available coverage for their period of travel.
The winner and their guests may also be required to provide a credit card imprint at check-in to the accommodation on XXXX Island that will be used to charge for incidentals (such as optional tours) and/or as a bond in case of damage to the property.
 17. If winner does not accept their prize by 20/10/12, the Promoter may assign the prize to the entry judged next best entry in the promotion, or withdraw the prize unawarded.
 18. In the event a winner does not take the prize by the time stipulated, then the entire prize will be forfeited by the winner and cash will not be awarded in lieu of the prize.
 19. In the event that for any reason whatsoever a winner does not take an element of the prize at the time stipulated by the Promoter then that element of the prize will be forfeited by the winner and cash will not be awarded in lieu of that element of the prize.
 20. Unless expressly stated in these Terms and Conditions all other expenses are the responsibility of the winners (and their companions) including but not limited to current passports, visas, meals, spending money, transport to and from departure and arrival points, transfers, drinks, incidentals, mini-bar, laundry, room service, telephone calls, activities, airport taxes (including departure taxes), fuel surcharges, energy surcharges, gratuities, services charges, travel insurance, pre and post accommodation, optional activities or excursions and all other ancillary costs. A credit card imprint or cash deposit may be required from the winner at check-in to the hotel, for all incidental charges.
21. By entering the competition, and by collecting a prize, the winner acknowledges and accepts that driving, travel and any other activities comprising the prize, are inherently dangerous and may result in death, injury, incapacity, damage to property or other losses. The Promoter is not responsible for any acts of god, such as adverse weather conditions or industrial action or civil commotion that may occur whilst the winner is travelling. It is the responsibility of the prize-winner to enquire about local issues and conditions at destinations prior to travel. The Promoter does not guarantee that the winner will enjoy the travel prize or be suited to the type of travel prize that is offered.
22. Travel arrangements to and from the winner’s home and their nearest capital city airport do not form part of the prize unless expressly stated in these terms & conditions and are the responsibility of the winner and their travelling companions. Eligible Australian capital cities include Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Darwin, Hobart, Canberra and Perth. The winner must travel on the same flights and itinerary as their travelling companions. The travel prize cannot be used as part payment for another airfare package. Frequent flyer miles cannot be accrued on this prize. Flights and accommodation are subject to availability at the time of booking and cannot be exchanged for other destinations. Travel restrictions & blackout dates apply. Embargo restrictions apply during certain periods. Bookings are subject to conditions & availability (including but not limited to capacity limitations and other restrictions).
 23. The Promoter encourages consumers to enjoy alcohol responsibly. Legal aged consumers are advised to consider the safe drinking levels recommended in the Australian guidelines to reduce health risks from drinking alcohol, i.e. no more than two standard drinks on any day. A full version of the Guidelines is available at http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/_files_nhmrc/file/publications/synopses/ds10-alcohol.pdf. Participation in this promotion is subject to relevant liquor legislation in each State, Territory or Country, including responsible service of alcohol. If the winner of the alcohol prize is from the Northern Territory, or is under the age of 18, that winner will be awarded alternative prizes, at the promoters discretion, to the value of the alcohol won.
24. Entrants will be refused service of alcohol or provision of an alcoholic beverage prize if it would breach any relevant laws, codes or policies, including those of the relevant liquor licensee relating to the responsible service of alcohol. The Promoter supports the responsible service of alcohol.
 25. Entrants consent to the Promoter using their name, likeness, image and/or voice in the event that they are a winner in any media for an unlimited period of time without remuneration for the purpose of promoting this promotion (including any outcome) and/or promoting any products manufactured, distributed and/or supplied by the Promoter.
 26. The Promoter reserves the right to request verification of age, identity, residential address and any other information from entrants relevant to entry into or participation in this promotion. Verification is at the discretion of the Promoter, whose decision is final. The Promoter reserves the right to disqualify any individual who provides false information, fails to provide information, conspires with others to gain an unfair advantage or who is otherwise involved in any way in manipulating, interfering or tampering with this promotion.
 27. Due to state legislation, no more than 20 litres of alcohol can be won by New South Wales residents. Once 20 litres of alcohol has been distributed to NSW winners, any remaining prizes won by NSW residents will be awarded in the form of cash (in lieu of the remaining alcohol prize).
 
Further Terms and Conditions
 28. All entries and any copyright subsisting in the entries become and remain the property of the Promoter who may publish or cause to be published any of the entries received. Pacific Magazines Pty Ltd (“Pacific”) and its related entities collects entrants’ personal information for the purpose of conducting and promoting this competition (including but not limited to determining and notifying winners) and, if you consent, for the purpose of Pacific sending you promotional and direct marketing material in relation to its magazines and products and services available through Pacific and its business partners for related purposes which would reasonably be expected without your permission. For example, we may from time to time use your personal information to provide you with information about products and services which we expect may be of interest to you. However, we do respect your right to direct us not to do this if and when any future communication is sent to you by the Promoter. We do not sell personal information to other organisations. We may disclose personal information to essential service providers who provide services in connection with our products and services. You may request access to your personal information by writing to The Competitions Manager, Competitions Department, Pacific Magazines Pty Ltd, 8 Central Ave, Eveleigh NSW 2015.
 29. 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.
30. 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; whilst undertaking any travel won on or connected with their entry; in the participation in any prize; 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.
 31. All entrants must submit ONLY their own original answers, designs and works. Any such answers, designs or works cannot be previously published in any forum worldwide. All entries become the property of the Promoter and cannot be returned. Entries that are found to have been derived from the designs of a third party will be considered invalid and, if awarded a prize, that prize must be returned to the Promoter. The winner may be required to sign a statutory declaration regarding the originality of the entry. Without limiting the generality, the Promoter reserves the right to take legal action against anyone found to have breached this term. The Promoter reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who the Promoter has reason to believe has breached any of these conditions, or engaged in any unlawful or other improper misconduct calculated to jeopardise the fair and proper conduct of the promotion. The Promoter’s legal rights to recover damages or other compensation are reserved.
 32. If the prize is unavailable, for whatever reason, the Promoter reserves the right to substitute the prize for a prize of equal or greater value, subject to State Regulation. It is a condition of accepting the prize that the winner must comply with all the conditions of use of the prize and prize supplier’s requirements. Each prize must be taken as stated and no compensation will be payable if a winner is unable to use the prize as stated.
 33. The Promoter highly recommends a current residential street address be provided when requested for ease of correspondence and potential prize delivery. The Promoter makes all reasonable efforts to deliver prizes to the addresses provided by competition entrants. The Promoter cannot guarantee that any prizes returned to the Promoter due to non-delivery at the provided address will be re-sent to the prize winner.
34. The Promoter reserves the right to request winners to 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.
 35. The Promoter reserves the right to rejudge in the event of an entrant, claiming to be a winner, being unable to satisfy these Terms and Conditions.
 36. The judges’ decision in relation to any aspect of the competition is final and binding on each person who enters. Chance plays no part in determining any winner. No correspondence will be entered into. No responsibility is accepted for late, lost or misdirected entries. Prizes are subject to availability, not transferable or exchangeable and, with the exception of cash prizes, cannot be taken as cash. Prizes will be sent to the winner’s nominated address as stated in their original entry. The Promoter and their associated agencies, and companies associated with this promotion will take no responsibility for prizes damaged or lost in transit.
 
Copyright, Statutory guarantees, Waiver and liability
 37. All entries and any copyright subsisting in the entries become and remain the property of the Promoter who may publish or cause to be published any of the entries received. Pacific Magazines Pty Ltd (“Pacific”) and its related entities collects entrants’ personal information for the purpose of conducting and promoting this competition (including but not limited to determining and notifying winners) for related purposes which would reasonably be expected without your permission. For example, we may from time to time use your personal information to provide you with information about products and services which we expect may be of interest to you. However, we do respect your right to direct us not to do this if and when any future communication is sent to you by the Promoter. We do not sell personal information to other organisations. We may disclose personal information to essential service providers who provide services in connection with our products and services. You may request access to your personal information by writing to The Privacy Officer, Legal Compliance Department, Pacific Magazines Pty Ltd, 8 Central Ave, Eveleigh NSW 2015.
 38. In participating in the prizes, the winners agree to participate and co-operate as required in all editorial activities relating to the Competition, including but not limited to being interviewed and photographed. The winners (and their companions) agree to granting the promoter a perpetual and non-exclusive licence to use such footage and photographs in all media worldwide, including online social networking sites, and the winners (and their companions) will not be entitled to any fee for such use.
 39. Prize winners are advised that tax implications may arise from their prize winnings and they should seek independent financial advice prior to acceptance of that prize.
 40. 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.
 41. 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; © 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.
 


XXXX is a Seven Media Group client. Visit www.bhg.com.au for full terms & conditions. Entrants must be 18+. Competition commences on 28/6/12 at 19:30 AEST and closes on 13/7/12 at 11:59 AEST. The winner will be judged at the Promoter’s premises on 20/7/12 at 11:00 AEST. Total prize value is up to $10,000, as at 7/6/12. The winner will be notified by mail and their name will be published online at www.bhg.com.au on 20/7/12. Winner must accept their prize by 20/10/12. Travel must be taken between 06/12/12 to 16/12/12 OR 07/03/13 to 31/03/13. *Activities available on the Island are subject to weather and management discretion. Selected food and beverages will be provided at Lion Nathan’s discretion, including unlimited water. The Promoter is Pacific Magazines Pty Ltd (ABN 16 097 410 896).



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