http://www.queenslandrail.com.au/Community/embark/Pages/WelcometoEmbark.aspxWelcome to EMBARK!
Queensland Rail delivers a bi-monthly publication FREE of charge to keep you up-to-date on upcoming events across Brisbane and Queensland. EMBARK magazine is available on our City and Traveltrain networks or you can view our latest edition of EMBARK online.
In this issue of EMBARK we have featured our country’s national holiday, Australia Day. This important event is the biggest day of celebration across Australia, honouring the things that make our nation great. Be sure to check out pages 9 and 10 for information on what’s taking place across Queensland and how Queensland Rail can get you there.
Until mid-December Queensland Rail is testing a FREE Wi-Fi service on one carriage which roams across the City network. If you find yourself onboard this carriage be sure to connect to the internet, on us! Please see page 6 for instructions on how to connect.
Read up on the exciting upgrade of The Sunlander fleet due to be in service by 2014. The Sunlander will offer three levels of accommodation, a restaurant car with á la carte dining, flatscreen TVs, café style lounge and loads more sensational features.
Also during January 2011, WICKED will be in Brisbane for the first time ever! Regional customers, be sure to get in quick and book your WICKED package to Brisbane with Queensland Rail Holidays.
For the first time in Queensland Rail history, we will be offering a unique Celebrity Chef experience with Andrew Mirosch, Executive Chef of Sirromet Winery’s Restaurant Lurleen. This exclusive three day event will be offered on only two departures in early 2011. The package includes a supreme journey in Queenslander Class to Proserpine, transfers and accommodation on the heavenly Hamilton Island, a return flight to Brisbane and the most tantalizingly delicious meals and cooking class by Andrew Mirosch.
Each edition of EMBARK also offers readers the chance to WIN great prizes!
There are two prizes to be won in this edition, which is a Tropical Rail Getaway to Cairns for two!
The first prize will be drawn on Friday 31 December 2010 and the second prize drawn on Monday 31 January 2011.
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EMBARK Competition Terms and Conditions
Entering the competition: EMBARK Issue 9
1. The promoter is Queensland Rail Limited (Queensland Rail) ABN 132 181 090 of GPO Box 1429, Brisbane, Queensland 4001.
2. To be eligible to enter you must complete all sections of the entry form, be aged over 18 at the date the competition closes and not be an employee (or relative of an employee) of Queensland Rail or an associated company.
3. Entry details are: a) you need to enter online at
www.queenslandrail.com.au b) prize 1 will be drawn on 31 December 2010 (Prize 1) and prize 2 will be drawn on 31 January 2011. c) the random prize draw will be made electronically at Queensland Rail.
4. All entries need to be completed and submitted by the draw date. Prize 1 entries close at 9:00AM (Australian Eastern Standard Time) 31 December 2010. Prize 2 entries close at 9:00AM (Australian Eastern Standard Time) 31 January 2011. The winners of the prizes will be announced one day after the draw. The winners will be contacted by telephone and the prize mailed to them. If the winners are not contactable and do not respond to Queensland Rail within five days, Queensland Rail has the right to conduct a redraw.
5. Prize 1 consists of one (1) prize for two (2) adults valued at $2832.00 consisting of a 6 Day Tropical Getaway which includes one way overnight Queenslander Class travel onboard The Sunlander to Cairns or Brisbane with a bonus return flight, four nights accommodation at Cairns Colonial Club Resort including buffet breakfast daily, Kuranda Scenic Railway & Skyrail Cableway Experience, Green Island Reef Cruise and return hotel transfers from Cairns train station and airport.
6. Prize 2 consists of one (1) prize for two (2) adults valued at $2832.00 consisting of a 6 Day Tropical Getaway which includes one way overnight Queenslander Class travel onboard The Sunlander to Cairns or Brisbane with a bonus return flight, four nights accommodation at Cairns Colonial Club Resort including buffet breakfast daily, Kuranda Scenic Railway & Skyrail Cableway Experience, Green Island Reef Cruise and return hotel transfers from Cairns train station and airport.
7. Total value of prize 1 and 2 is $5,664.00
8. Prize 1 and Prize 2 are valid between 3 January to 29 March 2011 and both are not extendable. Prizes are also subject to availability, excludes high season periods, public holidays and school holiday periods, must be booked 30 days in advance, and some blackout dates apply. Valid for one booking only. All upgrades/extras are payable at time of booking.
9. Prize 1 and Prize 2 free flight is a Virgin Blue K class economy flight between Brisbane and Cairns or Cairns and Brisbane. Includes checked luggage of up to 20kg. Bonus flight offer only valid with 6 Day Tropical Getaway between valid dates.
10. Prizes must be taken as offered, are not exchangeable, or redeemable for cash or for resale.
11. All other expenses, including, but not limited to travel, breaks in journey, meal costs, travel insurance, spending money and other ancillary costs associated with redeeming the prize are the winner’s responsibility.
12. Queensland Rail will only accept entries made personally by individuals. Queensland Rail reserves the right to reject entries made through automated entry systems or competition websites.
13. All entries must include the Code found on the outside back cover of EMBARK magazine when entering online.
14. If the prizes are unavailable, for whatever reason, Queensland Rail reserves the right to substitute the prizes for one of equal or greater value subject to Charitable and Non-Profit Gaming Act and Regulations 1999.
15. Queensland Rail makes no representations or warranties as to the quality or suitability of any of the goods offered as prizes.
16. All entries will remain the property of Queensland Rail. Information you provide will only be used by Queensland Rail for the purpose of conducting this and other promotions and communications relating to Queensland Rail. Queensland Rail is bound by the National Privacy Principles in the Privacy Act 1988. Entrants can access the personal information Queensland Rail holds about them by contacting Queensland Rail on 07 3235 2684. Queensland Rail’s Privacy Policy is available on the Queensland Rail website
www.queenslandrail.com.au 17. Queensland Rail’s decision in the allocation of the prizes will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
18. You release from and indemnify Queensland Rail against all liability, loss, cost or claim arising from the your participation in this competition including Queensland Rail’s sponsors, suppliers and contractors, including but not limited to injury and damage to person or property regardless of circumstance.
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