Win a trip abroad The Ghan with Country Style

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http://www.newsmagazines.com.au/terms/countrystyle,296

To enter, Participants must answer in 25 words or less “why you would like to win this prize” by:
- SMS: 199 97 223 (SMS cost 55c inc. GST) and include their answer, name and address
- Or;
- Mail:  to The Ghan competition, Country Style magazine, Locked Bag 5030, Alexandria, NSW 2015, and include their answer, name, address and daytime telephone number on the back of the envelope.

Conditions of entry for Country Style win a holiday aboard The Ghan
1. Information on how to enter and the prizes form part of these conditions of entry. Entry into the competition is deemed acceptance of the terms and conditions.
2. Entry is open only to all residents of Australia aged 18 years or over who satisfy the entry requirements stated in term 6.
3. The Promoter is News Magazines Pty Ltd. Employees of News Magazine and their advertising agencies, newsagents, subagents, respective employees and their immediate families are ineligible to enter.
4. News Magazines collects your information to include you in this competition and will disclose the information to others who help us run the competition.  We may also use the information to assist us in improving our goods and services and to contact you in the future in regard to our other goods and services.  We may share your information with other persons or entities that assist us in performing the above or with another company which provides prizes for the competition.  You can contact us to gain access to your personal information by writing to The Privacy Officer, News Magazines Pty Limited, GPO Box 4236 Sydney NSW 2001
5. Promotion commences 12:01am (AEST) on 17th November 2011 and closes 11.59pm (AEST) on 8th January 2012 (promotional period) and the entries will be judged from 12:00pm 10th January 2012 at News Magazines, 170-180 Bourke Road, Alexandria, NSW, 2015. All times referred to in these conditions are all Australian Eastern Standard Time. Entries will be judged by a panel of judges from News Magazines. This competition is a game of skill, so chance plays no part in determining the winner.
6. Judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
7. To enter, Participants must answer in 25 words or less “why you would like to win this prize” by:
- SMS: 199 97 223 (SMS cost 55c inc. GST) and include their answer, name and address
- Or;
- Mail:  to The Ghan competition, Country Style magazine, Locked Bag 5030, Alexandria, NSW 2015, and include their answer, name, address and daytime telephone number on the back of the envelope.
8. There is 1 prize of a trip for two on The Ghan train. Prize includes:
a. Three days on The Ghan from Darwin to Adelaide in Gold Service for two people (twin share) with all meals included, valued at $4,070
b. Economy flights for two from winner’s capital city (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Hobart, Perth), valued at $2,000
c. One night’s accommodation (4 star accommodation) in Darwin, valued at $300
9. Total prize pool valued up to $6,370.00
10. Entry via SMS numbers are subject to your phone plan, please contact your phone service provider for more information. SMS messages cost a maximum of 55c including GST, for a maximum 160 character text message. For SMS help please call 1300 131 276.
11. This prize package may not be combined with any other voucher or offer.
12. The winner and travelling companion must travel at the same time, must depart from the same capital city and are responsible for transport from their residence to their nearest capital city for flight departure (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Hobart or Perth).
13. Air tickets are available on the regular scheduled services of each airline and are subject to seasonal embargos. Flight itinerary may have to be adjusted depending on the airlines departure city and their current flight schedule. Frequent Flyer points are not applicable.
14. Travel documentation, including travel insurance, additional accommodation, spending money, meals & drinks (unless specified), transfers, laundry charges, activities (unless specified), energy surcharges, gratuities, service charges and all other ancillary costs are the prize winner’s responsibility.
15. A credit card imprint or cash deposit may be required from the winner at check-in to the hotel, for all incidental charges. Once accommodation has been booked, they are non-changeable.
16. Prize must be taken by 31st October 2012 and is subject to hotel, flight and train availability. The prize is not available during peak times such as public holidays and school holidays (if applicable) and cannot be changed once the booking has been made. 
17. Prize is not transferable and has no cash value.
18. The time of entry will in all cases be the time the entry is received by the database at Salmat.
19. Entries without the required information will be deemed incomplete and will not count towards an entry into the Promotion.
20. Entrants confirm and promise that their entry is original and does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party.
21. Prize value is accurate at the time of printing. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for any variation in the value of the prize. All prize values are in Australian dollars.
22. Winners must take the prize as offered. It is a condition of accepting the prize that the winner must comply with all the conditions of use of the prize and the prize supplier’s requirements.
23. The Promoter reserves the right to substitute the prize with a prize of equal or great value if the prize is for some reason unavailable subject to gaming authority approval.
24. Should an entrant’s contact details change during the promotional period, it is the entrant’s responsibility to notify the Promoter.
25. The Promoter and Salmat are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, either caused by you or for any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilised in the competition, or for any technical error, or any combination thereof that may occur in the course of the administration of the competition including any omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line or telephone, mobile or satellite network failure, theft or destruction or unauthorised access to or alteration of entries.
26. The Promoter and Salmat are not responsible for lost, late, incomprehensible or incorrect entries in the competition. We also accept no responsibility for any tax implications that may arise from prize winnings in the competition.  You should seek Independent financial advice about such matters.
27. In the event of war, terrorism, state of emergency, disaster or (without limitation) any other event outside our reasonable control, we are entitled to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the competition - subject to any written directions from the various regulatory bodies responsible for supervising the conduct of the competition (the Lotteries Departments).
28. If for any reason the competition is not capable of running as planned (including but not limited to) technical failures, unauthorised intervention, fraud or any other causes beyond our control which corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this competition, we are entitled in our sole discretion to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and (subject to any written directions given by the various Lotteries Departments), to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the competition.
29. The winners release the Promoter from any and all causes of action, losses, liability, damage, expense (including legal expenses) cost or charge suffered, sustained or in any way incurred by the winner as a result of any loss or damage to any physical property of the winner, or any injury to or death of any person arising out of, or related to, or in any way connected with the Promoters or the prize.
30. In the event of a third party other than the promoter canceling any event related to this prize, the Promoter cannot be held responsible.
31. The winner agrees to participate in any news media activities surrounding the promotion.
32. Entrants’ details may be disclosed to State and Territory lottery departments and winners’ names published as required under the relevant lottery legislation.
33. The Promoter is News Magazines PTY LTD of 170-180 Bourke Road, Alexandria NSW 2015 ABN 57 088 923 906. Phone 02 8062 2434.