COMPETITION TERMS & CONDITIONS 

By submitting an entry, you are deemed to have accepted these terms and conditions (Terms). 

Competition Terms 

1. The Competition will open at 09:00 AEST on 16 March 2023 and close at 17:00 AEST on 19 April 2023 (Competition Period).  During the Competition Period, there will be five separate random draws for the Competition Prizes. Only one entry is required to be eligible to win one of the Prizes.  Entries must be submitted prior to the Entry closing date to be included in the random draw for an individual Prize and for subsequent Prize draws. Details of the Competition Prizes and applicable dates are set out below: 

Savannah Way for two (2) persons 

i) The Prize includes the following: 

• Flight into Mount Isa  

• 2 nights with Trek West, tour out of Mount Isa 

• 4x4 hire vehicle with rooftop tent 

• Fuel Card ($400 limit) 

• 1 night camping in Mount Isa 

• 2 nights camping in Burketown 

• Yagurli Tours hot air balloon experience 

• 2 nights accommodation in Karumba 

• 1 night camping in Croydon 

• 2 nights glamping accommodation at Talaroo Hot Springs 

• Tour at Talaroo Hot Springs 

• 1 night accommodation at Undara Volcanic National Park 

• Tour through Undara Volcanic National Park 

• 1 night accommodation at Crystalbrook Flynn in Cairns 

• Return flight from Cairns 

Travel Dates: 8 to 21 July 2023 

Approximate total value of Prize: $15,000 

Entry Closing Date: 22 March 2023 

Random Draw Date: 23 March 2023 

It is a condition of entry for this specific prize that the winner or one of the winner's travel companions is over the age of 21 years of age. 

 

ii) Torres Strait for four (4) persons 

The Prize includes the following: 

• Return flights to Cairns 

• 1 night Pacific Hotel Cairns 

• Return flights from Cairns to Horn Island​ 

• 3 nights at Island Villas on Thursday Island   

• Tour with Strait Experiences 

• Winds of Zenadth Cultural Festival 

Travel Dates: 28 May to 1 June 2023 

Approximate total value of Prize: $15,000 

Entry Closing Date: 29 March 2023 

Random Draw Date: 30 March 2023 

 

iii) Sunshine Coast for two (2) persons 

The Prize includes the following: 

• Return flights to Sunshine Coast or Brisbane 

• Hire Car 

• Pre-loaded debit card ($300 limit) 

• 3 nights at Mayan Farm, Kin Kin 

• Catering from Black Ant Catering 

• 1 night at Hola Eumundi 

• Experience at The Curated Plate Culinary Festival  

• Itinerary to explore Eumundi, Cooran, Kin Kin and Pomona at leisure 

Travel Dates: 28 July to 1 August 2023 

Approximate total value of Prize: $10,000 

Entry Closing Date: 5 April 2023 

Random Draw Date: 6 April 2023 

 

iv) Hiking and Wildlife for two (2) persons 

The Prize includes the following: 

• Fly into Bundaberg 

• Hire Car 

• Fuel card ($200 limit) 

• 1 night accommodation in Bundaberg 

• 2 nights at Bloodwood Cabin  

• 3 nights at Wallaroo Outback Retreat  

• Day trip from Wallaroo with Boobook Ecotours (Carnarvon Ranges) 

• Explore Carnarvon Gorge at leisure 

• Option to stop at Blackdown National Park 

• Fly out of Rockhampton 

Travel Dates: 15 to 21 August 2023 

Approximate total value of Prize: $8,000 

Entry Closing Date: 12 April 2023 

Random Draw Date: 13 April 2023 

 

v) Southern Queensland Country winery experience for up to six (6) persons over 18 years of age 

The Prize includes the following: 

• Return flights to Brisbane  

• Hire car 

• Fuel card ($200 limit) 

• 3 nights at Barrel View Luxury Cabins  

• 1 night's dinner included 

• Savour Southern Queensland Country trail at leisure 

• Private winery tour with Fillipos Tours Stanthorpe 

Travel Dates: 14 to 17 July 2023 

Approximate total value of Prize: $8,000 

Entry Closing Date: 19 April 2023 

Random Draw Date: 20 April 2023 

 

Eligibility requirements 

2. Entry is via the Promoter’s website (queensland.com/queenslandiscalling). One entry will allow you to be eligible to win one of the five Prizes. You must be a resident of an Australian state or territory, or a resident of New Zealand and be at least 18 years of age.  

3.Prize winners and their travel companions must travel together.

4. Directors, officers, management, employees and other staff (and the immediate families of directors, officers, management, employees and other staff) of a Promoter, or of the agencies or companies associated with this Competition are ineligible to enter. Immediate family means any of the following: spouse, ex-spouse, de-facto spouse, child or stepchild (whether natural or by adoption), parent, stepparent, grandparent, step-grandparent, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, brother, sister, stepsister or first cousin. 

5. No purchase of goods or services is required to enter the Competition and the purchase of any goods or services from companies associated with this Competition will not improve your chance of winning. 

6. An entrant who has won a Prize in a Queensland Is Calling Competition random draw, is not eligible to win another Prize in the Queensland Is Calling Competition. 

 

General Terms 

7. A person can only submit one entry. Multiple entries will not be accepted. 

8. Once an entry is submitted, subject to law, you acknowledge that the entry may not be withdrawn, altered or deleted (except as and where required by the Promoter). 

9. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for late, lost, incomplete, incorrectly submitted, delayed, illegible, corrupted or misdirected entries, claims or correspondence whether due to error, omission, alteration, tampering, deletion, theft, destruction, transmission interruption, communications failure or otherwise. The Promoter has no control over communications networks or services, the internet, or computer or telephone networks or lines and accepts no responsibility for any problems associated with them. The Promoter is not liable for any consequences of user error including (without limitation) costs incurred. Any form of automated entry using any device or software is invalid. Entries are deemed to be received at the time of receipt by the Promoter not at the time of transmission by you. 

10. The Competition will be run as a game of chance. Electronic random draws for each of the Prizes will be held at the Promoter’s office (being Level 8, Green Square North Tower, 515 St Pauls Terrace, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006).  Winners will be notified by phone and email once the electronic random draws are completed.  Publication of the Winners surname, first initial and State will occur on the Competition website by 20 May 2023. 

11. The Promoter will make reasonable efforts to identify and locate the Winners.  

12. If your entry is selected as a winning entry, validation of your entry and eligibility will be undertaken by the Promoter.  The method of validation will be determined by the Promoter at its complete discretion.  The Promoter reserves the right to request Prize winners to provide proof of identity and proof of residency in order to claim a Prize.   

13. If a Winner does not respond and accept a Prize within 7 days of contact being made by the Promoter, a replacement winner may be selected at the Promoter’s discretion by undertaking a redraw. Once a replacement winner is selected the original winner will have no claim to the Prize. For SA entrants only, if the Prize remains unclaimed within 14 days after the Prize Draw, an unclaimed prize draw will be held at the Promoter’s office (being Level 8, Green Square North Tower, 515 St Pauls Terrace, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006) on 19 June 2023 by 5pm AEST subject to the approval of any necessary regulatory authority (SA Unclaimed Prize Draw).  The winner of the SA Unclaimed Prize Draw will be notified in the same manner as set out in condition 10 above. 

14. The Winners will be subject to additional terms and conditions in connection with the Prize, including any other terms and conditions as required by participating operators.  Specific Prize requirements include the following: 

• Trek West
• Air New Zealand
• Any other terms and conditions as required by participating operators. 

15. The Promoter reserves the right to verify an entry or entrant and disqualify an entrant the Promoter has reason to believe has submitted an entry not in accordance with these Terms. 

16. The Prizes are awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied by the Promoter. The Winners may not substitute, assign or transfer a Prize or redeem a Prize for cash, but the Promoter reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to substitute a Prize (or portion thereof) with one comparable or greater value. 

17. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for any variation in the value of a Prize or any variation in a Prize advertised and the Prize provided.  

18. Any domestic travel which forms part of the Prize must be booked and completed by the dates specified by the Promoter. Any flights and accommodation constituting part of the Prize are subject to booking and availability. All costs associated with the Prize which are not specified to be included in the Prize, including but not limited to any transfer costs, meals, taxes, insurance and all other ancillary costs, are the responsibility of the Winner and their travel companion. The winner and their companion are responsible for ensuring that they have all necessary travel insurance and documents to travel to the relevant location(s). The Promoter is not responsible for any cancellation, delay or rescheduling of flights and any costs incurred as a result (including, without limitation, accommodation costs) will be the sole responsibility of the Winner and their companion/s.  

19. The Prize Winner must liaise directly with the Promoter to organise travel and provide the Promoter with any information reasonably required in order to fulfil the Prize. Once confirmed in writing, travel dates and the names of those travelling are not changeable without incurring additional fees. The Promoter does not accept responsibility for any fees incurred as a result of any changes made and these costs will be borne by the Winner and their travel companion. The Winner must provide the Promoter with the details of its primary travel companion no later than 30 April 2023.  

20. Unless agreed otherwise, the Winner and their travel companion/s must travel at the same time, must depart from the same capital city and are responsible to organise transfers and cover associated costs for transport from their residence to their nearest capital city for flight departure.

21. To the extent permitted at law, each entrant releases and indemnifies the Promoter and agencies associated with the Competition against all liability, cost, loss or expense arising out of acceptance of any Prize or participation in the Competition including (but not limited to) personal injury and damage to property and whether direct or consequential, foreseeable, due to some negligent act or omission or otherwise. 

22. By entering the Competition, you accept your voice, name, location and any other information submitted to the Promoter being broadcast and/or published

23. Entrants and/or the Winner (and their travel companion) must participate in all promotional activity (such as publicity and photography) surrounding this Competition or the winning of the Prize (as reasonably requested by the Promoter), free of charge, and sign any additional documents reasonably required by the Promoter to give effect to this condition. Subject to law, you and your travel companion must consent to the Promoter using your names, likeness, images and/or voices (including photograph, film and/or recording of the same) in any media for an unlimited period of time without further notification, remuneration or compensation for the purpose of promoting, publicising or marketing the Competition (including any outcome), undertaking the Prize experience and/or promoting any products or services distributed and/or supplied by companies in connection with the Competition. 

24. If you are unable to or refuse or fail to take part in any element of this Competition, or if your winning entry (where applicable) is deemed not to comply with these Terms, the Promoter reserves the right to discard your entry and proceed as if you had not entered the Competition. Entries that, in the Promoter’s judgment, are offensive, defamatory, or otherwise objectionable or in appropriate or that infringe any third-party rights will be invalid. If due to any reason whatsoever the Promoter becomes aware after you have won the Prize that you have not complied with these Terms, then you will have no entitlement to the Prize, even if the Promoter has announced you as the winner and where applicable, you will be required, at the direction of the Promoter, to return, refund or otherwise make restitution of any portion of the Prize received. 

25. As a condition of entry, entrants are required to provide Personal Information. This Personal Information will be collected and stored for the purposes of:  

• administering the Competition and, where appropriate, awarding a Prize; and 
• where your explicit consent has been obtained, provide you with marketing and promotional communications. 

You agree to the Promoter sharing your entry details (including any Personal Information) with related agencies, regional tourism organisations and any Prize providers. 

Your personal information may be disclosed to State/Territory lottery departments and the Winner’s name published as required under the relevant lottery legislation.  For purposes of public statements and advertisements the Promoter will only publish the Winner’s surname, first initial, State and postcode.  

A request to access, update or correct any information should be directed to the Promoter.  If you are not willing for this to occur, you cannot participate in the Competition. 

The Promoter will ensure that all Personal Information is collected, stored and used in accordance with its Privacy Policy which can be found at: https://www.queensland.com/au/en/info/privacy-policy.  

“Personal Information” means, for the purpose of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld), information or an opinion, including information or an opinion forming part of a database, whether true or not, and whether recorded in a material form or not, about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained, from the information or opinion. 

26. If for any reason any aspect of this Competition is not capable of running as planned for any reason beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter, including, but not limited to, by reason of war, terrorism, state of emergency or disaster (including natural disaster), infection by computer virus, telephone network failure, bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud, technical failures or anything which corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Competition, the Promoter may, in its sole discretion, cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Competition, invalidate any affected entries and/or, if necessary, provide an alternative prize to the same value as the original Prize (subject to State regulatory approval). 

27. Without limiting the above, the Promoter reserves the right to modify, suspend or terminate the Competition without notice. The Promoter may amend these Terms at any time. 

28. Subject to condition 29, the Promoter’s decision concerning any aspect of this Competition is final and no correspondence will be entered into.  

29. For NSW entrants only, in the event of a dispute about the conduct of the Competition or the claiming of a Prize, the entrant/Winner may give the Promoter written notice detailing the nature of the dispute (Notice of Dispute). The Promoter must respond to this Notice of Dispute within 30 days.  

30. The Competition Prize includes only what is specified in the prize package outlined in the Terms and Conditions and does not include any additional items such as travel insurance, medical insurance or any other insurance, items of personal nature, in-room charges, telephone or other incidentals or ancillary costs. All such costs are the responsibility of the winner and their travel companion. 

31. The Competition Prizes above includes the items listed in the inclusions description underneath each Competition Prize but does not include anything further which is not listed as an inclusion such as food, additional add-ons and any other items not listed as an inclusion underneath the Competition Prize. 

32. You, and your travel companion(s), must be eligible to travel to Queensland. It is your responsibility to ensure that you and your travel companion(s) meet entry requirements for Queensland. Any entry or travel requirements imposed by the Queensland Government must be adhered to and satisfied by you and your travel companion(s). Please note that these requirements are regularly updated. 

33. You and your travel companion(s) must be available to travel on the Travel Dates listed underneath each Competition Prize above and must travel together. The Prize must be used in one travel block and cannot be split. The Travel Dates are subject to variation depending on the availability of flights, accommodation and other variables. The Promoter will advise you if the Travel Dates for the Competition Prize vary. If the entrant is unable to travel on these new travel dates, the prize cannot be transferred to another individual. 

34. This Competition and these Terms will be construed in accordance with, and governed by, the laws of Queensland, Australia. 

35. The Promoter is Tourism and Events Queensland of Level 8, Green Square North Tower, 515 St Pauls Terrace, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006. 

36.Permit Approval: NSW: TP-02451, ACT: TP-23/00284, SA: T23/121