Melbourne Airport Spotters Competition terms and conditions

By entering the Spotters Competition (competition), you acknowledge that you have read these terms and conditions and that you agree to be bound by them. Information on how to enter forms part of these terms and conditions.
This competition is being run by Australia Pacific Airports (Melbourne) Pty Ltd ABN 62 076 999 114 of APAM Management Office, Terminal 4, Melbourne Airport, Tullamarine, Victoria 3043 (Promoter).
To contact the Promoter, please call (03) 9297 1523.

WHO CAN ENTER?

To be eligible to enter the competition you must:

reside in Australia; and
be above the age of 18 years as at the time of entering the competition.
Employees, directors or officers of the Promoter, any companies or agencies associated with this competition (including Qantas), or their immediate families, are ineligible to enter.

HOW TO ENTER

The competition period commences at 6pm AEST/AEDT on 20 July 2026 and ends at 9am AEST/AEDT on 22 July 2026 (competition period), and the Promoter reserves the right to extend the competition end date at any time (subject to regulatory approval).
To enter the competition, you must do the following during the competition period:
Post your best photo of a Qantas international aircraft at Melbourne Airport to your feed on Instagram; and
Make sure you’re following Melbourne Airport’s official Instagram page, tag Melbourne Airport in your post and use the hashtag #HelloMELQFA350
No late entries will be accepted. Incomplete or incoherent entries will be invalid.
A limit of one entry to the competition per person applies.
The Promoter reserves the right, at any time, to verify the validity of entries and entrants (including an entrant’s identity, age, employer, residency status/location and transaction value) 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. In the event a winning entrant cannot provide proof of eligibility to the reasonable satisfaction of the Promoter, the winner will forfeit the prize in whole and no substitute will be offered. Failure by the Promoter to enforce any of its rights at any stage does not constitute a waiver of these rights.

PRIZE

The prize is the opportunity to be present airside to capture the arrival of Qantas' A350-1000ULR historic flight which will be touching down at Melbourne Airport on Friday, 24 July 2026. Winners will have airside access between 8:30am and 12:30pm.
The prize does not include any costs associated with redeeming the prize such as travel, meals, accommodation, spending money or taxes.
The prize will not be transferable to another person.
No part of the prize is exchangeable or redeemable for cash or any other prize.
If a prize is not available for any reason, the Promoter reserves the right to substitute the prize with another item of equal or greater value if the winner agrees in writing and subject to any approvals from regulatory authorities. If the winner does not agree despite reasonable attempts by the Promoter to reach an agreement and the prize is not available due to circumstances beyond the Promoter's control, the Promoter may substitute the prize with another item or items determined by the Promoter to be of equal or higher value.

SELECTION OF WINNER

The winners will be chosen by the Promoter on Wednesday, 22 July 2026 and notified via Instagram or Facebook DM.
The results of the draw will be final and binding and no correspondence will be entered into in relation to the results of the draw.

PROMOTION AND MARKETING

By entering the competition, the winner/s agrees to participate in such promotional activity and material, all editorial activities relating to the promotion, including but not limited to being interviewed, filmed for broadcast and photographed, as the Promoter may require without remuneration. The winner/s agree to grant the Promoter a perpetual and non-exclusive licence to use any such footage and photographs in all media worldwide and the winner/s (and their companion) will not be entitled to any fee for such use.
Each winner also consents to the use and publication of their name, image and any other details provided by the winner in any marketing material without any further reference or payment to the winner.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Entrants agree that they are fully responsible for any materials they submit via the competition including but not limited to comments, recording and images (Content). The Promoter shall not be liable in any way for such Content to the full extent permitted by law. The Promoter may remove or decline to publish any Content without notice for any reason whatsoever. Entrants warrant and agree that:
they will not submit any Content that is unlawful or fraudulent;
their Content shall not contain viruses or cause injury or harm to any person or entity;
they will obtain prior consent from any person or from the owner(s) of any property that appears in their Content;
the Content is the original artistic and/or literary work of the entrant that does not infringe the rights of any third party; and
they will comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including without limitation, those governing copyright, content, defamation, privacy, publicity and the access or use of others’ computer or communication systems.
As a condition of entering this competition, entrants hereby assign to the Promoter, all right, title and interest in and to all intellectual property rights (including copyright but excluding moral rights) in any material created pursuant to the entrant’s participation in any aspect of the Promotion (Works). Entrants acknowledge that the Promoter is free to use the Works and to exercise its rights in relation thereto and the entrant will not be entitled to any fee for such use. Such use may include social media channels or publications. Entrants agree they may not be attributed as the author of the Works and that the Promoter may undertake any act or omission in relation to the Works.
The Promoter may wish for a competition winner/s to participate in promotional activity after the competition has ended. In consideration for the Promoter awarding the prize to a winner/s, the winner/s permit the winner’s/winners’ image and/or voice, as recorded, photographed or filmed during the winner’s/winners’ participation in the prize to appear in any media whatsoever throughout the world for an unlimited period and the winner will not be entitled to any fee for such use.

STANDARD TERMS

The Promoter reserves the right to amend the competition and its terms and conditions at any time and for any reason, subject to regulatory approval, and will notify entrants of any such amendments as soon as reasonably practicable.
In the case of an intervention of any outside act, agent or event which prevents or significantly hinders the Promoter’s ability to proceed with the Promotion on the dates and in the manner described in these terms and conditions, including but not limited to vandalism, power failures, tempests, natural disasters, acts of God, civil unrest, strike, war, act of terrorism and pandemics, the Promoter may in its absolute discretion cancel the Promotion and recommence it from the start on the same conditions at a time suitable to the Promoter, subject to any written direction given under State Regulation.
Nothing in these terms and conditions limits, excludes or modifies or purports limit, exclude or modify the Promoter's liability in relation to the consumer guarantees under the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) (Schedule 2 of the Consumer and Competition Act 2010 (Cth)) (Non-Excludable Guarantees Liability).
Except for any liability that cannot by law be excluded, including the Non-Excludable Guarantees Liability, 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 competition including:
any technical difficulties or equipment malfunction (whether or not under the Promoter’s control);
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;
any variation in prize value to that stated in these terms and conditions;
any tax liability incurred by the winner or entrant; or
use of the prize.
To the extent permitted by law including the ACL, if the competition is not capable of running as planned including by reason of technical failure, fraud or any cause beyond the Promoter's control, the Promoter may cancel or suspend the competition or invalidate any affected entries, subject to regulatory approval.
Please read the Promoter's privacy policy available on the Promoter website at https://www.melbourneairport.com.au/privacy-policy which tells you how we use any personal information we may collect about you by entering a competition.
The Promoter may, for an indefinite period, unless otherwise advised, collect personal information through the competition and use and disclose the information to conduct the promotion and for promotional, marketing, publicity, research and profiling purposes, including sending electronic messages to the entrant and any other purpose set out in the Promoter's privacy policy. Entrants should direct any request to opt out, access, update or correct information to the Promoter. Personal information collected through the competition includes first name, last name, contact phone number, email address, postcode and date of birth. The Promoter may disclose personal information to subsidiary and related companies, third parties or regulatory bodies, including but not limited to agents, contractors and service providers for the purposes set out in this clause.
By participating in this competition, entrants release and hold harmless Facebook and Instagram from any and all liability associated with this competition. The Promoter and entrants acknowledge that this competition is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook or Instagram. Entrants acknowledge that they are providing information to the Promoter and not to Facebook or Instagram.
The Promoter is not liable for any tax implications arising from prize winnings, including fringe benefits tax. Independent financial advice should be sought.
The Promoter reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who the Promoter reasonably believes has breached any of these terms and conditions or engaged in any unlawful or other improper misconduct calculated to jeopardise the fair and proper conduct of this competition. Any entrant disqualified under this clause is prohibited from any further participation in the competition. The Promoter’s legal rights to recover damages or other compensation from such an offender are reserved.
The laws of Victoria apply to this competition. Entrants submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the laws of Victoria.