February Park of the Month Competition

February Park of the Month Competition

Park of the Month Com­pe­ti­tion Feb­ru­ary 2026: High­light­ing Kan­ga­roo Island Parks

Com­pe­ti­tion terms and conditions

Gen­er­al
 

1. The organ­is­er of the com­pe­ti­tion is the South Aus­tralian Depart­ment for Envi­ron­ment and Water (DEW) of 81 – 95 Way­mouth Street, Ade­laide 5000, ABN 36702093234 on behalf of the Min­is­ter for Cli­mate, Envi­ron­ment and Water.

2. The com­pe­ti­tion is in no way spon­sored, endorsed, admin­is­tered by, or asso­ci­at­ed with Meta.

3. By par­tic­i­pat­ing in this com­pe­ti­tion, entrants agree to abide by com­pe­ti­tion rules and reg­u­la­tions.
 

Eli­gi­bil­i­ty

5. The com­pe­ti­tion entry peri­od com­mences at 09:00 AM on Sun­day 1st Feb­ru­ary 2026 and ends at 23:59 PM Sun­day 1st March 2026. DEW is not respon­si­ble for any lost, late or mis­di­rect­ed entries. DEW is not respon­si­ble for the accu­ra­cy of entrants’ infor­ma­tion or per­son­al details.

6. DEW reserves the right to request proof of iden­ti­ty of all win­ners. Proof con­sid­ered suit­able for ver­i­fi­ca­tion is at the dis­cre­tion of DEW. In the event that a win­ner can­not pro­vide suit­able proof, DEW in its absolute dis­cre­tion may dis­qual­i­fy the winner.

7. DEW reserves the right to ver­i­fy the valid­i­ty of entries and to dis­qual­i­fy any entrant sus­pect­ed of tam­per­ing with the entry process.

8. The com­pe­ti­tion is open to Aus­tralian res­i­dents exclud­ing employ­ees of DEW and their imme­di­ate families.

Entries

9. To par­tic­i­pate in the com­pe­ti­tion on Insta­gram entrants must: Take a pho­to­graph at any DEW man­aged site, Nation­al Park, Con­ser­va­tion Park, or Wilder­ness Reserve on Kan­ga­roo Island, high­light­ing a key point-of-inter­est in the park; post the pho­to­graph on Insta­gram; tag and fol­low @nationalparkssa on Insta­gram; add the hash­tag #stun­ningKIparks to the post on Instagram.

10. To par­tic­i­pate in the com­pe­ti­tion on Face­book entrants must: Take a pho­to­graph at any DEW man­aged site, Nation­al Park, Con­ser­va­tion Park, or Wilder­ness Reserve on Kan­ga­roo Island, high­light­ing a key point-of-inter­est in the park; post the pho­to­graph as a com­ment on the offi­cial Face­book Com­pe­ti­tion post by NPWS.

11. Incom­plete, inde­ci­pher­able or illeg­i­ble entries will be deemed invalid and will be rejected.

12. Only one (1) entry per per­son is per­mit­ted across both plat­forms. Par­tic­i­pants may enter once (1) via Face­book and once (1) via Insta­gram, but each entry method counts towards one over­all entry, so sub­mit­ting on both still equals one unique entry; all entries are con­sol­i­dat­ed for selection.

Prize

13. There is one prize with a total val­ue of $125.00.

  • A 12-month vehi­cle entry for mul­ti­ple parks (Nation­al Parks and Wildlife Ser­vice South Australia) 

14. The win­ner will be drawn at ran­dom at 12pm on Wednes­day 4th March 2026 and noti­fied by Fri­day 6th March 2026.

15. For Insta­gram sub­mis­sions, the win­ner will be noti­fied via direct mes­sage on Insta­gram and for Face­book sub­mis­sions, the win­ner will be noti­fied by reply mes­sage to their com­ment on the com­pe­ti­tion Face­book post. The win­ning user­name will be pub­lished on Insta­gram or Facebook.

16. This is a game of chance, the win­ner will be cho­sen at ran­dom by DEW.

17. The win­ner will have until 12pm Fri­day 13 March 2026 to accept their prize. Prizes not claimed by this date will be for­feit­ed and passed onto anoth­er entrant drawn at random.

18. If com­pe­ti­tion prize win­ners are under the age of 18 years, the prize will be award­ed to the winner’s nom­i­nat­ed par­ent or guardian.

19. Any costs asso­ci­at­ed with the use of prizes are to be cov­ered by the win­ner.
 

Final con­di­tions

20. If any act, omis­sion, event or cir­cum­stance occurs which is beyond the rea­son­able con­trol of DEW and which pre­vents DEW from com­ply­ing with these terms and con­di­tions, DEW will not be liable for any fail­ure to per­form or delay in per­form­ing its oblig­a­tions and reserves the right (sub­ject to any applic­a­ble law) to can­cel, ter­mi­nate, mod­i­fy or sus­pend the competition.

21. DEW, its employ­ees and agents will not be liable for any loss, dam­age or per­son­al injury what­so­ev­er (includ­ing but not lim­it­ed to direct, indi­rect or con­se­quen­tial loss) suf­fered or sus­tained in con­nec­tion with this com­pe­ti­tion, the pro­mo­tion of the com­pe­ti­tion or the use of any prize, except for any lia­bil­i­ty which can­not be exclud­ed by law.

22. Meta, its employ­ees and agents will not be liable for any loss, dam­age or per­son­al injury what­so­ev­er (includ­ing but not lim­it­ed to direct, indi­rect or con­se­quen­tial loss) suf­fered or sus­tained in con­nec­tion with this com­pe­ti­tion, the pro­mo­tion of the com­pe­ti­tion or the use of any prize, except for any lia­bil­i­ty which can­not be exclud­ed by law.

23. DEW may col­lect per­son­al infor­ma­tion about entrants for the pur­pose of run­ning this com­pe­ti­tion. Entry details remain the prop­er­ty of DEW. Entrants con­sent to DEW using per­son­al infor­ma­tion pro­vid­ed in con­nec­tion with this com­pe­ti­tion for the pur­pos­es of con­duct­ing the com­pe­ti­tion, award­ing any prizes and pos­si­ble future nation­al parks promotions.

24. Nation­al parks are pro­vid­ed for pub­lic enjoy­ment and shall only be used in accor­dance with the Nation­al Parks Code of Con­duct. Park users must be ade­quate­ly pre­pared and obtain rel­e­vant infor­ma­tion and maps. Parks con­di­tions may vary from time to time and park users are advised to check weath­er con­di­tions pri­or to use. Per­sons should use cau­tion at all times when enter­ing and using any park.

25. By enter­ing the com­pe­ti­tion you give us irrev­o­ca­ble per­mis­sion to use the sub­mit­ted pho­to­graph, free of charge, as described below, and you acknowl­edge and agree that:

  • you are the own­er of the Instagram/​Facebook account
  • you took the sub­mit­ted photograph.

You agree to let the Depart­ment for Envi­ron­ment and Water use this image in mate­ri­als pro­mot­ing Nation­al Parks and Wildlife Ser­vice South Aus­tralia. This may include the Nation­al Parks and Wildlife Ser­vice South Aus­tralia Insta­gram account, Face­book account, on www​.parks​.sa​.gov​.au, in print mate­ri­als and/​or dig­i­tal, out­door or TV advertisements.