Official Rules

“Work & Play in Sydney” Contest

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE 50 UNITED STATES AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OVER. INTERNET ACCESS REQUIRED.

Overview: Enter your video into the “Work and Play in Sydney” Contest and you could win a trip to Sydney, Australia where you will have an opportunity to work, attend school, and vacation all at the same time! Entries will be evaluated by a team of qualified judges. Four (4) Grand Prize winners will have the opportunity to experience the thrill and excitement of traveling to Sydney, Australia to “Work and Play”!

Contest Period: The “Work & Play in Sydney” Contest (the "Contest") begins at 12:00:01 p.m. Eastern Time ("ET") on October 15, 2008 and ends at 11:59:59 a.m. ET on January 31, 2009 (the "Contest Period").

Eligibility: Open to legal US citizens of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, who will be at least 18 years of age and no more than 30 years of age as of January 31 2009. Employees of Tourism NSW, their respective affiliates, parents, subsidiaries, divisions, and advertising, promotional and judging agencies and each of their respective employees, directors, officers, members and agents and their immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of each are not eligible to participate or win. Winner must be able to apply for and receive a valid US passport and be willing to travel to Australia during the period of February 2009 through December 2009. Winner must be a high school graduate. Winner must apply for and receive a Work and Holiday Visa, a Student Visa, or an Employer Sponsored Visa from the Australian Government. To be eligible you must meet the eligibility criteria stated above and meet all the requirements to obtain the required Visa. For more information on Visa requirements visit http://www.immi.gov.au/visawizard/.

How To Enter: To enter the Contest, during the Contest Period visit sydney.com/workplay (the "Contest Website") click on the promotion link and complete all required registration information and upload a video (between 15 and 60 seconds in length) or a text description (no more than 250 words) describing: "Why you would like to Work & Play in Sydney, Australia" (the "Entry"). If a video is entered, you must be the sole person appearing. The person uploading the Entry will be deemed the entrant (the "Entrant"). By entering, you understand that your entry will (in Sponsor's sole discretion) be posted online for the general public to view. All Entries must be completed and submitted by 11:59:59 a.m. ET on January 31, 2009 to be eligible for judging. Limit one Entry per person/e-mail address. Any person who attempts to enter more than once will be disqualified. Normal Internet access and usage charges imposed by Entrants' online service will apply.

Entry Requirements: In order to be entered into the Contest, Entrants must comply with registration instructions when submitting a video. A video must be in one of the following formats: .avi, .asf, .dv, .wmv, .mov, .qt, .3g2, .3gp, .3gp2, .3gpp, .gsm, .mpg, .mpeg, .mp4, .m4v, .mp4v, .cmp, .divx, .xvid, .264, .rm, .rmvb, .flv, .mkv, .ogm. A text description must be no more than 250 words in length. The Entry may not contain obscene, lewd or inappropriate images or text including, but not limited to, nudity, acts of violence or acts that appear to cause harm, as determined in Sponsor's sole discretion. Any Entry Material or portion thereof that is, in the Sponsor's sole discretion, obscene, profane, lewd, defamatory, contains any third party materials, or otherwise violates or infringes (or may infringe) any copyright, trademark, logo, mark that identifies a brand or other proprietary right of any person living or deceased (including but not limited to rights of privacy or publicity or portrayal in a false light) or entity, or is otherwise objectionable, will not be considered and the Entrant will be disqualified. Therefore, clothing worn in the video should not contain any visible logos, drawings, cartoons, phrases, trademarks or other third-party materials. Entrants may not copy or otherwise plagiarize the Entry Material from any source. All Entries must be the sole, original work of the Entrants. Entrants and winners acknowledge and agree that their Entries become the property of the Sponsor, which thereby has the right to edit, adapt, modify, reproduce, promote and otherwise use Entries in any way it sees fit. Any Entry not in compliance with the above and/or does not meet the Websites' requirements will be disqualified.

Judging: All eligible Entries submitted by the Entry Period Deadline, will be judged on or about February 5, 2009 by a panel comprising of representatives from each of the sponsoring partners. Judging will be based on the following criteria: Originality and Creativity (30%); Communication of "Why you would like to Work & Play in Sydney, Australia” (theme) (30%); and Overall Appeal (40%). The four (4) Entries with the top overall score will be determined to be the Grand Prize winners. In the event of a tie, the Grand Prize winners will be determined by the Judges evaluation of the Entrant’s depiction of "Why you would like to Work & Play in Sydney, Australia”. Judges' decisions are final with respect to all matters relating to the Contest. By participating, Entrants agree to the Official Rules and the decisions of the Judges, which shall be final and binding in all respects.

Grand Prizes and Approximate Retail Value ("ARV"): Four (4) Grand Prize winners will each win a working/educational vacation in Sydney, Australia. Length of stay will be determined by the regulations of the required Visa. Each winner will receive round trip airfare from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia, a Moshcard pre-loaded with event credit courtesy of Moshtix with an Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”) of $209USD ($250 AUD) (visit http://www.moshtix.com.au/Faq/Faq.asp for details), Talent fee for promotional activities courtesy of Tourism NSW with an ARV of $417USD ($500AUD) per day, and a Talent Management package courtesy of Hudson Recruitment with an ARV of $1000USD. Total ARV of each Grand Prize is $5876USD. Total ARV of all Prizes is $23,504USD.

Notification: The Administrator will make three (3) attempts to contact each potential Grand Prize Winner via phone, email, and mail. If Administrator is unable to reach a potential Grand Prize Winner via phone, email, or mail within seven (7) days, he/she will be disqualified and an alternate winner will be selected. Potential Grand Prize Winners will then be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability Release, and, except where prohibited by law, a Publicity Release, and an Australian Talent Release Agreement within seven (7) days of notification or the prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner may be determined. Return of prize notification as undeliverable may result in disqualification and alternate determination. Sponsor will make at least three attempts to award each of the four (4) Grand Prizes before declaring that there is no winner for that Grand Prize.

Prize Conditions: All expenses and costs not expressly listed above including, but not limited to, transportation to and from the Los Angeles airport, transportation in Australia, including transportation to and from the airports, housing expenses, living expenses, food and beverages, excursions, telephone calls, souvenirs, gratuities, and all taxes, are solely the winner's responsibility. Prize is awarded "as is" with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied by Sponsor. Prize is not transferable. No substitution or transfer of prize permitted except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor who reserves the right to substitute a prize (or portion of prize) of equal or greater value in the event the prize is unavailable. Taxes related to the prize are the responsibility of the Grand Prize Winner. All other expenses and costs not expressly listed above are the Grand Prize Winners' sole responsibility. All federal, state and local taxes are the sole responsibility of winner. Winner will receive a Form1099 for the value of the Grand Prize.

Airline tickets are for travel from Los Angeles airport to Sydney International airport. Airline carrier's regulations and conditions apply. Winner must possess valid travel documents (i.e., valid photo ID, passport, visa.) in order to travel. All travel must be completed on dates specified by Sponsor. Seat selection and timing of trip subject to availability and confirmation of reservations. Winners must be available to be filmed and attend promotional events. A stipend of $500AUD a day will be paid for the promotional duties of the winners. At least one day will be required and Sponsor may request additional days. Winners will need to release their talent rights to Tourism NSW as part of winning the contest by completing the Talent Release. Hudson Recruitment (www.hudson.com) will work with each of the Grand Prize winners to prepare their resume, assess what types of jobs they would like to work in, and then help winners secure a job in Australia (or a series of interviews) before leaving the United States.

General Conditions: By participating in this Contest, the contestants hereby waive and release, and agree to hold harmless the Sponsor, the administrators, all promotions and advertising agencies, and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, distributors, officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents, from and against, any and all rights, claims and causes of action whatsoever that they may have, or which may arise, against any of them for any liability for any matter, cause or thing whatsoever, including but not limited to any injury, loss, damage, whether direct, compensatory, incidental or consequential, to their person, including death, and property, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from their acceptance, possession, use or misuse of the prize in the Contest, or their participation in the Contest, or their participation in any Contest or prize related activity, or any travel related to the Contest or any travel for any prize related activity.

Participation: Acceptance of prize constitutes permission to use Grand Prize Winner's name, likeness and Entry/video for promotional purposes (including any possible public relations opportunities) without further compensation except where prohibited by law. By entering, Entrant accepts and agrees to be bound by these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual that tampers or attempts to tamper with the Entry process or the operation of the Contest or the Website; violates the Official Rules; acts in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner; or acts with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. The Released Parties are not responsible for technical, hardware or software malfunctions, telephone failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incorrect, inaccurate, incomplete, garbled or delayed electronic communications, whether caused by the sender, by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in this Contest which may limit the ability to participate, or by any human error which may occur in the processing of the Entries in this Contest. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, terminate or modify the Contest if it cannot be completed as planned for any reason, including, but not limited to, infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, technical failures or corruption of any sort. In such event, Sponsor will award prizes from eligible Entries received prior to cancellation. As a condition of entering the Contest, Entrant agrees that: 1) under no circumstance will Entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and participant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, consequential or any other damages, other than for out-of-pocket expenses; 2) all causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or any prize awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; and 3) any and all claims, judgments, and award shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, but in no event attorneys fees.

OFFICIAL RULES REQUEST: For a hard-copy of the complete Official Rules, send a self-addressed, stamped #10 envelope (postmarked no later than 12/31/08) to: “Tourism NSW” Official Rules Request, PO Box 25497, Rochester, NY 14625.

WINNERS LIST: For written confirmation of the Grand Prize winner and city of residence, send a SASE (Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope) postmarked no later than 2/27/09 to: “Tourism NSW” Winner Confirmation Request, PO Box 25497, Rochester, NY 14625.

INDEPENDENT CONTEST ADMINISTRATOR: This contest is being administered by The US Sweepstakes & Fulfillment Co., 625 Panorama Trail (Building 2, Suite #100), Rochester, NY 14625.

SPONSOR: Tourism NSW, Level 2, 55 Harrington St, The Rocks NSW 2000, Australia