This competition is being run by Toowoomba Regional Council as part of the Cressbrook Dam Safety Improvement Project (CDSIP).
Entry
1. Terms and conditions set out below.
2. The organiser of this competition is Toowoomba Regional Council, trading as Toowoomba Regional Council ABN 99 788 305 360,4 Little Street, Toowoomba City, Queensland.
3. A person who enters the competition is called an ‘Entrant’.
4. Submitting an entry in this competition will be taken to mean that the Entrant or their parent/guardian has read, and agrees to be bound by, the terms and conditions of this competition, warrants that any entry which is submitted complies with all legal obligations including but not limited to obligations arising out of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and is eligible to enter the competition.
5. This competition commences on Friday 1 May 2026 and closes at 5pm on Sunday 31 May 2026.
6. Winners will be drawn and announced by Friday 19 June 2026.
Prize
Individual prize: The winning child’s name design will be digitalised, printed as large stickers and placed on the barges. The child will be invited to attend the sod-turning ceremony, which will include a boat trip to the site for photos with dignitaries, plus some merchandise featuring their winning design.
Educational prize: If the winning child is selected from a school-based submission, the school (class/year level of the student) will receive an interactive engineering incursion on how dams and spillways work, along with broad-brimmed hats featuring the winning design for participating students.
The winner will be chosen by the Cressbrook Dam Safety Improvement Project Alliance Management Team, this team has representatives from Toowoomba Regional Council, SMEC and Seymour Whyte.
Any transport costs or ancillary costs to collect a prize, attend the sod-turning ceremony or photo opportunity at the site of the Cressbrook Dam Safety Improvement Project are the winners’ responsibility.
Entry eligibility
To be eligible to enter this competition, the entrant must:
1. Be an individual who is a resident of Australia with an Australian mailing address.
2. Be a current resident of the Toowoomba Regional Council area or attend a Toowoomba Region Primary School.
3. Be aged 5 – 12 years.
4. Not be a Councillor of Toowoomba Regional Council.
5. Not be a child of an employee of Toowoomba Regional Council.
6. If entering as an individual (and not as part of a school-based submission), provide parent/guardian permission and contact details with the entry.
7. Complete the official colouring-in sheet supplied by Toowoomba Regional Council.
An entry must:
1. Be submitted only once per entrant. Multiple entries from the same child will result in disqualification.
2. Be completed using the official Toowoomba Regional Council colouring-in sheet.
3. Be the entrant’s own original colouring-in work.
4. Be coloured in by hand and not AI generated.
5. Be submitted to a TRC customer service centre, or photographed/scanned and emailed by a parent/guardian to cressbrooksafetyimprovement@tr.qld.gov.au. If entering as an individual (and not as part of a school-based submission), provide parent/guardian permission and contact details with the entry.
6. Not be distasteful offensive, obscene, potentially defamatory or discriminatory. Toowoomba Regional Council has the right to remove or exclude any entries at its sole discretion if they are deemed to be non-compliant with this requirement.
7. Comply with all laws in relations to all matters associate with entering this competition including but not limited to any obligations arising out of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
Intellectual property rights
The Toowoomba Regional Council takes no responsibility for any breach of copyright or moral rights by an entrant or any other party.
Costs, liability and indemnity
Entry to this competition is free. Toowoomba Regional Council:
1. reserves its right to limit entry or amend the terms and conditions of this competition if considered necessary at its sole discretion without notice - no liability shall attach to the Toowoomba Regional Council a result of such action; and
2. reserves the right to change the opening dates and times of this competition without notice; and
3. to the fullest extent permitted by law, excludes any liability to entrants for any loss, damage, claim and/or expense that entrants suffer or incur in relation to or in connection to the Design Our Boat Competition, whether the loss is suffered either directly or indirectly; and
4. accepts no responsibility for any late, lost or misdirected entries due to technical disruptions, network congestion or otherwise; and
5. reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel or modify the competition at any time. If cancelled under this clause, Toowoomba Regional Council may choose to select a winner from eligible entries, if any, received at the time of cancellation or it may choose to award no prize.
The entrant is solely liable for and hereby indemnifies Toowoomba Regional Council (including employees and agents) from and against all liability, actions, proceedings, claims, demands, penalties, losses, damage and expense which may be incurred by, brought against or made upon Toowoomba Regional Council or its employees and agents arising out of, or in connection with, either directly or indirectly, the Design Our Boat Competition including but not limited to:
1. any breach of these terms and conditions of this Cressbrook Dam Safety Improvement Project Design Our Boat competition.
Judging entries, prizes and winners
• If an entrant does not comply with any of the competition terms and conditions, the judges may without giving reasons, and in their sole discretion, reject or disqualify an entry. The decision of the judges is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
• Lost or stolen prizes will not be replaced.
• The winner will be notified by email or phone, by 19 June 2026 and announced at the Cressbrook Dam Safety Improvement Project sod-turning on Friday, 10 July 2026.
• Individual prize: The winning child’s name design will be digitalised, printed as large stickers and placed on the barges. The child will be invited to attend the sod-turning ceremony, which will include a boat trip to the site for photos with dignitaries, plus some merchandise featuring their winning design.
• Educational prize: If the winning child is selected from a school-based submission, the school (class/year level of the student) will receive an interactive engineering incursion on how dams and spillways work, along with broad-brimmed hats featuring the winning design for participating students.
• A Toowoomba Regional Council staff member will arrange with the entrant to collect the prize. The prize is non-transferable. If the Toowoomba Regional Council staff member cannot get in touch with the entrant (within 6 attempts of contact) within 10 business days then the prize will be redrawn.
• Any grievance will be investigated in accordance with Toowoomba Regional Council’s Policy 2.52 Complaint Policy and Management framework.
Information privacy
Toowoomba Regional Council will protect the entrant’s right to privacy of its personal information under the Information Privacy Act 2009 and other laws. The information obtained from the entry form and any other associated document may be provided to agents and licensees of Toowoomba Regional Council for the purpose of the administration and to conduct this Design Our Boat Competition, or the publicity, promotion and exhibition of the Toowoomba Regional Council or Toowoomba Regional Council area, or this competition or any future competition.
Governing law
This competition, including the competition terms and conditions is governed by the laws of the State of Queensland and the Commonwealth of Australia. The entrant submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of Queensland and federal courts of Australia.
Contact details:
Toowoomba Regional Council
Cressbrook Dam Safety Improvement Project
cressbrooksafetyimprovement@tr.qld.gov.au
131 872