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Community Photo Competition Terms and Conditions

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1. Eligibility

Open to all community members that live in our service area, excluding GWMWater employees* and their immediate family* members.

Entrants under 18 must have parental/guardian consent.

2. Theme

'What do you enjoy most about GWMWater's lakes, reservoirs and weir pools?'

Share your best photos of your favourite spots, moments, or activities with us and be in with a chance to win some great prizes!

3. Entry Requirements

Each participant may submit up to 3 photos.

Photos must be original and taken by the entrant.

Photos must have been taken within the last 12 months.

Entrant must live in the GWMWater catchment area.

Camera or phone photography is accepted.

Submit entries in JPEG or PNG format.

Minimum resolution - 12 megapixels (MP).

4. Submission Process

Email entries to

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Name the photo file, Photo Title - Your name - Lake Name.

Include in the email; your name, town you live, email address, name of lake, and a description of the photo including what you enjoy most about the lake, reservoir, weir pools in the photo (maximum 100 words).

Deadline for submissions: Saturday 28 February 2026

5. Judging Criteria

Relevance to the theme.

Photo must include a GWMWater lake, weir pool or reservoir - see full list below.

Creativity and originality.

Composition and visual impact.

6. Prizes

1st prize

- Major prize $500 gift voucher.

Prizes 2- 10

- Announced on the first of each month in our Photo of the Month Recognition Program and receive a $100 gift voucher.

Major winner will be announced on 16 March 2026 on our website and Facebook page.

7. Usage Rights

By entering, participants allow GWMWater to use their submitted photos for promotional activity across online platforms, social media and printed material.

Photos may be reproduced for GWMWater projects. Credit will be given when it fits the context.

8. Code of Conduct

Photos must be respectful and appropriate for all audiences and contain no inappropriate content, such as nudity.

A signed consent form must accompany each entry for all individuals appearing in the photo. For participants under 18 years of age, the form must be signed by a parent or legal guardian.

No offensive, discriminatory, or unsafe content will be accepted.

Our reservoirs

Lake Bellfield

Lake Fyans

Green Lake, Horsham

Lake Lonsdale

Moora Moora Reservoir

Rocklands Reservoir

Taylors Lake

Lake Toolondo

Lake Wartook

Pipeline supplied recreation lakes and weir pools

Beulah Weir Pool

Beulah Weir Pool

Brim Weir Pool

Donald Caravan Park Lake

Green Lake, Sea Lake

Lake Lascelles, Hopetoun

Lake Marma, Murtoa

Ouyen Lake

Rainbow Lake

Tchum Lake, Birchip

Walkers Lake, Avon Plains

Warracknabeal Weir Pool

Watchem Lake

Wooroonook Lake

Yaapeet Lake

General Information

Participation in this competition is deemed acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.

*'GWMWater employees' 'immediate family' are not eligible to enter. Immediate family is deemed as any spouse, de-facto spouse, child or step-child residing in the same household as the employee.

*'Employee' means all GWMWater employees, including permanent, temporary, contract, graduates, trainee staff.

Businesses and its employees contracted by GWMWater to perform works on our behalf in any form are eligible to enter.

GWMWater's decision is final and binding, and no correspondence will be entered into.

It is a condition of entry that winners' names and their location will be made available on our website.

Any information you provide as part of this competition will be managed in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water Corporation trading as GWMWater at 11 McLachlan Street, Horsham VIC 3400 ABN: 35 584 588 263.

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