BEST BEARD OF GROUNDWATER COMPETITION

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
1. Promoter
The promoter is OBI Holdings No. 2 Pty Ltd, trading as Beard Octane Australia, of 131 Leichhardt Street, Spring Hill QLD 4000 (“Beard Octane” or “the Promoter”).

2. Competition period
The competition opens at 10:00am AEST on Friday, 16 October 2026 and closes at 3:00pm AEST on Sunday, 18 October 2026. Entries or votes received outside this period will not be accepted.

3. Eligibility
Entry is free and open to Australian residents aged 18 years or over. Employees of the Promoter, competition judges and their immediate families are not eligible to enter.

Only one entry per person is permitted. Entrants may be eligible to win more than one category.

4. How to enter
Entrants may enter eligible online categories by:

1. completing the official online entry form;
2. providing the requested contact details;
3. uploading a clear and recent photograph showing their beard; and
4. accepting the required entry, image-use and marketing consents.

Entrants may also enter at the Beard Octane stand during the Groundwater Country Music Festival.

Entries must feature the entrant’s own beard. Photographs must not use artificial intelligence, editing, filters, extensions or other alterations that materially change the beard’s appearance.

Beard Octane may reject any entry that is incomplete, misleading, offensive, inappropriate, fraudulent or inconsistent with the spirit of the competition.

5. Competition categories

The Big Rig
Awarded to the fullest and bushiest beard, considering its fullness, density, condition and overall presentation.

The Sharp Shooter
Awarded to the most precisely trimmed and manicured beard, considering its shape, symmetry, grooming and attention to detail.

The Long Haul
Awarded to the longest eligible beard measured in person at the Beard Octane stand during the competition period.

Most Wanted
Awarded to the eligible entrant receiving the highest combined total of valid online and in-person votes.

6. Judging
The Big Rig and The Sharp Shooter will be judged by members of the Beard Octane team. Entries will be assessed against the relevant category criteria, and the judges’ decision will be final. If two entries are tied for The Big Rig or The Sharp Shooter, a nominated member of the Groundwater Country Music Festival team will assess the tied entries and select the winner. No correspondence will be entered into regarding judging decisions.

7. Measuring The Long Haul
The Long Haul is available only to entrants who attend the Beard Octane stand and have their beard officially measured during the competition period.

The beard will be measured from the bottom of the entrant’s chin to the end of the longest beard hair, following its natural fall. Artificial extensions are not permitted.

The measurement will be taken by one Beard Octane team member and witnessed and verified by a second Beard Octane team member. The verified measurement will be final.

If two entrants record the same measurement, the Beard Octane judging team will select the winner based on the beard’s overall condition and presentation.

8. Public voting
Most Wanted will be determined by combining valid votes received through the online competition gallery with valid red-pin votes placed on the physical leaderboard at the Beard Octane stand.

A person may cast a maximum of one online vote and one in-person vote. Beard Octane may remove duplicate, automated, manipulated, purchased or otherwise fraudulent votes. In-person votes will be counted and verified by two Beard Octane team members after voting closes.

If there is a tie for Most Wanted, the tied entrant with the highest number of online votes will win. If the entrants remain tied, the Beard Octane judging team will select the winner based on overall beard presentation.

9. Prizes
The prizes are:

• The Big Rig: one $150 Beard Octane Australia website gift voucher.
• The Sharp Shooter: one $150 Beard Octane Australia website gift voucher.
• The Long Haul: one $150 Beard Octane Australia website gift voucher.
• Most Wanted: one $75 Beard Octane Australia website gift voucher.

The total prize pool is $525. Prizes are not transferable or redeemable for cash. Website gift vouchers are subject to any conditions displayed on the voucher and applicable Australian law.

10. Winner notification
Winners will be contacted using the email address or telephone number supplied with their entry and may also be announced on Beard Octane Australia’s website and social-media accounts.

A winner must respond within seven days of being contacted. If a winner cannot be contacted, is found to be ineligible or does not accept the prize within that time, Beard Octane may award the prize to the next eligible entrant determined by the applicable judging or voting method.

11. Photograph and social-media consent
By entering, entrants consent to Beard Octane collecting, displaying, reproducing and sharing their submitted photograph, first name, competition category and entry information on:

• the competition website and online voting gallery;
• Beard Octane’s social-media accounts;
• the physical leaderboard at the festival; and
• Beard Octane marketing relating to this competition.

Beard Octane may choose whether or not to publish an entry and does not guarantee that every entry will be shared on social media.

Entrants confirm that they own or have permission to use their submitted photograph and that its publication will not infringe another person’s rights.

12. Marketing consent
Entry is conditional upon the entrant providing express consent to receive marketing communications from Beard Octane Australia.

Marketing communications may include news, product information, special offers and promotions sent by email or SMS. Entrants may unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe facility included in the communication. Unsubscribing after submitting a valid entry will not cancel that entry or affect an awarded prize.

13. Personal information
Personal information will be collected and used to administer the competition, contact entrants and winners, deliver prizes, publish approved entries and send marketing communications where consent has been provided. Information will be handled in accordance with Beard Octane Australia’s Privacy Policy. Entrants may contact Beard Octane to request access to or correction of their personal information.

14. Disqualification
Beard Octane may disqualify an entrant or remove votes where it reasonably believes that the entrant has:

• supplied false or misleading information;
• submitted a photograph that does not accurately represent their beard;
• interfered with or manipulated the voting process;
• used automated voting tools or purchased votes;
• behaved abusively toward staff, voters or other entrants; or
• otherwise breached these Terms and Conditions.

15. Changes or cancellation
If the competition cannot operate as planned because of circumstances outside Beard Octane’s reasonable control, Beard Octane may modify, suspend or cancel the competition, subject to applicable law.

Beard Octane is not responsible for entries or votes that are late, incomplete, corrupted, misdirected or not received because of technical, internet or platform failures. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions excludes any rights or remedies that cannot lawfully be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law.

16. Festival and platform disclaimer
The competition is promoted and administered by Beard Octane Australia. The Groundwater Country Music Festival is not responsible for administering the competition or supplying its prizes. Its involvement is limited to festival support and providing a representative to decide a tied Beard Octane judging category where required. This competition is not sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Instagram, Facebook, Meta or Woorise. Entrants release those platforms from responsibility associated with the competition to the extent permitted by law.

17. Acceptance
By submitting an entry, the entrant confirms that they have read, understood and accepted these Terms and Conditions.