Win a Trip to Experience the Stories and Dreamtime of the Aboriginals in Australia.

We thank everybody who participated in the National Geographic and TravelEssence prize question. Entries have now closed. The right answers are as follows:

1. Uluru is the Aboriginal name for?

    Ayers Rock

2. When is the best time to visit Australia?    

The north from April to November, and the south from September to May.

3.What do we, TravelEssence, recommend as the best way to get a real insight into the Aussie way of life and experience Australia?    

Stay in beautiful bed and breakfasts, cottages and other unique accommodation where your hosts take time to share their local knowledge while enjoying a BBQ watching the sunset over the ocean.

And the winner is: Jos Koppenaal

Test Your knowledge of Australia with the questions below and enter the draw to win a unique journey through Australia. Spend time with exceptional people with exceptional stories in gigantic landscapes. Rock Paintings, dance, bush tucker- the way of life as it was and has been for millennia. Then relax in tropical paradise at the Great Barrier Reef.

Travel to the Flinders Ranges with Haydn from Bookabee to discover caves full of ancient rock art, hear creation stories and spend the night near Wilpena Pound.

Stay at the Coorong wetlands- the Murray River delta bursting with native Australian birds. Have 2 days with the local Aboriginals in an area that shows all the stress and changes of the environment in which they exist.

Travel to the blazing red earth of Alice Springs and spend 5 days on safari with Wayoutback visiting Uluru, Kings Canyon and Kata Juta before staying in local Aboriginal communities.

Visit the Daintree Rainforest where it meets the Great Barrier Reef. Hunt for seafood with the Walker brothers  before heading further north to Cooktown. Spend the next morning with Willie Gordon on his Rainbow Serpent experience.

Also included in this unique prize are

 

• Return flights to Australia with Cathay Pacific Airways via Hong Kong

• 1 night stopover in Hong Kong

• 3 nights at Hibiscus Resort, Port Douglas

• Snorkeling trip on the Great Barrier Reef with Poseidon Adventures (1 day snorkel trip)

 

For more information about Australia

 

Conditions

We will not give your details to any third party.

We will not send you any further communication except for the prize winner or unless you have signed on for the newsletter. The prize winner agrees that their name and photo may be used for promotional purposes by TravelEssence and National Geographic Television and their associated companies.

Employees and their families of TravelEssence, National Geographic Television and their associated companies may not enter the competition.

The prize is not redeemable for cash, nor transferable. The winner must travel on the prize and must enter the prize using their name as shown in their passport. Should the winners name differ from that used to enter the prizedraw via the online form then the winners entry will be deemed to be void and the winner will forfeit the prize. The organisers will then draw a new winner. The decision of the organisers is final and they may not be communicated with.

The prize must be used in full by 30 June 2011.

The prize is for 2 persons sharing a room, flying together and traveling together at all times.

The organizers are not responsible for your inability to carry out the prize for any reason whatsoever.

The competition can only be entered using the online form.

Entries are limited to one per person and multiple entries will be excluded. Multiple automated entries will be deemed to be void.   

Entries must be received by 2359 CET, 15 July 2010.

 

The winner will be notified by telephone and made known on our website on 18 July 2010.

The judges decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.