Terms of Service
1. Acceptance of Terms
Welcome to AussieTrek. By accessing or using our website, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms"). These Terms apply to all visitors, users, and others who access or use our website and services. If you disagree with any part of the Terms, please do not use our website or services.
2. Description of Service
AussieTrek provides a platform for discovering and learning about Australia's top tourist destinations. Our content includes destination guides, travel tips, user reviews, and other travel-related information. We strive to provide accurate and helpful information, but we cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of any content.
3. User Accounts
When you create an account with us, you must provide information that is accurate, complete, and current at all times. Failure to do so constitutes a breach of the Terms, which may result in immediate termination of your account on our website.
You are responsible for safeguarding the password that you use to access our website and for any activities or actions under your password. You agree not to disclose your password to any third party. You must notify us immediately upon becoming aware of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account.
4. Intellectual Property
The content on our website, including without limitation the text, graphics, photos, and other material ("Content"), is owned by AussieTrek and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, display, or in any way exploit, any of the Content in whole or in part without our prior written consent.
5. User Content
Our website may allow you to post, link, store, share, and otherwise make available certain information, text, graphics, videos, or other material ("User Content"). You are responsible for the User Content that you post to our website, including its legality, reliability, and appropriateness.
By posting User Content to our website, you grant us the right to use, modify, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce, and distribute such User Content on and through our website. You retain any and all of your rights to any User Content you submit, post, or display on or through our website and you are responsible for protecting those rights.
6. Prohibited Activities
You may not access or use the website for any purpose other than that for which we make the website available. The website may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by us.
As a user of the website, you agree not to:
- Systematically retrieve data or other content from the website to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without written permission from us.
- Make any unauthorized use of the website, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of users by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email, or creating user accounts by automated means or under false pretenses.
- Use the website to advertise or offer to sell goods and services.
- Circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the website.
- Engage in unauthorized framing of or linking to the website.
- Trick, defraud, or mislead us and other users, especially in any attempt to learn sensitive account information such as user passwords.
- Make improper use of our support services or submit false reports of abuse or misconduct.
- Engage in any automated use of the system, such as using scripts to send comments or messages, or using any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools.
- Interfere with, disrupt, or create an undue burden on the website or the networks or services connected to the website.
- Attempt to impersonate another user or person or use the username of another user.
- Use any information obtained from the website in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person.
- Use the website as part of any effort to compete with us or otherwise use the website and/or the Content for any revenue-generating endeavor or commercial enterprise.
7. Disclaimer
Your use of our website is at your sole risk. The website is provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis. The website is provided without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, or course of performance.
AussieTrek, its subsidiaries, affiliates, and its licensors do not warrant that a) the website will function uninterrupted, secure, or available at any particular time or location; b) any errors or defects will be corrected; c) the website is free of viruses or other harmful components; or d) the results of using the website will meet your requirements.
8. Limitation of Liability
In no event shall AussieTrek, nor its directors, employees, partners, agents, suppliers, or affiliates, be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including without limitation, loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from (i) your access to or use of or inability to access or use the website; (ii) any conduct or content of any third party on the website; (iii) any content obtained from the website; and (iv) unauthorized access, use, or alteration of your transmissions or content, whether based on warranty, contract, tort (including negligence), or any other legal theory, whether or not we have been informed of the possibility of such damage, and even if a remedy set forth herein is found to have failed of its essential purpose.
9. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless AussieTrek, its subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, officers, directors, agents, contractors, licensors, service providers, subcontractors, suppliers, interns, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your breach of these Terms or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.
10. Changes to Terms
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. If a revision is material, we will try to provide at least 30 days' notice prior to any new terms taking effect. What constitutes a material change will be determined at our sole discretion.
By continuing to access or use our website after those revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised terms. If you do not agree to the new terms, please stop using the website.
11. Governing Law
These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Australia, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.
Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of those rights. If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court, the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in effect.
12. Contact Us
If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +61 2 8765 4321
Address: 123 Sydney Road, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
13. Last Updated
These Terms of Service were last updated on October 15, 2025.