Share your images + date + location and win!

Submit your BioBlitz findings on Participate Melbourne and go into the draw to win a prize! We're giving away prizes in the following categories:

Most Unusual Picture - win an iPad mini
Scientists will judge photo entries to identify the most unexpected species in the City of Melbourne.

Best Picture - win an iPad mini
Our wildlife photographers will judge photo entries to identify the best picture uploaded to all channels.

Most Entries via Participate Melbourne - win a Museum Victoria Household Membership (for 2 adults + 4 children up to 16 years old)
This is a prize for the participant who uploads the most images via the Participate Melbourne page.

First 5 Participant Entries - win a Museum Victoria Family Pass
This is a prize for the first 5 participants who upload their sightings to the Participate Melbourne page.


Terms and conditions of entry

By entering into this competition, you agree to the Entry Requirements above and these Terms and Conditions:

  1. This competition is administered by the City of Melbourne (‘the ‘Promoter’), Council House 2, 240 Little Collins Street, Melbourne 3000.
  2. Entries must be accompanied by either a valid return email or a valid social media address for ease of correspondence and for us to identify the winner.
  3. Entry is open to anyone residing in Victoria at the time of submission, except for employees and immediate families of the Promoter, associated companies and agencies.
  4. Entrants may submit as many valid data records as they wish, in order to meet the requirement for a data record, the entrant should follow the steps outline in the BioBlitz ToolKit.
  5. The data entry record and the photo submission must be the entrant’s own work.
  6. Due to an expected large number of submissions, the Promoter cannot acknowledge receipt of entries.
  7. No responsibility is accepted by the Promoter for late, lost, damaged or misdirected entries.
  8. The judges’ decision is final; no correspondence will be entered into.
  9. The Promoter reserves the right to withdraw a prize in the event of an entrant being unable to satisfy the Entry Requirements or these Terms and Conditions.
  10. Entries that are considered of an offensive nature will be rejected.

Copyright remains with the entrant, however by participating in the BioBlitz competition the entrant grants the following rights to the The City of Melbourne:

  • Permission to display all entries (or part thereof) and publish all entries (or part thereof) on its website or in other websites or locations and for promotional purposes.
  • Grant the Council a perpetual and non-exclusive license to use footage and photographs, for non-commercial purposes, in all media worldwide.