By using this website, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms of use, which may change at any time.

Copyright Statement
Except when acknowledged to be the work of other parties within the website, all website design, text, graphics, look and feel, method of operation and the selection and arrangement thereof is Copyright Loddon Alive, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Permission is granted to electronically copy and to print in hard copy portions of this site for personal and private use as an informational resource provided that ALL copies retain the copyright and any other proprietary notices contained on the materials. Any other use of materials on this website, including reproduction for purposes other than those noted above, distribution, republication, transmission, re-transmission, modification, or public showing whether for gain or otherwise, is strictly prohibited unless stated otherwise on a given page.

Use of Materials
Personal use of this website is subject to the following conditions:

The documents, text, graphics, photographs, XHTML code, CSS code, or materials may be used solely for personal, non-commercial, and informational purposes.

The documents, text, photographs, XHTML code, CSS code, or materials may not be modified.

Copyright, trademark, and other proprietary notices may not be removed.

You may not reproduce, copy, or redistribute the design or layout of the website, individual elements of the website design, or logos, or programming code including the XHTML and CSS code.

Commercial use of the website materials and screen shots, reproduction, copying or redistribution for commercial purposes of any materials or design elements on the website is strictly prohibited.

Use, reproduction, copying, or redistribution of the 'Loddon Alive' logo, except as used to provide a link to the home page of this web site (http://www.Loddon Alive.com.au/), is strictly prohibited.

Warranties and Limitation of Liability
Information and documents provided on this website are provided 'as is' without any warranty.

Loddon Alive does not make any representations as to the accuracy or completeness of information or advice contained on this website. Your use of this website and its materials is at your own risk. By your use of this website you agree that it is reasonable that Loddon Alive, and the other parties involved in creating and delivering this website's contents are not liable for any damages arising from use of this site, including (without limitation) direct, indirect or consequential damages, loss of data, income or profit, loss of or damage to property, damages for personal injury and claims of third parties.

Applicable Laws
This website (excluding linked sites) is controlled and operated by Loddon Alive, from an office within Australia. It can be accessed from other countries around the world. As each of these countries has laws that may differ from those of Australia, by accessing this website both you and Loddon Alive, agree that the statutes and laws of the state of Victoria, Australia, without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof, will apply to all matters relating to use of this website.

You and Loddon Alive, also agree and hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Australian Courts.

Loddon Alive makes no representation that materials on this website are appropriate or available for use in other locations, and accessing them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access this site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

Links to External Sites
This website may contain links to external, third-party websites. The linked sites are not under the control of Loddon Alive, and Loddon Alive is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. Loddon Alive is providing these links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of a link does not imply endorsement of the linked site or its products or services by Loddon Alive.

Advertisements
All advertisements if or when displayed on www.LoddonAlive.com.au are published in good faith. We do not under any circumstances accept responsibility for the accuracy of such advertisements nor is any kind of warranty or endorsement expressed or implied by such publication. We specifically disclaim any liability to advertisers and users of any kind of loss or damage of any nature whatsoever and however arising, whether due to inaccuracy, error, omission or any other cause, and whether on the part of Loddon Alive, or any other person.

The user agrees that any correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through www.LoddonAlive.com.au, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such advertiser. You agree that Loddon Alive, shall not be responsible for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such advertisers on the site. Comments on the Terms of Use should be sent by Emailing Us.

Site Content
It is a condition of use of the site as a registered member that all content you may submit can be classified as "family friendly". Site members who may choose to abuse this condition of use shall be warned and possibly have the membership terminated at the absolute discretion of the site administrator.

Some of the content on Loddon Alive is submitted by registered members of the site. Whilst the site manager takes all care to ensure that Loddon Alive is a family friendly site, it is possible that content may be visible to users for a period of time before it is caught and removed. In particular, the Community Area of the site is subject to possible abuse of this sort.

The site admin has provided a facility to report inappropriate content as well as a "bad word" filter on the site. All efforts will be made to remove any offensive content as soon as possible, but Loddon Alive and the site management takes no responsibility for the viewing of such content by visitors to the site. Should you see any inappropriate content on the site, please report it to the site admin so that it can be attended to as soon as possible.

Updates to the Terms of Service will be changed here.

Publication date: 7th January 2010.