SWAG: Submit Your Photos And Win A Trip For Two To The “Clayoquot Oyster Festival”
November 2, 2011
We’re giving away a weekend for two to Tofino’s legendary Clayoquot Oyster Festival. The package – valued at roughly $1000 and arranged with the aid of our friends at Tourism Tofino – includes two nights of luxurious accommodation at the Pacific Sands Beach Resort (Nov. 18-19), two tickets to the Mermaid’s Ball, two tickets to the Oyster Fest Gala, two tickets to the Remote Passages Oyster Farm Tour, and an Oyster Trio for two at the award-winning SOBO restaurant. (note that transportation to and from is not included, but man is the winding drive ever awesome!)
To enter the contest, you need to do a few things…
- Express your keenness in the comments below.
- Visit the Oyster Fest’s Facebook page and “like” it.
- Submit two of your own photographs (only two) to Scout’s Flickr Pool. Photo 1 should be of something delicious (it doesn’t need to be an oyster). Photo 2 should involve BC’s coastline in one way or another. Both should include captions detailing the what and the where, and both need to be taken by the person entering the competition (duh).
The deadline for submissions is this Monday, November 7th at noon, so get out there and start shooting! Our crew will narrow down the entries to our favourite 5 combinations that afternoon and then post them for our Facebook fans to “like” at their leisure until noon on Friday, November 11th. The person whose images garner the most “likes” in the time allotted will be declared the winner (and will have 7 nights to pack for what will likely prove to be a weekend to remember). In the unlikely event of a tie, Scout will cast the deciding vote. All clear? GO!
A few images from our most recent trips to Tofino to get your juices flowing…
every year we go to Tofino for some R&R and surfing and just some really fresh oysters and seafood…. Would definitely love to win a stay at Pacific Sands Beach Resort… even tho its colder now, nothing a wet suit won’t do!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coffeefoodies/6307090880/
Day of fishing
Spotted Prawns in Sunshine Coast, BC
Doesn’t get fresher than this!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coffeefoodies/6307102856/
Wickanninish Beach, Tofino BC
After a long day of surfing, building sand cabins and surf boards from bark!
Nancy @coffeefoodies
Consider me SUPER keen! Now, to peruse my photos…
I assume family can’t enter! Hook a sister up sometime!
Ha! Sorry Kate.
This sounds like an awesome prize!
I haven’t had a chance to see Tofino during storm season, would love to check it out. Also would be interesting to check out the tour of the Oyster Farms while in that neck of the woods- good to see where your food comes from.
I’m really keen and am sending lots of love to your comments page! I love oysters and tofino so so much!
I would love to have an extra reason to visit Tofino (having never been there) and this would give the extra incentive to take a trip up to Tofino. This would be a great experience, that I’d hope, would result in some awesome photo opportunities of the various scenic scenes that Tofino can offer.
Either way hope you enjoy my photos and hope you have a wonderful winter!
Favorite place on this planet and soo humbling when your in the waves!
What a wonderful combination, Tofino and oysters!! Love them both!
wow…what a wonderful prize! I love Tofino – sounds like an amazing prize….now to look thru my pics!
This sounds great! I love the beauty of Tofino and isn’t it thunderstorm season? Could Tofino, thunderstorms, and oysters get any better?
Just learning about oysters and am loving them – especially with the right wine pairing! Looking forward to enjoying all that the oyster festival has to offer as well as spending some much needed r&r in beautiful Tofino.
I’m oh-so-keen!
Love Tofino! Love Oysters! Sounds like a fabulous combination!
I am keen. I am very very keen.
WHAT A SHUCKING AWESOME GIVEAWAYYYYYYYYY (see what I did there? oh yessss)
I tried oysters for the first time February of this year. I was very skeptical at first, but oh my goodness. There is no turning back! I LOVE OYSTERS… and Tofino.
Flickr, twitter: ms_tfny
This is one of my favorite events in Tofino. Even if you don’t love oysters, the events are a lot of fun and the Osyter Farm tours (added today) take you up into the pristine waters of Clayoquot Sound. Not to be missed. What a great opportunity!
extreme keen
Is this contest open to Tofino residents? Sounds like an amazing weekend for two lucky people!
Very, very keen. Love oysters, and LOVE Tofino. This sounds like an awesome weekend.
Pacific sands… so nice but too expensive. Never been to this festival but i think it would be an awesome experience to be had.
On a scale of 1 to keenness, I’m about a 10
On a scale of 1 to awesome, SCOUT MAG and Clayoquot Oyster Festival are the (f)ish.
Aww shucks, look what the cat hawled in,
One keeeen tofino lover, who would love to win
keen.keen.keeeeeeeeeeeen.
We celebrated my boyfriend’s 25th birthday in Tofino and Ucluelet this summer. Kayaking, whale watching, surfing, delicious seafood, sand, ocean, and a cozy cabin–a lower mainlander’s escape to paradise!
No better place than near the ocean in BC
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69552190@N08/6316733841/in/pool-scoutmagazine
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69552190@N08/6316734751/in/pool-scoutmagazine
What an awesome prize package. Would love to win this… the Clayoquot Oyster Festival sounds like a lot of fun!
Oysters in Tofino….what more could one ask for!
Super keen! Tofino and oysters sound amazing!
off/shoulder season festivals are always the best ones!
Very keen! I have recently become an oyster eater and there would be no better place to go than the Clayoquot Oyster Festival!!!
Yup, very keen.
This is terrific! I’m as eager as a beaver.
I love Tofino and Oysters! This would be the greatest prize!
I’m keen, I’m keen! Would love to bundle up and head out to Tofino area for a treat!
I love fresh oyster.
I have never been to Tofino…I love my wife and would love to take her there!
I am super keen on heading up to Tofino,BC. Would love to take my amazing husband on this grand trip
I LOVE oysters, I love adventure, and I love BC. Three reasons why I am keen to win this amazing trip and experience in Tofino, BC. You can bet I’ll be writing all about it upon my return on my blog and on Twitter – if you give me the opportunity of course!
Hi, I would love to go to Tofino and eat oysters, oysters, oysters – I am a keen photographer but have not been to Tofino for a very long time (about 25 years!), but everytime you have a photo contest you only want photos from your own area, sooo for people who would like to go for the first time there is no chance to participate in your contest, so that way you only reach the old crowd …..
Hi Annie,
To clarify, this is the first photo contest that we’ve ever done, and I don’t think that asking for pictures of BC’s coastline is all that restrictive (though I did see an entry from Ireland). I nevertheless apologise to those of our readers who are from the interior and beyond. We love you guys, and will try to accommodate you in future photo contests!