01These terms
This website, jackbrookes.co, is operated by Jack Brookes, a sole operator based in Australia. By browsing the site, using a form or joining a mailing list, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree with them, please do not use the site.
They are written to be read, not to be skipped. If a clause here seems unreasonable, email me — I would rather hear about it than have it sit there.
02What this website is
This site is a publication. It exists to share hiking and backpacking information, gear I have used, films I have made, and news about what I am working on. It is information and entertainment.
It is not a shop — nothing is sold here and no payment is taken here. It is not a booking system, a coaching platform or a clinical service. Where a page links out to a retailer, brand or platform, that transaction happens on their site under their terms, not mine.
03Nothing here is professional advice
Important
I am a physiotherapist registered with Ahpra. That is a fact about me, not an offer of clinical care through this website.
Nothing on this site is physiotherapy, medical advice, diagnosis or treatment, and reading it does not create a practitioner–patient relationship between us. Everything here is written for a general audience, not for your body, your history or your injury.
The health and exercise disclaimer sets this out in full and forms part of these terms. Please read it before you follow any training, loading or movement suggestion from this site or my films.
04Content and copyright
Everything on this site that I made — the writing, photographs, films, gear lists, page designs and the Jack Brookes name — belongs to me and is protected by copyright.
You are welcome to:
- Read it, print it and use it for your own hiking.
- Share a link to any page, anywhere, without asking.
- Quote a short passage with my name and a link back to the page.
Please do not, without written permission:
- Republish a page or a substantial part of one, in any language, including on another website or in an app.
- Use my photographs or film footage in your own content, commercial or otherwise.
- Use the material to train a machine learning model or to generate derivative content at scale.
- Present my work as your own, or imply I endorse you or your product.
Brand names, logos and product images belong to their owners and appear here to identify the product being discussed. Their appearance does not imply those brands endorse me.
If you want to use something, ask. The answer is often yes.
05Links to other websites
This site links out to retailers, brands, platforms and other resources. Some of those are affiliate links, which are explained on the affiliate disclosure page.
I do not control those sites. I am not responsible for their content, their prices, their stock, their shipping, their security or their privacy practices, and a link is not a guarantee that a site is safe or that a product is right for you. Once you leave jackbrookes.co, their terms apply.
06Gear information and prices
Weights, specifications, prices and availability change constantly, and retailers list them differently. I try hard to keep the gear pages accurate and to note when something has been superseded, but I cannot guarantee that every figure is current at the moment you read it.
Always check the current weight, specification and price with the retailer before you buy. If you spot something out of date, tell me and I will correct it.
Anything I say about a product is my own experience and opinion, formed from using it. Your conditions, body and preferences differ from mine, and a piece of gear that worked for me may not work for you.
07Mailing lists
If you join the newsletter, you are asking me to email you about hiking, gear and what I am making.
Every email has an unsubscribe link and it works immediately. How I handle your address is set out in the privacy policy.
08Using the site properly
Please do not:
- Use the contact forms to send spam, bulk marketing, abuse or anything unlawful.
- Submit someone else’s details, or pretend to be someone you are not.
- Attempt to break, overload, probe or gain unauthorised access to the site or the services behind it.
- Scrape or harvest the site automatically, or copy it wholesale.
I may block access from any source doing these things, without notice.
09Availability and changes
I do my best to keep the site up, but it is a personal website and I do not promise it will always be available, error-free or uninterrupted. I may change, move or remove any page at any time, including this one.
10Liability
You use this site, and act on what you read here, at your own risk. To the extent the law allows, I am not liable for any loss, injury, cost or damage arising from using the site, relying on its content, following a link from it, or being unable to reach it.
Your rights under Australian Consumer Law
Nothing in these terms excludes, restricts or modifies any guarantee, right or remedy you have under the Australian Consumer Law or any other law that cannot legally be excluded. Where a liability cannot be excluded but can be limited, my liability is limited to resupplying the relevant information or paying the cost of having it resupplied.
11Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of Queensland, Australia. Any dispute will be dealt with in the courts of Queensland, though I would much rather sort it out by email first.
12Changes to these terms
I may update these terms as the site changes. The current version is always the one on this page, with the date at the top. Continuing to use the site after a change means you accept the updated terms.
Questions about these terms
If something here is unclear, or you want permission to use my work, get in touch.
hello@jackbrookes.coThis page is written in plain English and describes how this website actually works. It is general information about my own site, not legal advice for anyone else. If anything here is unclear or looks wrong, email hello@jackbrookes.co and I will fix it.