Santa Teresa named Australia's Tidy Town 2019


This video was made as part of Santa Teresa’s submission to national Tidy Towns awards. 

The Santa Teresa community went on to win the 2019 Australian Sustainable Communities Tidy Towns Award at the national finals in Tasmania. At the awards they won the following categories: 

  • Litter Prevention
  • Environmental Communication and Engagement
  • Community Health, Wellbeing and Interest and
  • Young Legends – Group

as well as being highly commended for the category:

  • Resource Recovery and Waste Management 

For more behind the Tidy Town efforts of the Santa Teresa community, read the media releases about them being named Australian Sustainable Communities Tidy Towns Award or about their journey to the awards.

Their trip to the national final followed Santa Teresa being named Territory Tidy Town in 2018. For more insight into the Tidy Town efforts of the Santa Teresa community, see the MacNews feature showcasing their win or read the media release about the Territory Tidy Towns awards.