Tidy Towns Sustainable Communities

Your community has worked hard to make your piece of Western Australia sustainable and special.  

Registrations for the 2019 Awards have now closed.  See which communities have registered here.

In 2019 Keep Australia Beautiful's flagship program Tidy Towns Sustainable Communities is celebrating 50 years of recognising and rewarding regional and remote communities who take positive action to protect and enhance their environment.  

Introduced to Western Australia by the Tourism Authority the awards continue to be a valued resource for communities in their sustainable and litter free initiatives.  Tourism Western Australia continue to sponsor the awards as does Main Roads WA. Bunbury was the first state winner in 1969.  You can read about the history here.

Listen to Environmental Education Award Winner 2018, talk about why they enter Tidy Towns.

The seven awards encompass initiatives as diverse as litter prevention, environmental education, preserving heritage, community action and youth leadership.   

Tidy Towns benefits communities who enter

Halls Creek, (2018 General Appearance winner), has made significant advances in conquering litter and in increasing community well being.  Listen to Vanessa Elliott, on how Halls Creek is changing its high street image, and encouraging the community to be involved.