‘Proud, pleased, gobsmacked’: Tidy Towns honours the unsung heroes of small Australian communities (opens in new tab)

The awards may look a little different from the original anti-litter tourism effort of the 1960s, but they’re still a way for far-flung towns to showcase their civic prideGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt’s a quintessential Australian image. Driving down a freeway or gravel track on a road trip and coming across a well-weathered sign at the entrance to a community reading “tidy town winner” in proud lettering.It may come as a soothing reassurance that the town you’...