The town of Orange 254 km west of Sydney, is the Keep NSW Beautiful, Blue Star Overall Regional Sustainability Award winner, and will now go on to represent their state in the Keep Australia Beautiful, Australian Tidy Towns awards.
Orange will be visited by the Australian Tidy Towns judge Jill Grant on 22 December to compare with six other finalists from all over the country.
Hinton Reserve, Nesting Box Inspection (Environmental Sustainability and Education).
Suma Park Dam Upgrade, Pipeline, Storm Water Harvesting (Environmental Sustainability).
Ploughman's Wetlands and Wentworth Golf Club Solar Car Park (Environmental Sustainability and Community Wellbeing).
Wayfinders, Orange Base Hospital and Adventure Playground (Community Wellbeing).
Rural Fire Services Compound, Aboriginal Scar Tree; Wentworth Mine Site; and Emmaville Cottage (Heritage and Culture).
Resource Recovery Centre (Waste Management).
Sponsored by The Australian Packaging Covenant and the Department for the Environment the Australian Tidy Towns awards encourage, motivate and celebrate the achievements of rural and regional communities across Australia.
Mt Liebig, territory winner from Keep Australia Beautiful NT.
The Australian Tidy Towns awards will be held on 17 and 18 March, hosted by last year's winner Toodyay in Western Australia.