Beauty draws a prize

ENTRIES for the 2013 Keep Australia Beautiful Victoria Awards are now open.
Locals are encouraged to enter their community in this year’s Tidy Towns – Sustainable Communities Awards.
The Tidy Towns – Sustainable Communities Awards are for communities in regional Victoria.
Communities can compete for awards in a diverse range of categories including clean beaches, waste reduction, heritage and culture preservation, energy saving, improving biodiversity and water conservation.
The awards are aimed to encourage practical and local efforts to improve the environment.
This year’s awards feature a new litter prevention category to recognise communities taking action to tackle litter.
Entries close 10 May 2013. For further information visit www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/kabv