Santos Best Dressed Town

Celebrate your community

The Santos Best Dressed Town is more than a competition – it’s a chance to showcase creativity, pride, and the spirit that makes each South Australian town unique.

As the Santos Tour Down Under passes through, communities transform their streets and spaces into vibrant displays of colour, art, and storytelling. It’s not just about decorations – it’s about connection. Local businesses, schools, sporting clubs, artists, and residents come together to create something unforgettable.

From painting and planting to building and making, each effort tells a town’s story, welcoming the race and sharing South Australia’s character with visitors and viewers across the globe.

Getting involved is easy – complete a nomination form to enter your town, business, or home. Then, decorate ahead of the race and show your community spirit.

2026 OVERALL WINNERS

Santos Best Dressed Town
Santos Best Dressed Private Property
Santos Best Dressed Commercial or Community Property

Brukunga

The overall Gold winner of the Santos Best Dressed Town is Brukunga! Brukunga stood out across the entire competition with an exceptional display of creativity and community spirit. Working with a minimal budget and maximum imagination, the town transformed its streets using sustainable, recycled, and hand-made elements that told a meaningful local story.

From coffee pots repurposed as plant holders, beautifully hand-sewn bunting, recycled bicycles, and a striking bike created from branches and sticks salvaged from the 2019 Cudlee Creek bushfires.

Each detail thoughtfully crafted and full of purpose. Strong TDU theming and celebratory chalk messages completed the display, making Brukunga a truly deserving overall Gold winner.

SILVER: Gumeracha

The overall Silver winner of the Santos Best Dressed Town is Gumeracha! Gumeracha impressed with a vibrant and playful town-wide transformation. A bold frog-inspired theme set the tone, turning the streets into a colourful celebration that delighted visitors and showcased the town’s creativity.

Businesses, schools and residents came together to create eye-catching displays featuring oversized frogs, hand-crafted bunting and cycling-themed street banners. The result was a joyful and cohesive presentation that reflected strong local pride, collaboration and community spirit - making Gumeracha a standout overall Silver winner.

BRONZE: Willunga

The overall Bronze winner of the Santos Best Dressed Town is Willunga! Willunga was bursting with colour, creativity and community spirit, delivering a joyful and eco-friendly display that truly stood out. The town came alive with recycled crowns and sunflowers, bikes lining the fences with baskets overflowing with vibrant flowerpots, and eye-catching artwork transforming the streetscape.

With layers of playful detail and sustainable creativity at every turn, Willunga shone with energy and charm, creating an unforgettable celebration that put the town firmly in the spotlight.

Ryan Smith & Christine Martin

Santos Best Dressed Private Property goes to Ryan Smith and Christine Martin! Delighting visitors with a vibrant, immersive Tour Down Under display full of colour, creativity, and personality. Their imaginative scene featured playful figures lounging in cycling-themed chairs, a giant cyclist cut-out, and handcrafted crowns, sunflowers, bunting, and artwork made from recycled materials. Cleverly repurposed race items - including bike chains, water bottles, backpacks, and other memorabilia -added layers of ingenuity and charm.

Joyful, inventive, and brimming with community pride, their display captured both the excitement of the race and a commitment to sustainability, making it a truly unforgettable showcase and a deserving overall winner.

Kies Family Wines

Santos Best Dressed Commercial or Community Property is Kies Family Wines! Delivering a standout display that captured the true spirit of the Santos Tour Down Under. The vibrant installation celebrated not only the event itself, but the strong sense of family, connection and community at the heart of the vineyard.

What set this display apart was the people behind it. With the support of local volunteers, community members and friends from a nearby animal rescue, the vineyard was transformed into a welcoming and joyful space that reflected inclusivity, collaboration and heart.

Bursting with colour, energy and personality, Kies Family Wines created an unforgettable display that embodied the excitement of the Santos Tour Down Under and made them a truly deserving overall winner.