MEDIA ADVICE: 18 January 2016
SANTOS TOUR DOWN UNDER RETURNS TO THE BAY
CELEBRATE WITH GLENELG’S
RETURN OF THE TOUR STREET PARTY!
RETURN OF THE TOUR. STREET PARTY 5PM-LATE WEDNESDAY 20 JANUARY
JETTY ROAD & MOSELEY SQUARE, GLENELG: FREE, ALL WELCOME!
City of Holdfast Bay Mayor Mr Stephen Patterson says Holdfast Bay is busy gearing up for the Santos
Tour Down Under’s return to Glenelg this Thursday 21 January. The 139km Thomas Foods Stage 3 Race
from Glenelg to Campbelltown will kick off from Colley Terrace at 11am on Thursday morning, with
festivities starting from 9.30am, but Holdfast Bay is rolling out the welcome mat the night before with a
massive street party…
“It was fabulous to have the Santos Tour Down Under return to Glenelg last year, and we were all thrilled
to hear that the Thomas Foods Stage 3 would start from Glenelg this year,” he said.
“Our traders and local businesses are rolling out the welcome mat, the community has been flat out
creating quirky, bike-themed artworks with the aim of winning the Santos Best Dressed Town
competition, and we’re warming up to the race the night before with a fantastic street party!
Mayor Patterson said this year’s Return of the Tour Street Party – 5pm-late Wednesday 20 January, Jetty
Rd, Glenelg – would feature live music with Dirty Harry, Dino Jag, the Rhythm Cats Mason Lloyde, SA
Samba and Joe Man Murphy; roving entertainment with Bamboozled (a performance troupe on largescale bikes) plus snake charmers, fortune tellers, unicycle cops and magicians; sizzling-hot street food and
cool drinks with eight pop-up bars, plus bike-themed entertainment and a fashion parade.
“The Vintage Bay Tram Catwalk, which was enormously popular last year, will return with an upbeat
fashion parade featuring fresh summer Jetty Road fashion, and as well as roving artists and pop-up food
vendors and bars, we have some great bike-themed entertainment. If you bring your own bike, you can
test your skills on a temporary foreshore pump track and help us make music and lights with our bikepowered fun machine. Plus there’s Jetty Road’s huge range of cafes, bars and restaurants and shops are
open for late night shopping and sidewalk sales.”
Mayor Patterson says last year’s Santos Tour Down Under delivered an economic benefit of $47.9 million
to the state, so its return to Glenelg is good news for Holdfast Bay’s traders and tourism operators.
“The Tour attracts an enormous amount of media attention and will bring huge crowds to Glenelg, and of
course we are excited by the longer-term benefits that come from the international media exposure.”
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Media enquiries: please contact Trisha Helbers on 8229 9874, 0400 143 912 or thelbers@holdfast.sa.gov.au.
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CELEBRATE WITH GLENELG’S RETURN OF THE TOUR STREET PARTY!
More information: www.holdfast.sa.gov.au/tdu or http://www.tourdownunder.com.au.
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For further comments from Mayor Stephen Patterson: 0408 554 685.
…/Fast Facts & Stats
Media enquiries: please contact Trisha Helbers on 8229 9874, 0400 143 912 or thelbers@holdfast.sa.gov.au.
FAST FACTS
RETURN OF THE TOUR STREET PARTY
Date, time & location: 5-11pm Wednesday 20 January 2016, Jetty Road & Moseley Square, Glenelg
Numbers: Last year’s Return of the Tour Street Party brought an estimated 10,000 people to Glenelg.
Hosted by: the City of Holdfast Bay and Jetty Road Main street Management Committee
The Return of the Tour Street Party Fashion Parade features Finesse models and MC Hayley Pearson
(Adelady) plus fashion by Jetty Road’s: Pari, Attitudes, Extreme Boardriders, Peter Shearer, Blazae, Ghanda,
Vertice, Touche de Paris, Jo Mercer, Apple Tree Boutique, Paisley Boutique, Lorna Jane, Seaside Swimwear,
House of Serendipity, Who I Choose to be and Bronze Snake.
Supporting partners
 Enve Hair and Beauty
 Finesse Models Australia
 Krush Hair
SANTOS TOUR DOWN UNDER THOMAS FOODS STAGE 3 START
Date, time & location: Thomas Foods Stage 3 (Glenelg-Campbelltown) starts from Colley Terrace, Glenelg
on Thursday 21 January 2016, Colley Tce, Glenelg:
 9.30am - The Tour Parade arrives with Tour Parade sponsor vehicles handing out goodies
 10am - Professional riders and team cars arrive for sign on
 11am - World Tour Race starts!
Numbers: Last year’s Bupa Challenge and Stage 4 start in Glenelg brought an estimated 13,000 people to
Glenelg. We are anticipating around 15,000 participants this year.
For more information: http://www.tourdownunder.com.au.
ROAD CLOSURES AND SPEED LIMITS
Road closures will apply during the street party and on the morning of the Thomas Foods Stage 3
(Glenelg-Campbelltown) start.
LATE NIGHT SHOPPING
The Jetty Road Glenelg precinct will be open for late night shopping during the Street Party on
Wednesday 20 January and again (as usual) on Thursday 21 January.
Media enquiries: please contact Trisha Helbers on 8229 9874, 0400 143 912 or thelbers@holdfast.sa.gov.au.