The “Sh*t Towns of Australia” Facebook page today published the results of its South Australia poll.

Port Pirie, three hours north of Adelaide, ranked first, with 38 per cent of the vote.

Speaking to the ABC, Port Pirie Mayor Leon Stephens said the joke was getting old.

“I might be showing my age or whatever but I think this is getting pretty tired,” he said.

“It’s a bit like a dad joke that’s continually going on and I think that it’s time that we changed it up a little bit.”

Mr Stephens also had his own dig at one of the founders of “Sh*t Towns of Australia”, Geoff Rissole, and said the town’s top ranking was “probably about as impressive as a name called Geoff Rissole”.

“I do really want Mr Rissole to make himself known next time he comes to Port Pirie, so that we can actually show him some of the good side of things, and maybe we might drop down to fifth or ninth on the list,” he said.

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Mr Rissole and Rick Furphy are the masterminds behind the Facebook phenomenon Sh*t Towns of Australia, where close to a quarter of a million people espouse their love – or declare their hatred – for locations around the country.

Last year the pair declared Logan, Queensland, as “the cr*phole voted Sh*t Town of the Year for second year running”.

“Congratulations to LOGAN on being voted Sh*t Town of the Year for the second year running! Bogan City managed to out-sh*t the putrid poo pit of Port Pirie in the final, winning back-to-back brown crowns and being named the sh*ttiest town in this sh*ttiest of years. Gives yourselves a pat on the backside, Logan!” the pair wrote.

Also on the unflattering list of 2020’s worst towns were Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Hervey Bay in Queensland, Nimbin and Nowra in NSW, and Port Pirie.

– with Natalie Brown