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View of HIGHEST Loo in OZ at Rawsons Pass from Mt Kosciuszko Summit, Snowy Mountains, NSW

Rawson Pass: Scenic Public Loo #37

December 1, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Charlotte Pass, Loos with Views, Mt Kosciuszko, New South Wales, Rawsons Pass, Scenic Public Toilets, Snowy Mountains

Some get to Rawson Pass en route to Mount Kosciuszko for the record. Others do it for the challenge. And still others do it just because it’s there. But I climbed Australia’s highest mountain for the chance go as HIGH as I could go – at Rawson Pass, the highest Scenic Public Toilet in the country!! 100 metres or so below the[…]

The Democratic Dunny – Australia’s Scenic Public Loo #37, Exmouth, WA

October 10, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Cape Range National Park, Exmouth, Loos with Views, Ningaloo Marine Park, North West Cape, Scenic Public Toilets, Travel, Vlamingh Head Lighthouse

Q: What do you call a person who speaks 3 languages? A: Trilingual! Q: What do you call a person who speaks 2 languages? A: Bilingual!! Q: What do you call a person who speaks only 1 language? A: An Australian! Yes, embarrassing though it is to admit such a culturally insensitive reality, it’s true. For large portions of the[…]

Radio Telescope #1, Australia Telescope Compact Array, via Narrabri, New South Wales

Australia Telescope Compact Array – Loo #36

July 6, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Australia, Compact Array, Loos with Views, Narrabri, New South Wales, Scenic Public Toilets, Things to do, Travel

Australia Telescope Compact Array At the Australia Telescope Compact Array, the future of Southern Hemispheric radio astronomy was in my hands, at least for the next 30 minutes or so. Staggering advances in technology channel radio signals from deep, DEEP space through the 6-Dish Australia Telescope Compact Array. The dishes work together to simulate a much larger antenna. However, the[…]

The Blowering Dam Dunny – Scenic Loo #35

May 22, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Australiana, Blowering Dam, Loos with Views, New South Wales, Road Trips, Scenic Public Toilets, Snowy Mountains Scheme, Tumut

Blowering Dam The chances of the overly excitable, imaginative and paranoid of finding their Blowering Dam Wall public amenities experience a little stressful are better than average. Answering nature’s call in this relief station’s picturesque setting in the heavily wooded Tumut River Valley is a positive pleasure. But its placement is a potential death trap. And while the possible perils[…]

Charlotte Pass Amenities Block, Mt Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales

Australia’s TOP Toilet! #33 – Charlotte Pass, New South Wales

March 17, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Charlotte Pass, Lookout, Loos with Views, Mt Kosciuszko, National Parks, New South Wales, Scenic Public Toilets, Snowy Mountains

The road wound ever upwards through rocky peaks and alpine meadows studded with non-operational chairlifts. The temperature dropped, then dropped some more. Fresh from the 39°C of an Adelaide autumn heatwave, we’d plunged (right along with the temperature!) into a parallel universe. We’d gone all alpine near Charlotte Pass in the Mt Kosciuszko National Park in the heart of Australia’s[…]

Semaphore streetscape, Adelaide, South Australia

Now you see it … OZ Scenic Public Toilet #32

March 8, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Adelaide, Loos with Views, Scenic Public Toilets, Semaphore, South Australia

What’s a nice Scenic Public Toilet doing in a street like this? Who knew that exploring Adelaide beachside suburb Semaphore would reveal such an intriguing blend of almost tasteful camouflage and cutting edge convenience technology? Actually, who knew there WAS such cutting edge convenience technology?? Accidentally wandering into the main street’s residential zone after trawling the Semaphore shops for loot,[…]

Umbrellas at Tenafeate Creek Wines, Adelaide Hills, South Australia

GREEN with Envy! Australia’s Scenic Public Toilet #31, Adelaide Hills

February 1, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, Loos with Views, Scenic Public Toilets, South Australia, Tenafeate Creek, Things to do

I’m SOOOOO lucky. Not just because I’m based in South Australia’s splendidly scenic Adelaide Hills. Not just because I’m within cooee* of a clutch of supremely photogenic attractions. Not just because of Adelaide’s enviable Mediterranean climate. The real reason I’m so lucky? I live within 5 minutes of TWO of South Australia’s most Scenic Public Toilets!! You’ve already seen #18[…]

Millaa Millaa Cemetery Conveniences (courtesy Cairns Post)

The Cemetery, the Council and the Coffin-shaped Conveniences! Australia’s Scenic Public Toilet #30

January 25, 2013 Red Nomad OZ Atherton Tableland, Far North Queensland, Loos with Views, Millaa Millaa, Millaa Millaa Falls, Scenic Public Toilets

In Scenic Public Toilet world, where I humbly claim to be an Australian expert (I HAVE written a book – Aussie Loos with Views after all), I thought I’d seen it all! From the vast, sweeping plains of the Queensland Outback; the spectacular ‘Bali Hai’ backdrop of Lord Howe Island; the magnificent Southern Yorke Peninsula coastline; the RED rocky ranges[…]

Victoria River Cruises Pontoon AND Scenic Loo! Via Timber Creek, Northern Territory

Australia’s Scenic Public Toilets #29 – Crocodile Cruise Conveniences!

November 25, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Crocodile, Loos with Views, Northern Territory, Scenic Public Toilets, Things to do, Timber Creek, Top End, Victoria River

Maybe the multiple crocodile sightings did it. Or the 70 km (~45 miles) cruise from the Timber Creek landing to the middle of nowhere. Or perhaps the sunset drinks and snacks, taken incongruously in the middle of the crocodile-infested Victoria River were responsible. Whatever it was, the public amenities on the purpose-built pontoon where we took a break from crocodile[…]

Scenic Public Toilet #28 - South Australia/Northern Territory Border

Say it with … Toilets! Australia’s Scenic Public Toilet #28

October 24, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Loos with Views, Northern Territory, Scenic Public Toilets, South Australia

The convoluted maze of tracks, walkways, parking spaces and picnic spots at the South Australia/ Northern Territory border makes it difficult to determine exactly which state is responsible for this nouveau-classic Aussie Outback Dunny! But my money’s on the Northern Territory. Because after driving 900+ km through the South Australian Outback along the Stuart Highway from Port Augusta to the[…]