While few subjects have the ability to elicit a range of reactions as effectively as the humble toilet, the lack of public ablutions is no laughing matter. The need for clean and convenient public toilets is more than a warm seat and a roll of sorbent, and the small community of Dallarnil is definitely feeling a wee bit flushed.
The Dallarnil public toilets, a popular pit stop destination of travellers, have been closed indefinitely, due to a lack of funding by North Burnett Regional Council. That’s pretty crappy for tourists & for our community! Many passers-by are being caught short on a daily basis, taking their call of nature quite literally by squatting behind the building or on a nearby tree. Eeeww! But what is one to do? When you need to go, you need to go! Right!
You can make every pun in the world about toilets, but finding one in time is no joke.
FACT: Did you know 5 million Australians
suffer from incontinence? That’s 1 in every
4 Aussies … OR 10% of men & 35% women!
Next time you’re driving by, please stop in at the Dallarnil Café & General Store & sign the petition to move your motion to have the Dallarnil Dunny re-opened. Should the store happen to be closed the petition is hanging on the noticeboard to the right of the shop entrance.
OR, if you are pee’ved at the inconvenience, please do not hesitate to contact the NBRC on 1300 696 272 to express your constipation, ooops consternation directly!
(Young tourists Jakson & Micaylah Murphy caught short at Dallarnil)
Written by Michelle-Lee Bailey
August 2025 – Chitchat Newspaper