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Warren’s win as “Australia’s most-colourful public toilet,” a serious issue of privy access! By HARRIET GILMORE IT’S good to be best at something! So it’s great news, that the toilet block at Macquarie Park, was recently awarded as one of Australia’s most-colourful public toilets. While given in a light-hearted manner, the award by the “Continence Foundation of Australia’s annual Great Dunny Hunt”, actually has a very serious purpose, improving access to public facilities in Australian towns. The campaign, which aims to update the lists of the National Public Toilet Map, asked the public to take photographs of their favourite public dunny, as well as any updated public toilet facilities, and to upload them to the National Public Toilet Map (NPTM) website or app. Taken for granted by many, awareness and access to quality public toilets, is a huge consideration for those living with incontinence, who may fi nd it difficult to leave their home for everyday activities due to the fear of not having access to appropriate facilities. Warren’s Town Services Manager, Raymond Burns, said that Council was very proud to take out such a “prestigious” award for the town. “It’s a fantastic campaign,
Never forget, when to go! The toilet block at Macquarie Park was recently awarded as one of Australia’s “most-colourful public toilets”. PHOTO: WARREN STAR. and all user-generated, so we were very pleased to wake-up to the news on Monday morning, we were one of two in all of the country recognised as the most colourful dunny,” Mr Burns said.
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“The Macquarie Park toilets are one of almost a dozen public art murals around the Shire, and were installed over the past few years to brighten the town up and celebrate life in the Warren re-
gion,” he added. He said that, choosing the correct location of public toilets, is no laughing matter “Being right next to the Cenotaph in Macquarie Park, the decision on what to put on the
loos was an easy one,” he said. “We are so pleased it’s not just locals appreciating the artworks,” he added. The poppy flower artwork of the Macquarie Park facility —a recognised symbol of war memorials — was inspired by its proximity to the Cenotaph with the toilet panels by artist, Bastian Allfrey. Decided on by an expert panel, the Princes Park in Battery Point in Tasmania was also recognised as one of Australia’s most-colourful public toilets with Loop One in Zuytdorp, Western Australia, also receiving an honourable mention for Australia’s public toilet in the quirkiest spot. The country’s top three accessible toilets, were Bundaberg Airport at Kensington, Queensland; Lake Pertobe in Warrnambool, Victoria, and Belair National Park Two in Belair, South Australia. This year’s Hunt attracted more than 778 entries, with 1935 photos and 150 new facilities added, which made judging the winners a massive task. The public was encouraged to upload pictures to go into the running to fi nd the best public Australian toilets until Monday, June 19, the start of “World Continence Week”. Continued page 2