Wickepin, Western Australia / Toilet

Wickepin, Western Australia

category: toilet

S 32 46.879 E 117 29.975

visited in June 2010

Agamedes' opinion: 7.5 out of 10

You may have been wondering, Why is this blog called PissWeakly? Well, you see, it's like this... The original idea was, to review toilets. Public toilets. Or, even better, publicly accessible toilets. What a piss weak idea, I was told :-( What a great name, I thought :-) But what would a toilet review include, I wondered?

So far, PissWeakly has reviewed books, some gadgets, more books, a movie, even more books. But what will go in a PissWeakly review of a toilet? As yet -- I don't really know. Stay tuned, watch this space, sooner or later -- we will both know.

Here, at last, is the first, PissWeakly review of a public toilet:

Public toilet, in Wickepin, Western Australia

Exterior (7): These toilets are -- quite clearly -- quite new. Is this a convenient (rofl) use of the "royalties for regions" money? If so -- well done -- money well spent! The toilet block is neat, new, still unsullied by age, nothing particularly adventurous... It's just, a toilet block, although the deep verandah is a good investment for hot or wet weather. Time will tell whether the surrounding grass becomes lawn... or weeds.

Location (8): This toilet is by the main road, in the centre of the small town of Wickepin. Playground on the far side and shops across the road. More interesting, is the history... The second photo is taken from the verandah of the restored house of Albert Facey, author of A Fortunate Life. Starting near the house there is a simple but interesting walk, past various points of local historical interest.

Cleanliness (8): There are already some signs of general wear and tear but the toilets are well cleaned. In the toilet stall, some paper had been left lying on the floor; judging by the overall standard, that paper will have been removed by the next day. There was some water on the floor, possibly from cleaning -- a sign that the builder may not have correctly sloped the floor. Everything else was spotless.

Facilities (7): Stall, urinal, bench, basin, mirror... power point and timed electric light. Even more important -- toilet paper and paper towels.

Did you notice the solar hot water system on the roof? A good sign -- though I did not even notice if there was hot water to the hand basin. I also did not think to test any of the facilities except for the ones that I actually used (which did work).

And a final weakness in this review: For reasons which you may guess, I only checked out the men's facilities...

So there you have it, the first PissWeakly toilet review.

There will -- I hope -- be more... Eventually.

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