Toilet Tours / Donnybrook to Mundijong
We begin our drive home with a visit to King Jarrah, an old and large jarrah tree. Yes, it's a large tree. Yet there are nearby stumps which show how large trees grew -- before they were chopped down for building material, furniture, railway sleepers and firewood. Sigh. Worse yet -- no toilet ! I decided to not take a photo of a convenient tree.
Close by, however, is Wellington Mills. Once home to 800, now it's just a couple of buildings. And two toilets... First:
... A modern steel structure incorporating the latest in long-drop dunny technology. Quietly and efficiently composting the toilet waste provided by visitors who are just passing through. Just visitors ? Well, there hardly seem to be enough Wellington Mills residents to justify a three-door dunny.
It's possible that the relatively large facility is necessitated by -- note the sign to the left -- the residents of nearby Gnomesville. Gnomesville ? A nearby roundabout which is surrounded by a population of many hundreds of feral garden gnomes. Gnome ? No, we've never been introduced.
Across the road from the gnome facility is an older building. Now, perhaps fortunately, not in use.
Still three doors but a far older style of architecture. Interesting... it looks as though this older toilet used flush toilets and a septic system. Very fancy ! Though it may have been built for use by locals rather than for visiting gnomes.
We drive west, towards Bunbury. A sign points north, "Kiosk now open". So we turn north. It's a road from south to north, running to the west of Wellington Dam. Passing several geocaches in very pleasant spots -- and an amazing toilet:
Stone ! Is this local stone ? Perhaps extracted while building the dam ? Beautiful !
There is another toilet in the same area, near the dam kiosk. A more modern toilet. Interesting architecture yet not as amazing as the local (?), using all sizes, natural stone:
Stone blocks. Interesting structure. The modern equivalent of the complex and uncompromising stonework which has been used in construction of the nearby, older building.
Also by Wellington Dam -- near a camping / picnic area rather than at the main visitors' carpark -- is a larger toilet building. This toilet, change-room, possibly showers, is for use by picnickers and campers. A large building with Ladies at one end, Gents at the other.
This toilet block is between lake and forest. Set amongst trees. Twenty metres from the lake. I can see that it would be very popular, in tourist season.
We finally find our way through to the next main road, Coalfields Highway. Then back to South West Highway. Where we stop at Brunswick Bakery for lunch... Salad sandwich and “continental” sandwich just to see what it is. Salami and olives and salad and stuff. Nice :-) Brunswick is also a prime spot for toilet spotters.
Close by, however, is Wellington Mills. Once home to 800, now it's just a couple of buildings. And two toilets... First:
... A modern steel structure incorporating the latest in long-drop dunny technology. Quietly and efficiently composting the toilet waste provided by visitors who are just passing through. Just visitors ? Well, there hardly seem to be enough Wellington Mills residents to justify a three-door dunny.
It's possible that the relatively large facility is necessitated by -- note the sign to the left -- the residents of nearby Gnomesville. Gnomesville ? A nearby roundabout which is surrounded by a population of many hundreds of feral garden gnomes. Gnome ? No, we've never been introduced.
Across the road from the gnome facility is an older building. Now, perhaps fortunately, not in use.
Still three doors but a far older style of architecture. Interesting... it looks as though this older toilet used flush toilets and a septic system. Very fancy ! Though it may have been built for use by locals rather than for visiting gnomes.
We drive west, towards Bunbury. A sign points north, "Kiosk now open". So we turn north. It's a road from south to north, running to the west of Wellington Dam. Passing several geocaches in very pleasant spots -- and an amazing toilet:
Stone ! Is this local stone ? Perhaps extracted while building the dam ? Beautiful !
There is another toilet in the same area, near the dam kiosk. A more modern toilet. Interesting architecture yet not as amazing as the local (?), using all sizes, natural stone:
Stone blocks. Interesting structure. The modern equivalent of the complex and uncompromising stonework which has been used in construction of the nearby, older building.
Also by Wellington Dam -- near a camping / picnic area rather than at the main visitors' carpark -- is a larger toilet building. This toilet, change-room, possibly showers, is for use by picnickers and campers. A large building with Ladies at one end, Gents at the other.
This toilet block is between lake and forest. Set amongst trees. Twenty metres from the lake. I can see that it would be very popular, in tourist season.
We finally find our way through to the next main road, Coalfields Highway. Then back to South West Highway. Where we stop at Brunswick Bakery for lunch... Salad sandwich and “continental” sandwich just to see what it is. Salami and olives and salad and stuff. Nice :-) Brunswick is also a prime spot for toilet spotters.
Across the road from the Bakery is a modern -- and imaginative -- steel and brick toilet.
Brunswick is in the heart of dairy country, hence the sign on the side. Does the tank shape represent water storage in the area ? Or is it simply an imaginative and unique design, showing that Brunswick is more than a "simple" country town... Or perhaps this toilet is sponsored by a local tank manufacturer.
Brunswick is (or perhaps "was" ? ) also a centre for sport. There are at least two toilets in the sports area on the edge of town.
The brick building is locked and barred. Open, I guess, only when sports are being played. Or when the show is on, in the large area of ovals and grass parks. The second toilet -- nearer the entrance -- is clean, stocked and open for business. We tested both Ladies and Gents; both worked as required.
Further north we stop for afternoon tea at the Heritage Tearooms in Pinjarra -- one of our favourite spots. It's in an old house with nice gardens and fresh scones. We also pick up a brochure pushing the towns on the “old” highway. They will have lost a lot of trade to (the very boring) Forrest Highway. I already have a photo of the nearby toilets. One more is not too many:
And now we are almost home...
North of Pinjarra I count as being "almost home". Nothing more to see -- I used to think. Just a busy drive home -- I was thinking. Only to be met with a very pleasant surprise ! We turn off the highway at Mundijong Road. A straight drive to the Freeway. Then north to Perth. Except... this time... for the first time ever... we turn off into Mundijong !
We drive through Mundijong in search of geocaches. Find one, fail to find another. And find two town toilets !
The first toilet is between the library and the shire offices. It's also close to the oval, which is out of sight just on the other side of the building. Best of all -- the toilet has recently been painted ! Colourful, tag-style printing... A cheerful and vibrant decoration on a standard brick town toilet.
On the other side of the main street is a more modern structure. This second toilet is for tourists, placed near the tourist destination of the old railway station.
Mundijong is a small town with more than expected interest. Geocaches, tourist information in the old railway station -- and two toilets, one with an interestingly painted wall.
Mundijong: a new point of interest on our drive home...
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