Australia's best public toilets have been crowned after an expert panel lifted the lid on accessibility, location and design.
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If you find yourself busting for the loo in Kensington, Queensland or Warrnambool in Victoria you're in luck, the dunnies in these locations took out the top prize for most accessible.
A toilet in Belair national park in South Australia also made the top three for accessibility.
The National Toilet Map project sponsored by the Continence Foundation of Australia asked Australians to submit photographs of their favourite public dunnies.
Participants contributed over 778 entries, according to Continence Foundation of Australia CEO Rowan Cockerell.
"We had so many really keen applicants that wanted to submit pictures of toilets and support the needs of people that require the the information," she said.
"It's as simple as where do I go when I'm travelling into a country town for the day, or when I'm going down to the shops that I know there's services that I can use when I need to get there."
Australia's top three accessible toilets:
- Bundaberg Airport - Kensington, QLD
- Lake Pertobe - Warrnambool, Victoria
- Belair National Park 2 - Belair, South Australia
When nature calls in outback Western Australia, you may be treated to the quirkiest public toilet spot in Australia which is found at the Zuytdorp memorial in Kalbarri National Park.
Each entry on the map provides information about opening hours, directions, baby change facilities, showers and drinking taps.
Australia's most colourful public toilet is found in Princes Park, Battery Point, Tasmania.
1 in 4 experience incontinence
The map is designed to benefits the one in four Australians who experience incontinence as well as the 38 per cent of people living with a disability who are experiencing incontinence.
Sean Burford, who won the title of Australia's Greatest Dunny Hunter in 2022 by entering over 129 dunnies on The National Public Toilet Map, said the campaign would increase accessibility.
"When you're out and about, it's a great opportunity to find nearby facilities and check that the information about accessibility is up to date on the map. A good photo showing accessibility really is worth a thousand words," he said.
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According to the Continence Foundation, the total economic cost of incontinence was estimated in 2010 to be $66.7 billion and rising.
