Copyright.
Rimeriter. Jim’s Jottings. I. Ota.
Australiana Collection.
Eclectic Dunnies.
The ‘Drought Breaker’ dunny stands stark in times sparse
at Winton in Queensland in a paddick so bare with
a surround made from iron and a roof built from tin,
it must be important for folks to go in.
A hollowed out tree trunk stands at Cobar in the west
of New South Wales and the locals consider it best
in this great country, by fortune and fame,
a ‘Bum in a Gum’ is it’s chosen name.
A slab from one side is conveniently cut
and two big tee hinges allow it to swing shut
into the doorway that is wide and is tall
to provide for the customer that is big or is small.
When a train rolls into ‘Nevertire’ in dead of the night
a dinkum dunny is waiting for those not too aloof
or anyone else with time to aspire
to visit a dunny with a rusty red iron roof.
Then there’s the dunny fashioned only from steel,
forty four gallon drums and the top is plough discs
maybe the patrons would be running some risks
to sit down in this one just to see how they feel.
The flash flood at Mildura in nineteen seventy five
took a red rooster, some ducks and a hen
and a tide mark on the side wall is an indicator of when
wimmen should not use it and expect to stay alive
cuz there’s a time it should only be used by tall men.
But, just maybe the best dunny is the ‘Lavatree’ in NSW,
stood under a tree is only a few sheets of iron,
beside this mighty masterpiece every other dunny pales.
P’raps ladies would too, on a very windy day,
if the walls without a roof, were blown down or away.
(c). Rimeriter.
31/3/00.
Dinkum Dunnies,
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Neville Briggs
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Re: Dinkum Dunnies,
Something we all need ! 
One of the best ones I found was the dunny at the Sofala camping ground. It was on a high hill with just back and sides filled in with sheet iron, as you sat there you had the privilege of contemplating the beautiful vista of the Turon River valley. And it was free !!
One of the best ones I found was the dunny at the Sofala camping ground. It was on a high hill with just back and sides filled in with sheet iron, as you sat there you had the privilege of contemplating the beautiful vista of the Turon River valley. And it was free !!
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Neville
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
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william williams
Re: Dinkum Dunnies,
loos were often known for there humour this one was seen in the the Five ways loo
Now I often wondered if this problem
that comes by chance,
when you wriggle or dance
Do the last few drips run down your pants.
Now I often wondered if this problem
that comes by chance,
when you wriggle or dance
Do the last few drips run down your pants.