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Title: Dunnies
Post by: Ozoutdoorphoto on September 16, 2015, 09:20:36 PM
I do a lot of trips to camp sites without facilities and just wondering what everyone uses for a toilet thinking more of drop toilet rather than a chemical job... Guess you could say this is a bit of a Shitty topic...
Title: Re: Dunnies
Post by: jk on September 16, 2015, 09:26:09 PM
This is our answer to that time old problem   ;D   a shovel, a big tree, some paper and your in business ( pardon the pun )

P.S.      Just need to add the magazine holder on the side   ;D

John K
Title: Re: Dunnies
Post by: peter01 on September 16, 2015, 09:35:34 PM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3236505/Exploding-toilet-leaves-woman-burns-accidentally-ignited-build-methane-gas.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3236505/Exploding-toilet-leaves-woman-burns-accidentally-ignited-build-methane-gas.html)
Title: Re: Dunnies
Post by: jk on September 16, 2015, 09:43:17 PM
Sounds like a lot of $h1t to me  ;D  ;D  ;D  ::)
Title: Re: Dunnies
Post by: edz on September 16, 2015, 10:16:03 PM
QUOTE " This our answer to that time old problem   ;D   a shovel, a big tree, some paper and your in business ( pardon the pun )

P.S.      Just need to add the magazine holder on the side   ;D "


Similar to yours JK ... Ally directors chair with side table from the big green shed, removable 7mm ply base and seat  and an old plastic lined frytol cooking oil drum with snaplock ring lid .. poly tarp and 6' garden stakes for privacy on solo trips or an Oz trail dual ensuite used with the family trips ..
Title: Re: Dunnies
Post by: glenm64 on September 16, 2015, 10:27:15 PM
The Mrs has a "KOOKABURRA" bush toilet.
Its a folding box with seat that goes over a hole.
Before 1st use she lines it with newspaper and when we pack up camp it is clean and folds flat.
IMHO stay away from the type that have a bag or similar because you have a bag of s#@t to cart around.
https://www.snowys.com.au/Portable-Toilets-Showers/Portable-Toilets/Bush-Dunny-Portable-Toilet.aspx?c=5&sc=36&id=2824
Title: Re: Dunnies
Post by: muzza01 on September 16, 2015, 10:46:01 PM
We have the old thunderbox fold out galvanised setup that you need to dig a hole for as well as a chemical setup.

Sometimes you camp in places where there ground is like concrete. After setting up camp, the last thing you feel like doing is spending a couple of hours digging a hole in the hardest ground in the world.

We have a,chemical toilet for these times. We started off with a 10 litre capacity but the 20 litre joey is what you should be getting. You don't need to but all the BS chemicals that BCF and Anaconda tell you that you need at a fair cost. The cheap brand of napisan eats Shit and paper just as well for a fraction of the cost. It sucks emptying and cleaning but hey, sometimes it beets digging a hole.
Title: Re: Dunnies
Post by: Troopy_03 on September 17, 2015, 08:28:04 AM
Similar to a couple of the others here, but ours is the lightweight portable model for walking into the scrub with.
Title: Re: Dunnies
Post by: Darcy7 on September 17, 2015, 11:58:41 AM
I've always just used the good old fashion shovel and mother earth when facilities are not around.  Never thought about it much.  The I got married again and the missus insisted I get her a porta-loo.  I scoffed at the idea and told her we rarely camp where there are no public dunnies available.

Then we went for our regular trip to Lake Albacutcha and the women's loos were home to a few brown snakes. That made me reconsider things a bit.

We bought a Tetford porta potty just because it was cleaner and could be kept in the camper without filling it with stale wee smell.  Friends use an industrial bucket with a dunny seat screwed onto it and lined with a garbage bag and set it up in a portable shower tent.
Title: Re: Dunnies
Post by: gronk on September 17, 2015, 10:14:54 PM
This is our answer to that time old problem   ;D   a shovel, a big tree, some paper and your in business ( pardon the pun )

John K

A big tree ??   is that to hide behind ??  or shade in hot weather ??......usually get a bit of hard digging around trees !!   :P
Title: Re: Dunnies
Post by: jk on September 17, 2015, 10:24:54 PM
For a little bit of cover............but.................if you want to look that's another session with the shrink  ;D
Title: Re: Dunnies
Post by: Robbo on December 27, 2015, 06:05:37 AM
For the Man on the Move. ;D
Title: Re: Dunnies
Post by: tk421 on December 27, 2015, 07:11:04 AM
For the Man on the Move. ;D


That is a legit product.  The bumper dumper:

http://www.bumperdumper.com/ (http://www.bumperdumper.com/)
Title: Re: Dunnies
Post by: gronk on December 27, 2015, 08:49:13 AM
One or both of these is all you need !!
Title: Re: Dunnies
Post by: KathyL on December 27, 2015, 09:31:57 AM
Lots of ideas here:  31 Portable Camping Toilets (http://www.gocampingaustraliablog.com/2015/03/portablecampingtoilet.html)
Title: Re: Dunnies
Post by: HKB Electronics on December 27, 2015, 09:43:54 AM
Thunder box and porta loo, Thunder box and sand and bio bag to keep everything clean
is easy and quick. Unfortunatley you will encounter some areas where you just can't dig a
hole, in these areas please don't do like some others and leave toilet paper and poo everywhere,
carry a porta loo for when you can't dig that hole.
Title: Re: Dunnies
Post by: The punter on December 27, 2015, 09:46:35 AM
Thunder box and porta loo, Thunder box and sand and bio bag to keep everything clean
is easy and quick. Unfortunatley you will encounter some areas where you just can't dig a
hole, in these areas please don't do like some others and leave toilet paper and poo everywhere,
and carry a porta loo for when you can't dig that hole.

Same

Jimmys thunderbox is great, simple, easy and clean
Title: Re: Dunnies
Post by: gronk on December 27, 2015, 09:51:52 AM
Unfortunatley you will encounter some areas where you just can't dig a
hole,

Only spots I've been have had toilets..

Sometimes a bit of a challenge, but a bit of roaming has found a soft spot....diggable anyway !!
Title: Re: Dunnies
Post by: HKB Electronics on December 27, 2015, 07:18:49 PM
Only spots I've been have had toilets..

Sometimes a bit of a challenge, but a bit of roaming has found a soft spot....diggable anyway !!

Last trip we were on encountered a couple of camp sites with rock about 3 inches of sand covering,
couldn't even drive tent pegs in.

Searched everywhere and I mean everywhere and it was all the same just rock covered
by a thin layer of sand, a ramset would have been good to drive in some nails to
tie the tent guys to for the ones tenting. The tent occupants had to lay on the wind side
of the touring tents all night to side to stop them blowing over:)
Title: Re: Dunnies
Post by: Gravity on December 28, 2015, 06:32:15 AM
I paid $68 on ebay for the toilet but they sell them at Ray's as well , this surely beats standing at those dump sites any day :cup:

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Wast bags on line from fishpond http://www.fishpond.com.au/Sports_Outdoors/Reliance-Products-Double-Doodie-Toilet-Waste-Bags/0060823268308 (http://www.fishpond.com.au/Sports_Outdoors/Reliance-Products-Double-Doodie-Toilet-Waste-Bags/0060823268308)

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Title: Re: Dunnies
Post by: Traveller on December 28, 2015, 03:22:49 PM
I paid $68 on ebay for the toilet but they sell them at Ray's as well , this surely beats standing at those dump sites any day :cup:

(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a521/Fiat124Spider1979/My%20Jeep/819wBdzYmBL._SX425SX425_SY315_CR00425315_PIcountsize-6TopRight00_SX425_SY315_CR00425315_SH20__zpsbgsdfyxa.jpg~original)

Wast bags on line from fishpond http://www.fishpond.com.au/Sports_Outdoors/Reliance-Products-Double-Doodie-Toilet-Waste-Bags/0060823268308 (http://www.fishpond.com.au/Sports_Outdoors/Reliance-Products-Double-Doodie-Toilet-Waste-Bags/0060823268308)

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I can understand this bit, but what happens to the used bags? ???
Title: Re: Dunnies
Post by: tracker on December 28, 2015, 03:32:59 PM
One or both of these is all you need !!

 Gotta agree with gronk........But in saying that ....we have a porta loo as well....You know...It's a woman thing !!! :angel: :angel:

                               Cheers Tracker.
Title: Re: Dunnies
Post by: JohnT on December 28, 2015, 04:35:51 PM
Although I am yet to use mine, I have one of these:

http://www.colemanaustralia.com.au/product/portable-flush-toilet/1292602?contextCategory=10 (http://www.colemanaustralia.com.au/product/portable-flush-toilet/1292602?contextCategory=10)

Best thing is, your butt fits comfortably in the seat and its about the same hight at the one at home.

I refuse to crap in a bag or in some jerry rigged toilet seat on camp seat thing... Im more than happy to empty mine with my an anyone else's waste in it.