A photo essay on New Zealand back-country toilets...
This post is a bit tongue in cheek but here is a new photo montage of interesting hut toilets I have come across over the years. Some of them are very pedestrian but some are perfectly sited to give you an interesting and in some cases stunning view of their locale.
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| Awapoto Hut, Inland Abel Tasman Track overlooking Wainui Inlet |
Nothing quite defines the type of stay you will have as much as the hut toilet, if you are lucky it will have paper, be clean, fresh and sandfly/wasp proof...
I will continue to add to this montage as I go....ha ha ha!!!
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| Speargrass Hut toilet on its elevated platform, Nelson Lakes NP |
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| Toilet block and day shelter at Mt Roberts, Nelson Lakes NP |
Here are an interesting set of facilities on the waterside esplanade in Picton. These were made in France and as well as being self cleaning they are solar powered, play music while you are using them and automatically open after five minutes. Best you don't spend to much of a penny or everyone will will get much more of a view of you than you or they want!!!
Tres bon, moi oui!!!
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| The fancy self cleaning toilets on the Picton Waterfront |
A random selection of photos from around the country...
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| Toilets and cooking shelter, Cowshed Bay camp site, Queen Charlotte Track |
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| View from the door of the East Hawdon Toilet |
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| The facilities at Hawdon Hut, Arthur's Pass NP |
The best hut toilets are in an elevated spot with expansive views of the surrounding terrain.
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| View from the Black Rocks camp-site toilet, Queen Charlotte Walkway |
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| Toilets at Bushline Hut, Nelson Lakes NP |
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| View from the toilets at Upper Travers Hut, Travers Valley, Nelson Lakes NP |
Car accessible camp-sites usually have the best quality facilities as it is easy to transport material to the site when under construction.
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| The huge and very tidy shelter/shower/toilet block at Kahikatea Flat, Pelorous Bridge camp site |
Below is a shot of the toilet at the Awaroa Inlet crossing on the Abel Tasman Coast Walk. I had to huddle in this hut for two hours once to escape the rain and sand-flies as I waited for the tide to recede in the inlet.
That's a long time to sit in the bog...
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| The facilities at the Awaroa Inlet Crossing point, Abel Tasman NP |
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| The toilet at Magdalen Hut, St James Conservation Reserve |
The newer huts have fancy self composting toilets as it is heinously expensive to remove waste products from these remote sites. It is much more environmentally friendly to compost the waste and use it to grow new trees.
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| The composting toilet at Rod Donald Hut, Banks Peninsula Canterbury |
The Rod Donald Hut has such a toilet, the compost is used on the
replanted 500 hectare native bush growing around the hut. This is worthy
usage for someone who campaigned for the environment and nature for
most of his life.
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| View of Little River on Banks Peninsula, from near the Rod Donald toilet |
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| Camouflaged facilities at Nina Hut, Lewis Pass Scenic Reserve |
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| Toilet sign at Ryde Falls, Mt Oxford Forest Park, Canterbury |
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| View from the toilet at Lakehead Hut, Nelson Lakes NP |
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| Early dawn at the Anne Hut conveniences, St James Walkway |
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| Windy outhouse at Packhorse Hut, Banks Peninsula |
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| View from the toilet at Mid Robinson Hut, Victoria Forest Park |
Here are some interesting facilities from the Milford Track Great Walk, both superior facilities and superior views from them....
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| Toilet block at Clinton Hut, Milford Track |
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| View from the Clinton Hut toilets, Milford Track |
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| Mackinnon Shelter and the Clinton Valley, Milford Track, Fiordland |
And here are some photos from the Kepler Track...
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| Hanging Valley Shelter, Kepler Track, Fiordland |
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| Forest Burn Shelter, Kepler Track, Fiordland |
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| View down to the North Arm, Paterson's Inlet, Rakuira |
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| Forest Burn Shelter, Kepler Track, Fiordland NP |
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| Hanging Valley shelter, Kepler Track, Fiordland NP |
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| A toilet Takahe at Saxon Hut, Kahurangi NP |
Here is my latest photo from May 2022...
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| View from toilet at Manson-Nichols Hut, Lake Daniell |
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| The toilet is located to the rear of Otumatua Hut |
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| Toilet block at Woolshed Hut, Mt Somers |
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| The decorated toilet block in Kaikoura North Canterbury |
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| Toilet block at the campground in the Hakatere |
To be continued...
