Caravan Dump Points in Australia

The National Public Toilet Map records 1,308 public toilets with a caravan dump point across Australia. New South Wales holds the most at 321 — 25% of the national figure — ahead of Queensland (306) and Western Australia (225). The smallest recorded total is Australian Capital Territory, with 1. They sit in 1,029 named towns across 1,036 recorded areas.

Bedourie (4), Kalgoorlie (4) and Maryborough (4) carry the most between them. Those 3 account for 12 of the 1,308; a further 793 towns record exactly one. The single busiest is Bedourie, QLD.

Among them are Dundubara Camping Area - Great Sandy National Park on Wungu Sandblow Track, Chillagoe Rodeo Grounds Dump Point, Grassy Head Caravan Park and St George Showgrounds Dump Point. Around Bedourie the listings run to Bedourie Monkira Rest Area, Cuttaburra Crossing and Bedourie No 3 Bore Dump Point. Further afield the map records Edenhope Dump Point (VIC) and Bridgetown Dump Point (WA).

The mix runs to 228 parks and reserves, 98 caravan parks, 80 highway rest areas and 65 camping grounds. Across the set the listings cover 16 of the 17 kinds of site the map names. A further 725 are filed under the map's catch-all "Other" category. They are 5% of the 24,446 public toilets recorded across Australia, and 10% of the round-the-clock ones.

283 of the 1,308 are recorded as wheelchair accessible — including Horsehead Creek Riverside Park and Fraser Venture Ferry Landing. 4 are Changing Places facilities, with an adult-sized change table and a hoist — among them Kevin Walsh Oval and Cleve RV Park. 8 open with an MLAK key, the national Master Locksmiths Access Key — among them Sandy Cape South and Onslow Park - Showground Grandstand. 35 need a key from the operator instead, which means finding whoever holds it before you arrive. 80 of the 1,308 have a baby-change table, and 74 of those sit at a site that is also wheelchair accessible.

1,097 of the 1,308 are published as open 24 hours — such as Whyalla Dump Point and Maffra Dump Point. 81 open in daylight hours only, 74 list variable hours and 3 follow the host venue's hours. Where set times are published, the earliest opening is 4:20am at Petrie Railway Station and the latest closing is 10pm at BP City Gates. 1 is shown as closed on Mondays. 158 publish no weekly hours at all, so treat those as unknown rather than open.

45 of the 1,308 charge for entry; the rest are free — the charging ones being Bower Hall and Mirboo BP Dump Point. A dump point is where a caravan, motorhome or campervan empties its toilet cassette or black-water tank. The map records that one exists at the site and, where the council said so, whether it has a rinse hose and is reachable after hours; it does not say whether a fee applies or whether grey water may go in too. Every figure here is counted from the National Public Toilet Map, which operators and councils update at their own pace.