Caravan Dump Points in Northern Territory

Northern Territory records 23 of Australia's 1,308 public toilets with a caravan dump point — 2% of the national total. That makes it the seventh-largest state total, behind New South Wales (321), Queensland (306), Western Australia (225), South Australia (191), Victoria (167) and Tasmania (74). They sit in 20 named towns.

Batchelor (2), Katherine (2) and Yulara (2) carry the most between them. Those 3 account for 6 of the 23; a further 17 towns record exactly one.

They include Alice Springs Dump Point at 12-26 Commonage Road, King River Dump Point, Mataranka Dump Point and Alice Springs Showground.

The mix runs to 3 parks and reserves, 3 service stations, 1 car park and 1 highway rest area. Across the set the listings cover 4 of the 17 kinds of site the map names. A further 15 are filed under the map's catch-all "Other" category. They are 7% of the 327 public toilets recorded in Northern Territory, and 11% of the round-the-clock ones.

3 of the 23 are recorded as wheelchair accessible — including Batchelor and Olive Pink Botanic Gardens. 1 of the 23 has a baby-change table, and every one of those sits at a site that is also wheelchair accessible.

16 of the 23 are published as open 24 hours — such as Ayers Rock Resort Dump Point and Limestone Creek. 1 opens in daylight hours only and 2 list variable hours. The widest published window runs 6am to 10pm, at Barkly Homestead. 3 publish no weekly hours at all, so treat those as unknown rather than open.

None of them are recorded as charging for entry. 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.