Beach Toilets in Queensland

Of the 486 public toilets at beaches on the national map, 64 are in Queensland. That makes it the fourth-largest state total, behind New South Wales (133), Western Australia (109) and Victoria (97). They sit in 45 named towns.

The largest clusters are at Whitsundays (7), Scarborough (3) and Balgal Beach (2). Those 3 account for 12 of the 64; a further 32 towns record exactly one.

Among them are The Esplanade at 17 Esplanade, Second Beach/Bessie Point, Simms Esplanade and Joe's Beach - Whitsunday Islands National Park. Around Whitsundays the listings run to Whitehaven Beach - Whitsunday Islands National Park, Maureen's Beach Cove - Whitsunday Islands National Park and Dugong Beach - Whitsunday Islands National Park.

Of the 64, 14 have a shower, 31 have parking on site and 32 are recorded as wheelchair accessible. That is 1% of every public toilet recorded in Queensland (4,551 in total), and 1% of those open 24 hours.

32 of the 64 are recorded as wheelchair accessible — such as Scarborough Beach - South and Sutton Beach - North. 1 opens with an MLAK key, the national Master Locksmiths Access Key: Queens Beach North. 9 of the 64 have a baby-change table, and every one of those sits at a site that is also wheelchair accessible.

34 of the 64 are published as open 24 hours — among them Kurrimine Beach and Cathedral Beach. 20 open in daylight hours only. Where set times are published, the earliest opening is 5am at Queens Beach North and the latest closing is 10pm at Queens Beach. 1 is shown as closed on Mondays. 20 publish no weekly hours at all, so treat those as unknown rather than open.

Every listing in this set is recorded as free to use. Beach blocks are recorded at the foreshore. Councils close some of them out of season and reopen them for summer patrols, which the published hours in the dataset rarely capture. These numbers come straight from the National Public Toilet Map, so confirm anything you are relying on before you set out.