Jun 7, 2026 · 8 min · 7 segments
Every Aussie home used to have an outdoor dunny... some people even protested when toilets started moving indoors. This episode will answer questions like: What is an outdoor dunny? What is a…
Today, I want to invite you to a loo-seum, or should that be poo-seum? I'm still working on the name, but it's a celebration of one of Australia's most important, most revered, and most iconic heritage items.
It's the outhouse, AKA the thunderbox, AKA the crapper, or as I prefer to call it, the good old dunny.
The older people identify with it straightaway.
Um, children are absolutely fascinated by it.
Uh, of course, they call it a toilet, and the, the parents will say, "N- no, it's, it's a dunny.
That's a dunny.
A toilet is the inside one."
Hmm, I don't know if Mr. Dunny Enthusiast from 1985 knows what he's talking about there.
Dunnies were outdoor toilets that Aussies used from as far back as the 1800s all the way through to the 1970s.
But generally, they went out of style when, you know, plumbing and sewerage systems came into fashion.
I can't say I'm disappointed we don't have to head outside to do our business anymore.
Um, I think it would be a bit weird, like, having, like, an outside toilet, like, that's, like, not, like, in your house.
I just might hold it anyway, even if I really need to go.
I don't know, [laughs] maybe if they had, like, a sink or something in the house, I would maybe try to use that if it was a pee [laughs] not a poo.
I would just wet my pants.
[laughs]
Because, like, imagine going to the toilet in the night and just getting bitten by mosquitoes and stuff.
Today, I want to invite you to a loo-seum, or should that be poo-seum? I'm still working on the name, but it's a celebration of one of Australia's most important, most revered, and most iconic heritage items.
It's the outhouse, AKA the thunderbox, AKA the crapper, or as I prefer to call it, the good old dunny.
The older people identify with it straightaway.
Um, children are absolutely fascinated by it.
Uh, of course, they call it a toilet, and the, the parents will say, "N- no, it's, it's a dunny.
That's a dunny.
A toilet is the inside one."
Hmm, I don't know if Mr. Dunny Enthusiast from 1985 knows what he's talking about there.
Dunnies were outdoor toilets that Aussies used from as far back as the 1800s all the way through to the 1970s.
But generally, they went out of style when, you know, plumbing and sewerage systems came into fashion.
I can't say I'm disappointed we don't have to head outside to do our business anymore.
Um, I think it would be a bit weird, like, having, like, an outside toilet, like, that's, like, not, like, in your house.
I just might hold it anyway, even if I really need to go.
I don't know, [laughs] maybe if they had, like, a sink or something in the house, I would maybe try to use that if it was a pee [laughs] not a poo.
I would just wet my pants.
[laughs]
Because, like, imagine going to the toilet in the night and just getting bitten by mosquitoes and stuff.
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