What is a Dunny?
Our friends down under colloquially refer to a trip to the lavatory as ‘going to the dunny’. They also say ‘going to the John’, ‘the bog’, ‘the outhouse’, ‘the shed up the back’ ‘visit the smallest room in the house’
A dunny is essentially a toilet out the back of a house or public building, never inside. In the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth century, most Australian houses had the lavatory strategically placed at the rear of their house, and usually in the garden. It was usually a pit or can toilet and, understandably smelly, which, obviously, was a good reason to build it separate from the house. I Am a Celeb jungle loo is a perfect example of a Dunny.

What does Dunny mean?
The word Dunny this is essentially an Australian English word for a toilet. It derives from a British dialect word dunnekin (a privy) and is probably ultimately derived from a combination of dung (faeces) and ken (a house).

The Dunny Man
Our LOOCREW at least once a week each become our very own Dunny Man. This to some in itself could be seen as a Bushtucker Trial. Through the 1940S the Dunny Man was a very common site on the suburban streets of Australia. Hard to imagine that only 60 years ago Australian toilet facilities were outdoor, bug ridden shed facilities. Not like the luxury range of loos that you see today!