Worlds Strangest Bathrooms – part 3

It appears that we Australians like to dish out the $$$ when it comes to buying expensive amenities, because someone definitely splurged on the taxpayer’s dollar when buying these over-the-top toilets.. One simple stainless steel toilet unit cost the Victorian public a whooping $453400 in 2011. And despite having  the perks of being a fully automatic, self-cleaning lavatory, its left many Flinders St locals reeling. The toilets hefty price, topped with the fact that it can only service one person at a time has simply left many people asking, “what really was the point?” Well, according to some local councillor’s the point is to help rail commuters and taxi drivers who sometimes find themselves in near embarrassing situations without a bathroom, somewhere near the taxi rank and station along Flinders St. Hopefully it’s worth it, because it’s the ordinary people who the toilet is there for that have been left to foot the bill. Coming a close second for excessive toilet spree’s are the West Australians, who shelled out an impressive $250 000 for an automatic, music playing, talking toilet. The toilet greets eager dunny users with a simple “Welcome,” and plays music as they get down to their business (so to speak!). Now, who would have thought us Aussie’s had such expensive toilet taste??

We’re obviously not paying for aesthetics here…