By Grace Jones | posted on June 23, 2019
MEMBERS of the public and Shire of Denmark councillors were treated to a well-researched slideshow curated by resident Mike Travers at Tuesday night’s meeting that documented the poor state of the male amenities in the local Civic Centre.
Sounds of shock, horror and a few chuckles emanated from both the gallery and council as Mr Travers pled his case to the presiding members.
“I would like to address the deplorable state of the Civic Centre men’s amenities,” he began.
“These facilities are used both by visiting tourists and patrons of the Centre.
“They are emitting odours foul enough to induce nausea.”
Mr Travers proceeded to flick through a number of photos taken on the day of the meeting to illustrate the poor state of the ablution block.
“The cistern for the urinal has corroded plumbing,” he said.
“To flush the cistern we are given a string to pull.”
Mr Travers then presented an image of the offending piece of string and commented on its hue.
“As you can see the string is black,” he said before flicking to the next slide.
“When you flush the cistern you notice that the now exposed string is an ivory colour, meaning the original colour of the string was white.
“Any man with any sense in hygiene would know to not touch it without a sturdy pair of rubber gloves. As a result the urinal is never flushed and festers and smells.”
After Mr Travers showed further travesties of plumbing, he noted that tourists often judge a town by the quality of their lavatories.
“Public conveniences should not be an afterthought,” he concluded.
“Bring them into the 21st century.”
President Ceinwen Gearon assured Mr Travers the condition of those conveniences as well as a number of other latrines would be addressed.
“I recognise that ablution blocks can be a tourist destination in of itself,” she said.
