Mackinnon Pass toilet, Milford Track © John Strother, www.panafoot.com
LOO WITH A VIEW Around New Zealand in six scenic toilet spots.
LIVERPOOL HUT, Mt Aspiring National Park
There are more popular huts in the park but that’s the beauty of Liverpool Hut; it’s just a little red shack sitting serenely along the six-hour Liverpool Track. The views are not so little. Perched on the throne on the mountainside above the almighty Matukituki Valley, you’re dwarfed by a gigantic all-encompassing landscape.
MACKINNON PASS, Milford Track
The MacKinnon Pass toilet on the Milford Track has a large rectangular window from where you can gawk at snow-capped mountain ranges hovering in a blanket of clouds. Get there: Part of the 53.5 km/ four-day Milford Track Great Walk. The Mackinnon Pass (and its shelter) is found on day three.
Get there: The Liverpool Track, starting out from Raspberry Creek car park: five to six hours (15km). 56
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HANGING VALLEY EMERGENCY SHELTER, Fiordland National Park
Craggy mountain spines for as far as the eye can see. This small hut provides respite during your fourday assault of the Kepler Track and its toilet is one of the most dramatic places in New Zealand to spend a penny. Get there: At 1390 metres – the highest point on the three to fourday Kepler Track and immediately prior to the descent into the Iris Burn on your second day.
