Water tanks, sheds and outhouses were built, including the mysterious dunnies. |
The city is 15 feet below sea level and so they bury everyone above the ground in these little huts that look like dunnies. |
There are fireworks, of course, and wee boys have a licence to roam the streets letting off bangers up closes, down dunnies and underneath unsuspecting old-age pensioners. |
Incidentally, if you're on the train direct from Jolimont to Flinders St, you can actually see the dunnies from the train window if you know where to look. |
These were communal dunnies so every now and then someone would open the door, loudly sniff the air and promptly scarper. |
There's a favourite old joke in political circles, about two government MPs sneaking into the dunnies at a Labour Party conference to have a bit of how's your father. |