Staging the Outback's biggest music festival presents particular challenges in catering for 15,000 thirsty concertgoers - and one of the solutions has been recognised as the country's longest urinal.
The Mundi Mundi Bash boasts some big numbers but none more impressive than the dimensions of its steel toilet troughs - longer than you would find at major city sporting venues.
Every year the festival draws music lovers to Belmont Station on the Mundi Mundi Plains, 9km north of the tiny NSW town of Silverton and 35km north of Broken Hill.
Mundi Mundi famously holds the Nutbush dance world record, which it attempts to break with each instalment and attendees broke it again last weekend.
But not even the event organisers were aware they might hold another record until the Daily Mail suggested they run a tape measure over the men's toilet facilities.
On either side of the main arena - north and south - is corrugated iron fencing shielding two trough urinals - one 20m long and another that runs for 14m.
The urinals have a red dirt floor, are open to the sky, and allow dozens of men to stand shoulder-to-shoulder at any one time so they can relieve themselves.
This masthead was invited to the 2025 Mundi Mundi Bash and was so struck by the length of the troughs we began to make enquiries about where they fitted in the nation's toilet inventory.
Staging the Outback's biggest music festival presents a unique set of challenges to cater for 15,000 concertgoers and one of the solutions has been recognised as the country's longest urinal
Every year the Mundi Mundi Bash draws music lovers to Belmont Station on the Mundi Mundi Plains, 9km north of the tiny NSW town of Silverton and 35km north of Broken Hill
The Mundi Mundi Bash boasts some big numbers but none more impressive than the dimensions of its toilet troughs - longer than you would find at major city sporting grounds
On either side of the main arena - north and south - is corrugated iron fencing shielding two trough urinals - one 20m long and another that runs for 14m
Venues NSW did some checking and reported the longest of the urinals at the Sydney Cricket Ground is just under 20m while the adjacent Allianz Stadium and Accor Stadium, built for the 2000 Olympics, come in at 10m.
John and Helen Taylor publish The Australian Book of Records (TABOR) and were at Mundi Mundi last Saturday for the last ever Nutbush attempt.
The Taylors were able to confirm a new record of 6,779 participants line dancing to Tina Turner's Nutbush City Limits, up from the previous mark of 6,594 set in 2023.
On Wednesday, they informed Mundi Mundi Bash organisers Outback Music Festival Group they also held the title of Australia's longest urinal.
'TABOR has reviewed your urinal phone call information with their outlined measurements and believes MMB urinals at 34m to be the longest urinals in Australia. Congratulations,' the Taylors wrote.
That was followed by a qualification noting TABOR did not have access to the measurements of every urinal in Australia.
'If when this MMB record is published other longer urinal outlets come forward, TABOR after reviewing their information and factual evidence will revert to the longest length as the record,' the Taylors said.
If the Mundi Mundi urinals do not turn out to be the country's longest, they remain unique.
The 20m urinal slopes down from both ends so it is lower in the middle where it drains into a container, and for the convenience of shorter men and kids
Backing onto the two main urinals are rows of 52 stalls kept clean by an army of 'dunny angels'. Those toilets are raised off the ground to provide air circulation and the waste is composted
Toilet doors feature song lyrics from Australian classics such as Cold Chisel's Flame Trees, Goanna's Solid Rock and John Williamson's True Blue
The troughs are used all day throughout the bring-your-own-alcohol festival but are understandably busiest in between musical acts.
Everything about their construction was carefully considered, according to festival founder and Outback Music Festival Group managing director Greg Donovan.
'Our whole strategy or objective is to have a festival where people don't have to queue up to go to the toilet,' he said.
'We want people to be able to say to themselves, "I want to go to the loo" and they just go. And I think we've pretty well achieved it.'
Event manager Julia Halden said decent toilet amenities were at the top of the wish list for anyone attending a music festival.
'Everybody goes to the toilet,' she said. 'We spend more time talking about toilets than you could imagine because if you get it wrong, nobody is happy.'
The 20m urinal slopes down from both ends so it is lower in the middle where it drains into a container, and for the convenience of shorter men and kids.
The container feeds into a pit where, when the fluid reaches a certain level, it is pumped through underground pipes to a soakage pit.
Spread across the camping grounds where festivalgoers set up their campervans (above) there are 30 more urinal blocks with 4m troughs
This year's sold-out event, which ran from August 21 to 23, provided three days of clear blue skies above a crowd of all ages enjoying musical acts spanning generations and genres
While some music festivals in Australia have recently struggled or folded, the Mundi Mundi Bash (above) has flourished in the four years it has been held
Missy Higgins (above) and Hoodoo Gurus headlined the festival, which also featured The Cat Empire, Birds of Tokyo, Thirsty Merc and Rose Tattoo
The layout of the urinal creates constant airflow which in turn reduces the smell.
Spread across the camping grounds where festivalgoers set up their campervans there are 30 more urinal blocks with 4m troughs.
Backing onto the two main urinals are rows of 52 stalls kept clean by an army of 'dunny angels'. Those toilets are raised off the ground to provide air circulation and the waste is composted.
Toilet doors feature song lyrics from Australian classics such as Cold Chisel's Flame Trees, Goanna's Solid Rock and John Williamson's True Blue.
The site does not have running water so hand sanitiser is placed at the exits, and to discourage visitors who might want to take toilet paper back to their camps, the jumbo rolls are 350m long.
For privacy and logistical reasons, when the Daily Mail wanted to take photographs of one of the urinals being used, event organisers briefly blocked off the entries at both ends and called for volunteers.
While some music festivals in Australia have recently struggled or folded, the Mundi Mundi Bash has flourished in the four years it has been held.
'We have an awesome line-up, but in many ways, the incredible landscape is the real headliner,' Donovan said.
This year's sold-out event, which ran from August 21 to 23, provided three days of clear blue skies above a crowd of all ages enjoying musical acts spanning generations and genres.
Among this year's highlights were performances by Kasey Chambers, Leo Sayer, Brad Cox, 19-Twenty, Higgins, the Gurus and Mi-Sex.
The Mundi Mundi Bash will return next year.
'When you pair that with our iconic Aussie artists and give people the chance to camp under the stars in the middle of nowhere - that's where the magic happens.'
This year's sold-out event, which ran from August 21 to 23, provided three days of clear blue skies above a crowd of all ages enjoying musical acts spanning generations and genres.
Missy Higgins (above) and Hoodoo Gurus headlined the festival, which also featured The Cat Empire, Birds of Tokyo, Thirsty Merc and Rose Tattoo.
Among this year's highlights were performances by Kasey Chambers (above), Leo Sayer, Brad Cox, 19-Twenty, Higgins, the Gurus and Mi-Sex.
The Mundi Mundi Bash will return next year. 'Jumping Jo' Drury from Gippsland is pictured
'Jumping Jo' Drury from Gippsland is pictured