A touch of country hospitality is bringing a smile to any visitors wanting to spend a penny in Duntroon.
For about a year, fresh-picked flowers _ displayed in repurposed fruit tins _ have been a regular feature in the village's public toilets, courtesy of local woman Kat McLennan Moffat.
Mrs McLennan Moffat had been cleaning the toilets daily for about a decade, but said the flowers were a recent addition she hoped would bring joy to people.
"For me, it's about making adults happy. I think we're a bit serious.
"It's the country hospitality that I remember when I grew up here _ people gave out of love and they gave so other people could appreciate something that you have," she said.
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Duntroon woman Kat McLennan Moffat is thrilled her flowers are brightening the day of visitors to the town’s public toilets. PHOTOS: PETER MCINTOSH
The flowers came from her garden and she enjoyed being able to share them with people.
"Often I'm down there cleaning the toilets, and I'll hear somebody yell, `Oh, my God, look at this'.
"They come running out of the toilet, and they grab whoever they're with and take them in the toilet to show them the flowers _ it's joyful," she said.
"Most of the time [the flowers are] under the hand basin, but people move them. They used to sit them on top of the hair dryer, and I think people just wanted other people to see them."
Her flowers had been the talk of community Facebook pages up and down the land.
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"Like p...... in a garden," he said.
Others commended the "lovely loos" and said the floral additions were a lovely touch.
"They are the best toilets I've used in my travels. Always immaculately clean and the flowers are lovely," one visitor wrote.
"The flowers were a talking point when we came out of them," another said.
Mrs McLennan Moffat said she had a lot of fun maintaining and beautifying the toilets.
"I love it because I get to chat to people," she said.
She said door counters had recorded about 1500 people using the toilets last month.
"It's the hub of Duntroon for a lot of locals who are coming past, definitely [for] cyclists, campervans."
"They are really busy, those toilets."