This toilet building is of a concrete block structure, painted a light blue, with a mural of flaxes, waves, dolphins, penguines etc. It also serves as changing rooms for those who want to get wet. The slightly pitched roof is of a corrugated plastic looking material that lets in plenty of light. The outer doors, one for the mens, and one for the women (as well as one for the service area) are wooden and painted a very pale blue colour. They were latched in an open position at the time of my visit and the bolt had a padlock hanging off it so I would assume that they are locked at night. There were no opening times posted. I only inspected the womens facities. Inside along one wall were three cubicles, one a little larger and could take a wheel chair, but there were no hand rails for assistance. There were two large rolls of toilet paper in each individual cubicle. The loo itself is cermanic, coloured white, with a white plastic seat. The water cisterns are behind the wall and two of the flush activators were of a lever type with the "button" part missing, making it rather uncomfortable to depress. The other unit had a more modern stainless steel button in the wall. The unit doors are locked using a heavy duty bolt. In at least one of the units there are a couple of redundant locks. The only sanitary disposal unit was in the larger cubicle. No coat hook were available anywhere. The floor is concrete. In the common area there is a stainless steel hand basin with soap above. Cold water only. It took a bit of force pressing down to get the water to flow and upon the release of pressure the flow stopped immediately. Hand drying is the shake your hand and go outside version. Some of the internal walls are painted a very pale yellow/orange sort of colour, others are a pale colour with a possible creamy/green tinge. Opposite the loo cubicles is a changing area. There were two cold water showers at one end and a painted wooden bench at the other. I assume that the male facilities are similar except for a urinal or two replacing a cubicle or two. There is a notice in the womens saying the servicing is carried out on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. My visit was on a Friday and they appearred neat and tidy. It might be a different story by the time Sunday winds up especialy if the beach has had a lot of visitors.
The cache is located at S45 ??.??? E170 ??.???
To get to Brighton via bus you need to travel on the Dunedin - Mosgiel Bus (No 77) and at Green Island transfer to the Green Island - Brighton Bus (No 70). When I placed the cache I went by E-bike from Musselburgh and it took 1 hr and 20 minutes using minimal electrical boost. If cycling you need to be aware that for a short section of the road you have trucks coming and going from the Blackhead Rock Quarry and for other sections the posted speed is 80km/hr. For much of the way there is no segregated cycle way and often there isn't a nice wide smooth shoulder. For safety reasons don't take your kids for a bike ride to the cache.