We built a free restroom finder because nobody else would.
DunnyDash is a bootstrapped, one-person operation mapping every public bathroom across Australia and North America. No investors. No corporate backing. Just thousands of hours of work on a problem that affects millions of people every single day.
How it started
I'm Ben Jarvie — a self-employed tradesman in Australia. For years I drove between job sites and faced the same problem every day: finding a public bathroom last minute. If you've ever been stuck on a highway with no idea where the nearest toilet is, you know exactly what I'm talking about.
I started sharing DunnyDash with clients, friends, and family. What came back surprised me. This isn't just about convenience. People living with Crohn's disease, IBS, diabetes, pregnancy, and mobility impairments face this as a daily struggle. For them, knowing where the nearest clean, accessible facility is can be the difference between going out and staying home.
That changed everything. What started as a tradie's side project became something much bigger — a free public resource for a basic human need.
What we've built
Thousands of hours have gone into DunnyDash — along with many brain-teasing upskilling sessions as I taught myself software development, artificial intelligence, digital infrastructure, and API integration. It's been a behemoth of a journey with plenty of failures and mistakes along the way.
But by mid-2026, the positive signs started arriving. Government agencies reaching out. Search engines recognising the work. A platform that's finally ready for the general public to start drawing real value from.
Our goal is simple: build a current, up-to-date restroom resource powered by government data and community contributions — and work together to help people find the best, closest bathroom wherever they are.
Where the data comes from
Every facility on DunnyDash is sourced from verifiable records. We don't fabricate restroom counts, accessibility claims, or ratings. If it's listed, there's a source behind it.
DunnyDash started as me trying to fix a personal problem — finding a bathroom between job sites as a tradesman in Australia. I never set out to build anything like this.
But once I started talking to people about it — clients, friends, family, strangers — the stories kept coming. People with Crohn's, parents with young kids, older Australians who'd stopped going out because they couldn't rely on finding a clean toilet. The daily struggles people face around something as basic as a bathroom genuinely surprised me, and it gave me good reason to keep pushing.
There have been plenty of late nights where I've asked myself if I've lost the plot with this undertaking. Teaching myself to code, wrestling with APIs, figuring out infrastructure — none of it came naturally. But the positive response from people along the way has been a huge help with soldiering through those moments. Knowing it actually matters to someone makes the difference.
I'm not a tech person by trade. I'm a tradie who likes hiking, fossicking, and reading topo maps. If you want to chat, share your story, or just say g'day — I'm a real person and I'd genuinely love to hear from you.
Work with us
DunnyDash is a free resource and it always will be. We're open to and welcome collaboration from anyone who wants to help people find a bathroom when they need one.
If you're any of the following, we'd genuinely love to hear from you:
No gatekeepers, no PR department. Just reach out directly.