Ben Jarvie
A self-employed tradesman in Australia who spent years driving between job sites, forever faced with the daily scramble to find a public bathroom last minute. That's where DunnyDash was born — not from a boardroom, but from genuine necessity. A hiker, prospector, and wildlife enthusiast with a deep love for maps, geology, and trying to unravel the mysteries of the ground we walk on.
Background
As a self-employed tradesman in Australia, Ben spent years on the road between job sites — and facing the same problem every day: finding a public bathroom last minute. After sharing the journey with clients, friends, and family, it became clear that this wasn't just a convenience issue. Many people face daily struggles around restroom access due to medical conditions like Crohn's disease, IBS, diabetes, pregnancy, and mobility impairments that make finding a clean, accessible facility genuinely urgent.
That's what turned a personal frustration into DunnyDash. Ben has since explored every corner of Australia — from the Kimberley to the wild west coast of Tasmania — and covered serious ground across North America, including backcountry trails through Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Grand Teton. When he's not on the road, he's usually out hiking, fossicking for minerals, or reading topo maps trying to figure out what's under the next ridge.
Thousands of hours have gone into building DunnyDash — along with many brain-teasing upskilling sessions as Ben taught himself software development, artificial intelligence, digital infrastructure planning, 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, and a platform that's finally ready for the general public to start drawing real value from.
Every restroom, trailhead amenity, and roadside block on this site has been mapped from government open data, National Park Service records, OpenStreetMap, and community contributions — then cross-referenced for accuracy. He writes about public infrastructure, travel accessibility, road trip logistics, and the unglamorous-but-essential question of where to go when you need to go.
Areas of Expertise
Travel Guides by Ben
National Park Restroom Guides
Data Sources & Methodology
Every page on DunnyDash is built from verifiable data. Ben doesn't fabricate restroom counts or accessibility claims — if a facility is listed, there's a source behind it.
- AU: State and local council open data portals, OpenStreetMap, direct council correspondence
- USA: National Park Service API, Recreation.gov (RIDB), OpenStreetMap, municipal open data
- Verification: Cross-referenced coordinates, name-matched against multiple sources, accessibility features validated against facility records