Death knell for cemetery coffin dunny A small far north Queensland town will today hold a funeral for its controversial coffin-shaped toilet.

The oddly shaped outhouse stands at Millaa Millaa's cemetery but the Tablelands Regional Council ordered its removal because of complaints and a failure to meet building standards.

Pat Reynolds from the local chamber of commerce says it will be moved to a nearby paddock in a funeral procession today.

He says the community has lost what could have become an iconic attraction.

"There will be a funeral for it, as we're calling it the death of common sense at the cemetery," he said.

"The weather's obviously going to have some effect on it but we will be removing the toilet from the cemetery.

"There will be a procession as we move it to its new spot just down the road." read on & check out the picture!

& here are a few more The long drop: Australia's outback dunnies When plumbing is but a pipe dream, it's time to dig a pit and build yourself an outhouse

When you've gotta go in the outback, it's the blistering desert or one of Australia's finest traditions -- the dunny.

"They were funny-looking buildings, that were once a way of life,

If you couldn't sprint the distance, then you really were in strife.

They were nailed, they were wired, but were mostly falling down,

There was one in every yard, in every house, in every town.

They were given many names, some were even funny,

But to most of us, we knew them as the outhouse or the dunny."

-- Anonymous

The outhouse, the thunder box, the long drop, the biffy and the kybo. Most cultures around the world have some version of a toilet separated from main buildings and in Australia it's called the dunny.