{"id":182217,"date":"2025-03-04T15:34:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T05:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=182217"},"modified":"2025-03-04T14:38:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T04:38:45","slug":"running-taps-trashed-stalls-devonport-toilets-hit-by-appalling-vandalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=182217","title":{"rendered":"Running taps, trashed stalls: Devonport toilets hit by \u2018appalling\u2019 vandalism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A public toilet block in Devonport has been left in a \u2018disgusting state\u2019 by vandals, with images of the mess going viral on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The female toilets at the Formby Road carpark were targeted on Monday afternoon, with toilet paper ripped from dispensers and stuffed into sinks, causing water to overflow onto the floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coffee stains were also found on mirrors and the ceiling, with a local resident who came across the mess describing it as \u201cpretty grim\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe toilets were nearly flooded,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\" id=\"attachment_26336\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image_2025-03-04_153642752.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-182219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image_2025-03-04_153642752.png 800w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image_2025-03-04_153642752-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image_2025-03-04_153642752-768x960.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vandalised public toilet block in Devonport. Image \/ Allegra Quilliam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The vandalism has sparked outrage on social media, with many expressing anger and frustration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat satisfaction do they get out of trashing facilities? They do need to be reported,\u201d one person wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\" id=\"attachment_26335\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image_2025-03-04_153650802.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-182220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image_2025-03-04_153650802.png 800w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image_2025-03-04_153650802-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image_2025-03-04_153650802-768x960.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Toilets were nearly flooded according to a local witness. Image \/ Allegra Quilliam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is so sad to see because elderly use a bathroom and could fall over,\u201d said another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Devonport City Council will carry out repairs to clean and fix the damage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A public toilet block in Devonport has been left in a \u2018disgusting state\u2019 by vandals, with images of the mess going viral on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":182218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,10871],"tags":[9231,942],"class_list":["post-182217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-vandalism","tag-devonport","tag-tasmania"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=182217"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182221,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182217\/revisions\/182221"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/182218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=182217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=182217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=182217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}