The small town, which is a popular stopping point for those traversing the Lindis Pass, has one portable toilet outside its school, near shops and a cafe.
Today two more are expected to arrive and be placed at the same location.
Council property and facilities manager Mike Kerr said they were booked until January 27, at which point council would assess whether they were still needed.
''They will be serviced daily, twice daily initially. Whether they can cope depends on them being serviced as regularly as they need to be.''
There would be no signage, but they would be ''easy to see'' for anyone stopping, he said.
''We had signage last year when we opened the toilets at the Tarras Hall because it was out of the town.''
The council is planning permanent toilets and a septic treatment system in the town which it estimates will cost between $380,000 and $550,000.
Last month Associate Tourism Minister Paula Bennett announced $247,000 towards the project.
It will be constructed before June 30, the deadline for the council to use the funding, probably in the car park area next to the shops and school.
Mr Kerr said an engineering report on the sewerage system was expected the first week of the new year.
The project was partly instigated by lobbying from the school, which had problems with travellers jumping over the fence and relieving themselves on its grounds.
