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Loo With A View Set To Debut - Aussies Make Wheelchair Access Outhouse on Mountain Top!
Loo With A View Set To Debut
August 4, 2005
CANBERRA, Australia
Scaling Australias highest mountain will soon become a more civilized climb after the construction of the countrys highest toilet.
Dubbed the Loo with a View, the all-weather toilet block is to be built into the wind-swept side of Mount Kosciuszko, 390 feet below its snowcapped peak in a New South Wales state national park.
The engineering challenges are in trying to build something in such a remote location and at that elevation, National Parks and Wildlife Service alpine area manager Andrew Harrigan said Thursday.
He described the toilet as a bunker built to withstand 93 mph winds and carved 20 feet into the mountain.
It will comprise three urinals and three unisex stallsone with wheelchair access, he said.
The septic tank would have enough capacity to ensure that the toilet can last more than six months without a service when it is snowed in during winter. The toilet will also catch its own water.
Its part of a campaign to prevent walkers and campers from digging latrines in the earth or snow.
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