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USAussie
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Registered: July 2007
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Mark,
Will the camp grounds allow you to dump a black tank if you can demonstrate
to their satisfaction that you do not use formaldehyde or any other
chemicals that will kill the bacteria in their septic systems?
Has the CMCA considered approaching the Australian Federal Government to ask
them to ban the importation and sale of the chemicals that kill the
bacteria? That would solve the problem in a heartbeat!
Having said all this I reckon that a bit of odor from the "dunnie"
(Aus-speak lesson #1 for the day) isn't going to kill you!
I will admit that I used one of the offending chemicals in Double Trouble
but now that I am aware of this I will cease and desist and use only
chemicals that are green.
We did buy a Glade air freshener for the bathroom and that "worked a treat"
(Aus-speak lesson #2).
Regards,
Rob Mueller
Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
'75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
'75 Avion - USA - The Parts Coach TZE 365V100324
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[mailto:gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of Mark Bennett
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 10:54 AM
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] It's great to own a GMC
G'day
The Porta pottie or cassete Toilet, is the best way to go in a motorhome in
Australia.
The main reason is that we haven't got many camp sites were you can
hook-up, especialy black water, even a lot of caravan parks only cater for
grey water. In our travels we have met a lot of people traveling around with
full black tanks because they cannot find a dump point, some even dig a hole
and dump it in the bush, very much frowned upon. The C.M.C.A. (Campervan and
Motorhome club of Australia) has a program , with some Goverment funding, to
intall dump points in more remote areas. This scheme is not going so well as
a lot of areas have septic rather than sewerage systems, and the toilet
chemicals are killing of the bacteria in some towns septic systems, not
happy towns folk.
The porta-pottie works on a unit which is joined at the middle, the top half
has the bowl and flush water, the bottom half is where the waste is
collected. The unit comes apart so you only have to lug the bottom half to
the dump point.
The cassette system is similar to the porta-pottie but a bit "cleaner". The
toilet is fixed into the motorhome with either a manual or electric flush.
Some models have the own flush tank, while others flush from your water
tanks. To empty them you open a door on the outside and slide the cassette
out, it automaticaly seals its self to stop spillage. These cassettes can
weigh 20 plus kilos when full, the bigger ones are equiped with wheels to
make it easier to take to a dump point.
We like the cassette toilet, which is what we fitted to our GMC, as it means
we don't have to worry as much about a full waste tank. The toilet chemical
debate is a hot topic at the moment, anything with formaldahide? in it is
frowned upon. But what to use, most "green" chemicals don't realy stop the
smell, and those that mask it are bad for the septic system.
I hope no one was eating whilst reading this, and you may think twice about
shaking my hand, but i was just answering the question.
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Mark Bennett
Gail & Mark's Cruiser
Gold Coast, Australia.
Motorhoming Lifestyle.com
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Regards,
Rob M. (USAussie)
The Pedantic Mechanic
Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
'75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
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