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OVERVIEW
- Business Overview
- Bookings
- Emergency Management
- Other Information
- Guide Dog and Service Animals
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GENERAL
- Pre-arrival, arrival and reception
- Cognitive Impairment Support
- Car Park and Access amenities
- Entry
- Lifts
- Internal Spaces
- Public areas
- Displays, exhibits, commentary and live performances
- External Paths
- Steps
- Ramps
- Public Toilets/Adult change facilities
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ATTRACTIONS
- Attractions Basics
- Image(s)
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COMMON AREAS
- Play Spaces
- Image(s)
- Parks and gardens
- Parks and Gardens Access/Entry Image(s)
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Overview
General
Attractions
Common Areas
Business Overview
The business has the following products/services available
Attraction
Our business caters for the following disability types:
Limited mobility
Wheelchairs or mobility scooters
Food allergies or intolerances
Cognitive or people on the Autism Spectrum
Bookings
The business offers the following methods for bookings and enquiries:
Phone
Webportal
Our forms have high contract boxes and submit boxes
Emergency Management
Exit signs are clear and easy to see
Exit access is free and clear at all times
We ensure exit access is free and clear at all times by:
Regular Checks. Staff responsibility
Exits and access to exists are greater than 900mm
Exit doors are able to be opened by all occupants
Exits to the emergency evacuation point does not include stairways
There is an emergency refuge that has an intercommunication system linked and has sufficient fire resistance levels.
The evacuation point is clearly marked by a sign
The business identifies guests who need additional assistance should an emergency occur by:
Visual and booking requests
The procedure for assisting guests who need assisted rescue is:
Staff responsibility
Other Information
For bookings made onsite, the ticket booth/counter/box office is accessible for people using a wheelchair
The business accepts the companion card
Guide Dog and Service Animals
The business provides a secure area with shade and water for service animals
The business provides the following services for services animals:
We provide what is needed on an as come basis. We have two service dogs visit in the last 9 years.
Pre-arrival, arrival and reception
The business has the following in place to support guests during pre-arrival, arrival and reception
Booking information and websites are compatible with screen readers
There is a reception/public entryway.
Seating available at reception
A tablet with text to voice or pen and paper at reception to aid in communication
Lighting in the reception area is even and glare free
Information and maps are available in written form
A step free map/guide
A familiarisation tour
Additional Information from the business
The following steps are in place to ensure that people with fatigue related to their disability are not disadvantaged by long wait times:
Reception is manned at all times and there are no long wait times for visitors.
Cognitive Impairment Support
Documents are available in plain English for people with cognitive impairment (This may include instructions, guides, menus and general information)
Quiet periods or early opening times for people on the Autism Spectrum
A space for parents and children on the Autism Spectrum
Car Park and Access amenities
The business has the following Car Park and Access amenities
A drop off zone
Level or ramped access from the car park to the entrance
The accessible entrance is clearly signed from the parking bay
Kerb ramps are in place where a pavement or walkway needs to be crossed
Entry
The business has the following amenities/systems in place for entry
A drop off point close to the entrance
A path of access to the building is slip resistance and even
A path of access to the building is clear of obstruction
Self opening entry doors or fitted with a self closer
Glass doors are fitted with a visual sighting strip
Door jams/doors are of a contrasting colour to surrounding walls
Door handles are of a contrasting colour to the door
Signage is written in a contrasting colour
Signage is written in a Sans Serif font and use upper and lower case letters
The entry door is a minimum of 850mm wide
The entry door has self opening or a light opening pressure (for manual operations)
The entrance sill is less than 13mm
There a clear space of at least 1500mm x 1500mm in front of all doors.
The entrance door mats have a thickness less than 13mm and a width of 7500mm or greater
Lifts
The lifts have the following amenities in place
Internal Spaces
Clear and unobstructed routes through and between buildings
Interior walls are matte or low sheen
Floors, walls, counters and furniture are of contrasting colours
Floor surfaces are hard or short pile carpet
Seating is available for guests unable to stand for long periods
Accessible facilities are clearly signed and visible from all areas
All corridors greater than 900mm
There is a quiet space for parents and children on the Autism Spectrum
Public areas
The public areas have the following amenities in place
Display units, Televisions, Video displays etc. are open captioned
Even lighting
Seating
Displays, exhibits, commentary and live performances
For displays, exhibits, commentary and live performances the following amenities are in place
Seating
Wheelchair accessible spaces/seating
External Paths
External paths of travel have the following amenities are in place
Surfaces are concrete, asphalt, smooth paving or hard packed fine gravel (max aggregate size 13mm)
Paths or slopes longer than 15 metres have resting places or seats
Pathways are wider than 900mm
There 3 successive steps or less on any path or at any doorway
Any paths having steps are clearly identified as non-wheelchair accessible
Step free routes clearly signed
Steps
Steps have the following amenities are in place
There are steps.
Top and bottom steps are easily distinguished through colour contrast or the use of TGSIs (Tactile Ground Surface Indicators)
The underside of all staircases are enclosed or protected to a height of at least 2 metres
Handrails fitted to all open sets of steps
Handrails extend 300mm beyond the top and bottom step
Ramps
Ramps have the following amenities are in place
There are ramps.
All fixed ramps are 1:14 or less
Hand rails are fitted
Long ramps (more than 10m) are 1:20 or less
Public Toilets/Adult change facilities
Public Toilets/Adult change facilities have the following amenities are in place
There is an accessible toilet for public use
The door is at least 850mm wide
There is a minimum of 850mm beside the toilet
Handrails are fitted
The toilet seat is 460mm above the floor
There is 2.5 metres mm of clear space in front of the toilet
The toilet seat of a contrasting colour to the floor
The toilet seat is460mm above the floor
There is a registered changing places facility
Attractions Basics
A park map is available here:
www.gravitycentre.com.au
Image(s)
Cafe
Carpark
front door
Main Gallery
Pathway
Reception
Shop
Toilet Door
Toilet
Play Spaces
Ramps provided are at least 25% of elevated sections of the play space
The surface of the play space is of a composite or rubberized material
There wheelchair accessible activities
The play space contains cognitive play panels
The play space contains tactile play panels or activities
The space contain colour contrasting elements
Seating is provided in or around the play space
Image(s)
Play area
Parks and gardens
The following parks and gardens amenities are available
Direction signage contains distances
Accessible picnic tables
Accessible BBQs
The park contains an observation deck or tower
The observation deck provides a clear view through the safety railing
Parks and Gardens Access/Entry Image(s)
Tower with rails