Mobility Access Australia Podcast

Located on the footsteps of the Parliamentary Triangle, the Brassey Hotel is set on two and a half acres of manicured gardens and lawns. This 1920’s hotel has old world charm with all the comforts of a quality property. Positioned within Canberra’s most prestigious suburb of Barton, you will be a short stroll from all the iconic attractions including Parliament House, the National Gallery of Australia, the National Library, Old Parliament House and Lake Burley Griffin.

Went to see the Mary Poppins Musical on the 12th of March and the theatre is pretty accessible as there’s no steps going into the building from the street and the disabled bathroom was pretty good too as they had a help button in the bathroom which was great to see! Highly recommend going to this theatre for it’s accessibility to the building and I rate it 9/10 stars for accessibility! I’m definitely going to go back there again to mention this to the staff who were pretty helpful. I’ve uploaded some videos of my time on the Facebook and Instagram pages so you can view them on there.

This episode is about our road trip to Queensland and back to Melbourne in late January to early February in 2023.

In this episode I’ll be talking about how accessible the places are in and around Haymarket and Chinatown are in Sydney. While I was staying there for 3 nights from the 20th of January 2023. Don’t forget to subscribe to this podcast and to share with your friends and also to follow us on Facebook and Instagram for more detailed updates such as photos and videos.

My parents and I went on a big road trip up to Brisbane from Melbourne and we left on the 19th of January until 10th of February 2023. The next few episodes are going to be about where I stayed in hotels along the way and some places we visited as well. This accommodation was actually listed on Accessible Accommodation Australia and their website is at www.accessibleaccommodation.com and they are worth having a look on their website for other accessible accommodation around Australia!

This episode is about an Italian restaurant in Toorak on Grange Road in Toorak in Melbourne. There’s dedicated parking outside the restaurant and the restaurant is completely level throughout the restaurant and there’s a public toilet across from the restaurant which is kind of accessible but could be a little bit narrow to get access to but the restaurant itself was accessible and they also have outdoor dining available as well. At the time of this episode going out they’ll be closed from the 12th of December 2022 until late January 2023 as they’ll be going away on holidays so they’ll be open again from February next year if anyone wants to have dinner there.

Went to the Oz Comic Con this weekend at the Melbourne Showgrounds for their Christmas edition. The building was completely accessible to everyone including a ramp going down to the lower level where the exhibits were located and they had two separate disabled toilets available in the exhibition hall that they were having it in. Then there’s an outdoor area where they have food trucks available for lunch and inside the building was pretty accessible as there were several people in wheelchairs including a member of staff who was working at the Oz Comic Con and I saw this lady at the main Comic Con earlier this year at their usual location at the Melbourne Convention Centre which I did an episode on earlier this year. Both venues are completely accessible to everyone which is great to see!

Went to see the stage show performance at the Comedy Theatre in Melbourne which was called A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens the author. This theatre was pretty accessible with a temporary ramp going into the building and had an accessible bathroom with a working lock on the door. The only accessible seating area is the stalls area of the theatre as there’s no elevator going up to the second level. The street outside the building was pretty accessible and nice and flat and there was a cycle lane outside which has plenty of space to wheel yourself around to it from the traffic lights on the corner a few metres away from the main entrance to the theatre which was completely flat as well. I’ve filmed a couple videos during my time at this theatre which I’ve never been to before and they’ll be available to watch on my Instagram and Facebook pages this week.

I did a social experiment a few days before Halloween where I used a manual wheelchair to attend two stage performances at two theatres in Melbourne in late October 2022. You can see video footage of the experience on my Facebook and Instagram pages.

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