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Singapore 4 nights
Orchard Road shops, mostly accessible plenty of drop curbs
Botanical gardens mostly accessible
Orchid Gardens, wheelchair route available
Mer Lion, access is via a flight of steps but a good view is possible
from the park on the opposite side of the river.
Riverside and Boat Quay accessible
Raffles Hotel and China town accessible but shops have poor access
Night Safari, no steps but some steep slopes
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Darwin 4 nights
Darwin centre, shops and sights, all accessible
Botanical Gardens, rough paths in places
Mindel Market a great eating experience !
Doctors Gully, Aquascene, best accessed via the road not the footpath
Museum of Arts and Sciences fully accessible, disabled toilets available
Last day, by self drive car :
Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, walks and views
Wetlands Visitor Centre, fully accessible disable parking, entrance and lift
Adelaide River Queen Wildlife River Cruise, jumping crocodiles, very helpful
crews, ramp on to boat and single step to passenger deck.
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Darwin to Kakadu by self drive hire car 4 nights
Visitors Centre fully accessible
Ubirr Rock, mostly accessible but not to be missed
Norlangi Rock limited access
Yellow Waters Billabong cruise, excellent views of wildlife, ramp onto
boat and single step down to passenger deck
Scenic flights by fixed wing or helicopter, accessible with easy lift
into seat.
East Alligator ‘Guluyambi’ Aboriginal guided River Cruise, ramp to
boat, single step onto passenger deck. Excellent.
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Kakadu-Litchfied National Park-Darwin by self drive hire car, Day
trip
Florence Falls, disabled toilets, viewing platform accessible.
Wangi Falls accessible, disabled toilets, good for day visit
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Cairns 7 nights
Cairns Centre and sights fully accessible
Botanical Gardens fully accessible, interesting rain forest board walk
‘Great Adventures’ Great Barrier Reef Day Trip, ramp and single step
onto high speed catamaran. Disabled toilets on board double as dive crew changing
area.Steep ramp onto dive platform, crew will help. Bodily lift required
down three steps to snorkelling platform. Undersea viewing gallery and glass bottomed
boat ride have difficult access requiring bodily lift down narrow flights
of steps. Forget the viewing gallery and boat ride, but don’t miss the snorkelling.
Kuranda day trip, coach to Freshwater station, taxi would be better
as bodily lift required onto coach. 90 minute Mountain train ride to Karunda is fully
accessible.Wheelchair lift used to board and alight from train. Steep hill from
Karunda station into town, courtesy bus available but not wheelchair friendly.
Town centre accessible. Return via ‘Sky Rail’ a rain forest cableway fully accessible
to standard wheelchair users which departs from next to the rail station.
Staff check width of wheelchair (there is a limit) and insist on loading and unloading
wheelchairs. It is possible to alight at Baron Falls and you must change
cable cars at Red Peak summit station. Accessible forest board walk available
here with ranger 20 minute guided tour. At the bottom of the ride is the not
to be missed Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Centre, fully accessible. Coach return
to hotel - again a taxi may be better. If you choose, you can return by train
or travel both ways by ‘Sky Rail’.
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Cairns to Daintree National Park by self drive car
Tour North, beautiful beaches
Port Douglas, accessible
Mossman Gorge, not wheelchair accessible although there are disabled
toilets in the car park
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Cape Tribulation 3 nights
Daintree rain forest visitors centre, difficult access through rangers
garage ! Associated board walk not accessible.
Cape Tribulation Rain Forest board walk, disabled toilets available
in car park, excellent accessible walk.
Beaches, excellent but difficult access over soft sand, at low tide
there are excellent walks on the exposed hard sand along the beach.
Daintree to Brisbane self drive by car 7 nights
Atherton Table lands, scenically worth visiting,only the Millaa Millaa
Falls are accessible on the 16Km falls drive
Mission Beech, little to interest the wheelchair visitor 1 night
Jourama Falls National Park, falls and park not accessible
Murray Falls - board walk access single steps with flight of three
steps onto falls viewing platform. Worth the effort.
Townsville 2 nights
Reef Aquarium, fully accessible no disabled toilets
Billabong Wild Life Sanctuary - rough pathways in places inside, disabled
toilets.
Drive up Castle Hill, fine views of Townsville and Magnetic Island
Airlie Beach and Shute Harbour , no disabled facilities discovered
Mackay , centre not visited, 1 night
Rockhampton, centre not visited, 1 night
Capricorn Coast Drive sight seeing
Hervey Bay 2 nights
Accessible coastal resort
Whale Watching, ‘Whale Song’ fully accessible boat with disabled toilet
Mapleton falls, not accessible
Glass House Mountains, view point accessible, disabled toilets in car
park
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Brisbane 5 nights
City sights walk and shops, no real access difficulties though slightly
hilly.
Queensland Culture centre and Museum both fully accessible
Maritime Museum, accessible except for warship
South Bank Parklands and riverside walks, fully accessible
River Trips, we took a lunch time cruise on the River Queen, a large
paddle wheel boat. Access to the boat was via a ramp. The lower deck cabin is accessible
over a large sill and help was keenly offered by the crew. We were advised
they had just been given permission to remove the sill which should make access very
easy.
Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary is some 20Km up river. We went there and
back by boat but cannot really recommend this. The Brisbane pier is fully accessible,
that of the Sanctuary is not. The state of the tide can make boat access
very difficult. The boarding ramp was not wide enough for the wheelchair and access
from the pier to the Sanctuary is up the bank via flights of steps. Take a taxi.
The Sanctuary itself has a few single steps, but there are alternative paths around
these. A disabled toilet is available.
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Sydney 10 nights
Darling Harbour, Aquarium and Maritime Museum, all fully accessible
except for submarine and warship.
Chinese Garden of friendship, mostly accessible, Separate entrance
for wheelchair users avoids stepped entrance.
Circular Quay, Rocks and Opera House, no real problem getting around
these but we could not find a way into the Opera House.
Harbour Tour. The STA ferry tour is excellent value for money
Victoria Building and Strand shops, fully accessible and disabled toilet
available on the lower ground floor of the VB building
Sydney Museum, fully accessible, disabled toilets available
Sydney Tower, fully accessible, the buffet restaurant has two levels,
ramps are available on exiting the lift to access the upper level.
Paddy’s Market, fully accessible
Manly Beach, we went there and back for the day without any difficulty
via ferry from Circular Quay.
Bondi Beach, we went there and back for the day by bus. The only difficulty
was waiting for a wheelchair friendly one to come along.
Watsons Bay, we went there by bus and caught a ferry back. The Watsons
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