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If you sre visiting Canberra, the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve will provide an all terrain wheelchair for your vist.
Patty and Josh Grisdale6 Comments-
That looks great!
Do you know if the staff go with you or do you need to provide your power?
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Good question! Let me find out.
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Thanks!
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Information found: Tidbinbilla is accessible by paved paths at many popular locations including the Wetlands area, The Sanctuary, the Koala enclosure and Sheedys picnic area.
A TrailRider (all terrain wheelchair) is available for use in less accessible areas of the ACT’s parks and nature reserves and is a great way for mobility-impaired visitors to get out there and enjoy all that is on offer in the bush capital. The TrailRider, presented to the ACT Government by the National Parks Association in April 2012, allows mobility-impaired visitors to explore the natural environment. Two or three ‘sherpas’ (not supplied) are required to guide the chair which is easy to manoeuvre, can travel on semi-rough tracks and can be easily disassembled to fit in the back of a large car. Riders will need to supply their own cycling helmet and with their sherpas are required to undertake a short induction session before venturing out.
If you would like to book the chair for use at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, Namadgi National Park or any other urban park give the Tidbinbilla Visitor Centre a call on 6205 1233 or for more information go to the Trailrider blog at http://trailridertales.blogspot.com.au or watch a short video about the chair at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVyZ8FgjazY-
Great! Thank you for the quick research!
Good to see they get training.
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I can remember going to Sydney over 2 years ago (with 2 support workers) and having a terrific time 😀, we went to the Sydney Botanical Gardens twice, once just to see the beautiful gardens and then to see the magnificent light/laser and music) called Vivid Sydney and I couldn’t believe how much they made of lights, lasers, and music to give it a magical atmosphere. We lived in an accessible house which had a GREAT view of the ocean (amazing for me as I used to live near the Atlantic Ocean when we lived in Cape Town South Africa). We visited the Blue Mountains and on the way back visited a town that has street art on the side of most buildings Katoomba. to which 135 individuals contributed, unfortunately I didn’t take any photos 😞. We went to 2 shows at the iconic Sydney Opera House, Jewels the Ballet which had 3 sets, the first was ruby, the 2nd emerald and the final diamonds, of course all the costumes resembled the gems 😀, the 2nd show we went to was Verdi’s Requiem which had a full orchestra, 4 soloists and a choir of 280 people they obviously got a standing ovation 👏. All the musicians and singers were first class 🏅. We went to an aboriginal art gallery that was run by 2 very knowledgeable people who would travel to the aboriginal peoples once a year and buy art from them. I was blown away by their knowledge of the aboriginal peoples. My younger sister and her family live there. I and (and my Support Workers) were made to feel most welcome and they said my Support Workers were made to feel like family as well so I was incredibly proud of my sister and her family 😘 . We spent 4 magical weeks there and all of us were incredibly sad to say farewell at Sydney airport er and her family live about 2 hours north of Sydney and we stayed quite near their home. I was astonished at the accessibility of the buses and trains
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