Attractions
Art Gallery of West Australia
The Gallery is situated in the Perth Cultural Centre adjacent to the City train station and Northbridge. Pedestrian/wheelchair entry from the CBD via the City Station and Roe Street pedestrian overpass, or alternatively from Barrack Street via the James Street Mall or William Street. Parking is available in the Library building or Roe Street carparks.
Access to the floors is by lift and the gallery offers good wheelchair accessibility.
The disabled toilet is to the left of the main entrance, hidden somewhat near the female toilets entry. A unisex toilet with disabled friendly fittings.
Caversham Wildlife Park
(Inside Whiteman Park)
Lord Street, West Swam
Phone: 92481984
The park is located inside the sprawling Whiteman park, but it is well signposted and easy to find. The disabled parking is difficult to see driving in, but there is three bays at the end of the bus area out front. The park itself is easily accessible by wheelchair, including the walk-through exhibits, which includes birds and kangaroos where you are allowed to hand feed. There is a broad range of Australian wildlife in viewing friendly enclosures, including Koalas, wombats and emus, as well as a farmyard section.
The disabled unisex toilet is to the side of the café and shop. It is a large room, roomy enough to turn the wheelchair around inside, with a rail and standard fittings.
Well worth a visit and wheelchair friendly.
Hillary Boat Harbour
Sorrento Quay
Located on WA's Sunset Coast, just 25 minutes north of Perth city on West Coast Highway, Sorrento Quay Boardwalk isn't just by the ocean, it's built on the ocean. Here you'll find a mouth-watering selection of restaurants and cafes, a tavern, over 40 specialty stores to tempt you with all manner of goods, and a safe, well-protected swimming beach. The boardwalk is surrounded by the marina and its flotilla of boats large and small, and also a children’s fun park with water slide.
Wheelchair access to the facilities overall is good, with just a few of the shops having a small step or doors crowded with merchandise stands making access difficult. The car park has several Acrod parking bays. Disabled toilets are located at three places throughout the venue; Opposite the Pharmacy – double doors & tight; opposite the lotto kiosk – roomy, rails & friendly fittings; northern end of cafés – roomy & rails. All the toilets are signposted. There is another disabled toilet outside next to the swimming beach inside the harbour.
Accessible footpaths link all areas of the harbour, including the aquarium and the northern sea wall. At the end of the northern wall and adjacent to the harbour entrance is the Spinnakers Restaurant, which provides a great venue for lunch watching the boats come and go. Disabled toilet and Acrod parking out front make it wheelchair hospitable.
There's always something happening at Sorrento Quay Boardwalk.
Mindarie Marina
Ocean Falls Boulevard
Mindarie
Located forty minutes to the north of Perth, this picturesque marina is a great location to watch the sunset or enjoy the cooling sea breeze on a warm day. The wheelchair friendly boardwalk bordering the marina has an assortment of eateries where you can enjoy everything from a coffee to a beer, although they are not all wheelchair accessible. The Indi Brewery & Restaurant (micro brewery) on the waters edge is accessible and very inviting, with an excellent disabled toilet, great views and a lounge section ideal for wheelchairs.
There is an Acrod parking right next door and there is also a wheelchair friendly footpath and perimeter jetty to the side where you can wander.
Above the marina is a hotel with advertised disabled facilities, but the facilities are NOT wheelchair accessible.
The marina is a nice venue for a meal or coffee with great views.
Museum of West Australia
Perth Cultural Centre
James Street, Perth
Seven Acrod parking bays are available under the Library building on Francis Street where a lift brings you up to the ground level (fee paid) or there are two free Acrod parking bays on the corner of Francis and Museum streets, adjacent to the museum, where a wheelchair accessible path leads to the museum.
The Western Australian Museum provides an insight into Western Australia's history and environment. The museum offers a wide range of permanent, International and traveling exhibitions, including contemporary, historical and cultural exhibits. A favorite of mine is the annual ANZANG photographic exhibition.
Wheelchair access is generally good except for the first floor, where the floor is split in two. The special hoist for wheelchairs to one section would not fit my wheelchair. This little bit of planning brilliance aside, the access is by lift to the rest and the older buildings out the back are manageable.
The disabled toilet is to the left of the main entrance, a little tight, but manageable with disabled friendly fittings and a wall mounted rail.
Perth Mint
310 Hay Street
East Perth
The Perth Mint is a world leader in the manufacture and marketing of precious metal coins, medallions and collectables. Housed in one of Australia's most elegant late-19th century heritage buildings, it is the nation's oldest operating mint and one of the oldest mints in the world still producing coins from its original premises.
The gift shop and the guided tour of the mint, which includes the spectacle of a traditional gold pour, are both wheelchair accessible. The disabled toilet is outside to the left of the main entrance and is roomy with rails.
Perth Zoo
20 Labouchere Road
South Perth
There is two Acrod parking bays out front and a couple more in the carpark off Mill Point Road. Upon entering there is an information kiosk. The toilets behind the information are not wheelchair friendly, but 100 metres further up to the left is a newer facility with a disabled toilet. It is roomy with friendly fittings and rails. There is another disabled toilet next to the merry-go-round and café on the other side of the zoo.
Wheelchair accessibility around the zoo is good, as is the viewing visibility from wheelchair height. There are several walk through exhibits where assistance may be required with the gate or door. The Australian exhibit where you walk with the kangaroos is on a slope and will require a keen pusher for the manual wheelchairs. Don’t try the suspension bridge in the rain forest exhibit like this goose, not wheelchair friendly.
The Zoo is always a good day out, even in a wheelchair.
Swan Bells
The Swan Bell Tower was opened in Perth in December 2000 and is home to 18 bells from the Parish of St Martin in the Field of London making it the worlds largest change ringing instrument. The Swan Bell Tower is one of Perth's main tourist attractions. The Swan Bell Tower is situated on the Barrack St. Jetty, overlooking the Swan River, and it is open from 10am daily.
Wheelchair access to the tower and surrounds is good. The tower is made up of several floors, including a lookout at top and bell ringing floor, where behind some glass sound protection you can see the bells in action. All the floors are wheelchair friendly and accessible by lift. The toilets are advertised as being on the third floor, but the disabled is on the first floor. A roomy toilet with rails and friendly fittings.
Worth a visit.