Accessibility

Event: Celebrating Cultural Astronomy with Dark Skies Downunder: A National Science Week Event

General information

Contact name

Melinda Kerr

Contact number

0481161292

Travel instructions

Dry weather: Car: Turn off Inch Street onto Blast Furnace Park Road. Follow road up into the main carpark. Train: Lithgow Blast Furnace is a 20 minute walk from Lithgow Train Station via Railway Parade and Inch St. Wet weather: Train: The Lithgow Transformation Hub is a short 5-10min walk from Lithgow train station (450m). Car: Parking is available in the Lithgow Transformation Hub carpark. Entrance off Mort St, across from the petrol station. Additional public parking is available behind the courthouse.

Entry instructions

Dry weather: You will see the event organisers gathered on the grass nearby the main carpark. Wet weather: The building has 2 entrances. One off Bridge St, and the other entrance via the carpark. The entrance off Bridge St has automatic doors at the entrance, then a wheelchair accessible lift next to the stairs to get to the main foyer. A hinged door is between the lift and the foyer entrance. The entrance from the carpark has a path up slight incline to the building with automatic doors at entrance. To the right of the automatic doors is the elevator to the Ground Floor.

After entry instructions

Follow directional signage on the night.

Hazards

Dry weather: There may some uneven surfaces when off the accessible pathways at the Blast Furnace Park. Wet weather: Elevator from LG requires push button up to Ground Floor. Entrance at front of building has lift with push and hold button activation. A hinged door for entrance to the main foyer is next to the wheelchair accessible lift. Wheelchair accessible toilets have doors on hinges with locks. The group will go into the gardens of Hoskin's Church and there are various uneven surfaces.

Toilet location

Dry weather: Accessible public toilets are available at Blast Furnace Park Wet weather: Accessible toilets are available on the Ground Floor down the corridor from the Lecture Theatre, near the top of staircase. Additional accessible toilets are on Lower Ground Floor.

Accessible parking

Dry weather: 1 accessible carparking space is available at the Blast Furnace Park. Wet weather: 1 accessible parking space is located on Bridge Street in front of the Union Theatre which is next door to the Lithgow Transformation Hub. Accessible parking options are available in the Western Sydney University carpark which has a driveway entrance off Bridge St, Lithgow.