Accessibility

Event: Talking Point Breakfast Series Geelong! - Aligning your Organisation's Capabilities to Strategic Priorities

General information

Contact name

Noelene

Contact number

0419 345 750

Travel instructions

PUBLIC TRANSPORT Nearest train station: Melbourne Central. https://www.metrotrains.com.au/stations/melbourne-central Nearest tram stop: Corner Swanston and Latrobe streets. https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/ PARKING Parking is available at QV and Melbourne Central shopping centres, both nearby, for a fee. There is also limited 2 hour parking in Little Lonsdale St, outside the venue. (Please note that the Wheeler Centre is not accessible via State Library Victoria.)

Entry instructions

The Dome is accessible for people of all abilities as a result of extensive consultation with Geelong’s Disability Advisory Committee. Access to the building is available through large double doors at the main street entrance and a new ramp and pathways have been constructed at the park-side entrance to allow for access for all abilities from Johnstone Park. The building is serviced by two large elevators and there is a hand railing on the stairwell which leads up through the 5 public levels. The corridors are wide and the rooms are spacious with plenty of room for access and movement throughout. On the level 5 events space, customers with hearing aids can switch on ‘T’ (Telecoil) mode and tune into any amplified source in the room’s inbuilt AV. The same system is available in the Level 2 Meeting Room, the Heritage Reading Room presentation space and the Boardroom. There is also a hearing loop set that allows people to listen to the PA broadcasts. There is a large video wall news lounge on the ground floor. Teletext for the hearing impaired and the Flexicast Listen App for the visually impaired are both available in the news lounge. Wayfinding signage is available in Braille and digital wayfinding kiosks are at an accessible height. Self checkout computers are at an accessible height for users in wheelchairs as are catalogue PCs. There is also a wheelchair accessible microfilm/fiche scanner in the Heritage Reading Room.

Toilet location

The building has a Changing Places accredited toilet facility located on the ground floor of the Geelong Library & Heritage Centre, with a height-adjustable change bench suitable for adults, a ceiling hoist with a maximum weight limit of up to 180kg, grab rails, circulation space to move around the room in a wheelchair and an automatic door with a 950mm opening. Ambulant toilets and baby change facilities are also available on every level.

Accessible parking

Download accessible parking map for Geelong CBD. https://www.bdrc.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16&Itemid=28