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Helping those with accessibility issues get into our communities! The content we provide is filmed in 360 degrees.

Accessibility in the City is here to assist you in finding the best locations to visit with or without accessibility issues! If you can walk short distances, have a manual wheelchair, motorised wheelchair, walking frame or stick, please have a look at some of our videos and photos and leave some feedback. This is best viewed using a virtual reality headset such as the Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive or Oculus RIFT just to name a few. However this can also be enjoyed while viewing on YouTube on your mobile phone, physically moving your phone around allows you to see the entire location filmed! If you are accessing this content on a computer, laptop or mac you can click and dragging your mouse on the video to see more of the landscape. If you have any questions or would like some more information, please don't hesitate to message here or email [email protected]

24/09/2026

Accessible Venue Spotlight: Foghorn Brewery

Step-free entry. 850mm+ doors. Accessible bathroom with grab rails and transfer space. Drop-off zone at the door. Staff who'll bring your order to the table. Assistance animals welcome. That's what Foghorn Brewery in Newcastle already publishes on their venue accessibility page and much more, alongside b**r brewed grain to glass on-site, locally sourced food, brewery tours, and regular live entertainment and craft b**r dinners.

It's exactly the kind of information most venues have but never write down.

Foghorn worked through our Accessibility Self-Assessment Audit to get there. No certification, no jargon, just honest, specific details a visitor can actually use before they book.

If you're after great b**r, good food and a great atmosphere, get down to Foghorn. And if you run a venue, see what a difference a few honest lines can make: https://accessibilityinthecity.com.au/accessibility-audit. It's free, it's fast, and it's not about being perfect, just about communicating what you already do.

Foghorn's accessibility page: https://foghornbrewery.com.au/venue-accessibility/

16/09/2026

NSW Tourism & Hospitality venues: You’re likely losing out on a $29.2B market—without realizing it.

Australians with accessibility needs spend $29.2 billion a year on travel, and NSW is their #1 destination.

After auditing 300+ tourism businesses across Greater Sydney, Newcastle, the Hunter, and the Central Coast, we found a consistent pattern:

Most venues have already built accessible infrastructure. Almost none of it is mentioned on their websites.

The physical work is done. The digital communication isn't.

If a guest can’t confirm your entrance width, bathroom layout, or parking steps before they leave home, they choose somewhere else.

We built a free tool to fix this gap: Accessibility Self-Assessment Audit: https://accessibilityinthecity.com.au/accessibility-audit

· Time: 15 minutes
· Cost: 100% Free & self-guided
· Goal: Clear, honest accessibility messaging: not perfection

Give it a go and let us know what you think in the comments or send us a message!

25/01/2022

Massive congratulations to an amazing human being!

For the first time in the award's 62-year history, a person with a disability has been named Australian of the Year.

Tennis player Dylan Alcott is named 2022 Australian of the Year for his work as a disability advocate.

06/10/2021

Great opportunity for Newcastle businesses to improve accessibility and grow the accessible tourism market emerging from the pandemic.

Flare Access is excited to be partnering with the City of Newcastle to bring the Amplify Access & Achieve Purposeful Profit program to local businesses and people with access needs alike.

04/09/2021

Maybe a lift? 🤣

08/08/2021

Watching the Olympics closing ceremony... is it just me or do those sweet ramps not actually go up to the stage? 🤣

09/05/2021

Big week at the Caravan Industry Association of Australia yearly conference. Amazing opportunity to network with some phenomenal people. Big thanks to Wes from Tap Edit Go for the master class in video editing to give me the skills to knock together my first social video!!

23/02/2021

Thank you to My Smart Community again for the opportunity to have a discussion around smart cities and communities and how that links in with accessibility inclusion!

Listen to thoughts from Susan Shaheen, Michael Milford, Renee Autumn Ray, Kris V. Libunao, PMP® , CSR-P and Chad Ramage on today's bonus episode.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-smart-community-podcast/id1351153273

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3Mud2hvb3Noa2FhLmNvbS9yc3MvcG9kY2FzdC9pZC8yNzAx

https://open.spotify.com/show/2WfXjilJRyb3ONDAUPanIC?si=kRP8OlC4Q9y76VXc9keUbg

and the Smart Community website - https://mysmart.community/podcast

The Smart Community Podcast is a hub where smart and exciting people from all around the world come to discuss all things Smart City, Smart Town, Smart Regions

20/01/2021

The International Day of Acceptance is a day dedicated to social acceptance of disability and to honor the late Annie Hopkins, founder of 3E Love and creator of the International Symbol of Acceptance.

Tell the world you embrace who you are; a person with social rights, who has an opinion, who has interests, who has goals and who loves life. You are a person who is empowered to make a difference in the world and will not be without a voice in society. You are not living disabled, you are living.

Tell the world that you are accepting of people with disabilities. As our parents, siblings, relatives, spouses, children, lovers, coworkers, teachers, personal assistants, friends, and anyone else – you also have a role in our culture and life. You can start change by demonstrating acceptance and showing the world that you embrace people of all abilities.

Embrace. Educate. Empower. Love Life.

31/08/2020

Have you been able to check out the new accessible facilities at Blacksmith Beach? We can't wait!

Fantastic work Lake Macquarie City Council!

BY KEELY JOHNSON A $380,000 accessibility upgrade at Blacksmiths Beach means people of all abilities now have the chance to enjoy Lake Mac...

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