Gympie Regional Gallery

 

The Gympie Region offers the traveler with mobility needs a range of wheelchair accessible facilities to ensure that your stay is comfortable and enjoyed with a minimum of fuss.

For more information contact the Access Advisory Committee by email: info@aacgympie.org.au

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Contact TransLink on 13 12 30 for public transport information. Visit their website www.translink.com.au

ACCESSIBLE PARKING

Gympie offers free regulated parking throughout the CBD. Wheelchair accessible parking bays are available for Australian Disability Parking Permit holders.

On-Street Accessible Parking

• Mary St (6 locations)
• Smithfield St (parallel bays)
• Reef St (2 bays near Memorial Lane)
• Mellor St (outside Gympie Library)

 

TAXIS

Gympie has wheelchair accessible Maxi Taxis that can take wheelchairs or scooters. Contact Gympie Golden City Cabs on 13 10 08 for all bookings. 

PUBLIC TOILETS

Council owned wheelchair accessible public toilets are located at:

• Gold City Centre Mary St
• Memorial Lane Mary St
• One Mile Oval Crescent Rd
• Exhibition Rd Southside
• Marc Dower Pk Southside
• Lake Alford Bruce Highway
• Chatsworth Park Bruce Highway

See also “The National Public Toilet Map” at www.toiletmap.gov.au 

 

GYMPIE AQUATIC RECREATION CENTRE

The Gympie Aquatic Recreation Centre has wheelchair access to the complex via the zig zag pathway from the main car park off Tozer Park Road. There are four off-street wheelchair accessible parking bays in the main car park. There are also two time limited, on-street, parallel, wheelchair accessible parking bays on Tozer Park Road, closer to the main entry. 

                   

Off-street accessible parking at Gympie ARC

On-street accessible parking on Tozer Park Road Gympie 

 

Zig-zag pathway to main entry (1:20 gradient) 

Changes were made to the parking at Gympie Aquatic Recreation Centre in December 2023 to improve the availability of parking options. See this media release from April 2024 for further details. 

At the Gympie Aquatic Recreation Centre both the 25m indoor pool and 50m outdoor pool have ramps with handrails, wide steps with handrails, pool wheelchairs and a fully operational pool hoist available for access. 

Pool wheelchairs at Gympie ARC

 

MARY VALLEY RATTLER 

The Mary Valley Rattler now has a wheelchair accessible carriage for the benefit of patrons wishing to enjoy train journeys between Gympie, Dagun and Amamoor. 

       

Visit Mary Valley Rattler for more details. 

 

ALL ABILITIES PLAYGROUND

Gympie’s All Abilities Playground is located on the southern entry to Gympie at Lake Alford. Entry is directly from the Bruce Highway. This beautiful and well-equipped playground has wheelchair accessible parking, a range of accessible toilets for children and adults, and a wide variety of playground equipment catering for children of all abilities and ages. It features a sensory garden, sand and water play, two adventure climbing nets, swings with special supportive seating and lots of other play options. There are BBQS, seating and shelters. The park is also is fully fenced, shady and has rubber soft-fall. It’s very popular for birthday parties. 

Lake Alford itself adjacent to the All Abilities Playground also has great walking and cycling tracks around the lakes, as well as ducks and other wildlife.