Percy and Percy
Percy and Percy is a café located on the corner of Baxter and Hargreaves streets. Access is from Hargraves through the gate and door at the rear of the building. There is seating both inside the building and outdoors in the rear garden. An accessible toilet is located in the garden area. Seating is available under the front veranda. The café has full table service.
Bendigo Pottery
Bendigo Pottery was established in the 1850s, when Scottish migrant George Duncan Guthrie stumbled upon a local clay deposit and created a successful pottery business. Soon, it would rival the great Staffordshire potteries of 19th century England.
The car park is located along the front of the complex. At this stage, there are no designated disabled parking spaces. The site is flat throughout.
Entry is down a wide smooth brick pathway and a wide entry.
The shop area is brick paved with ample room. All shelves have the stock within easy reach with the top shelves used for display purposes only.
Adjacent to the main shop is the demonstration and potters wheel area. Classes cater for people of all abilities including high dependence disabilities.
Within the complex is an antique bazaar. The market area is well laid out with wide aisles given good access to all stalls.
The café is located just inside the main entry doors. It is spacious and uncluttered, with moveable chairs at each table. The café caters for all dietary requirements.
The factory tour is accessible throughout including the old kilns. All displays are clearly visible. Signage is easy to read and contains both words and diagrammatic information.
Outside that factory area, there are a series of artists workshops and studios. The pathways are all smooth brick paving and most of the doorways are wide and easily accessed. An accessible toilet is located in this area.
Rosalind Park – Bendigo
Rosalind Park was the site of the Government Camp of the 1850s and so became the focus of public life and administration. Prior to 1851 the area we now call Rosalind Park was a grassy woodland with large River Red Gums (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) lining the Bendigo Creek that was a chain of deep permanent fresh water pools. The creek would have been an important source of food and water for the Dja Dja Wrung people who lived in this area. The park comprises 60 acres of grassy open spaces.
Accessible Toilets are located in Park Rd opposite the Conservatory Gardens and behind the Post Office Gallery off Sidney Myer Place.
The Conservatory Garden is known for its bulbs. The garden is flat and can be traversed via a fine hard packed gravel path to the conservatory building or across the lawns which have a hard underlying surface. The conservatory building has wide accessible paths through it and large double door entry.
Across the Bendigo Creek, the garden is flat and traversed by a series of wide asphalt paths. The fern garden has gravel paths with an accessible route. Some of the paths or not step free. Parts of the Fern Garden can be muddy and wet.
The paths to the Poppet Head from the garden are steep. To revisit the Poppet Head it is best to park behind the Bendigo Art Gallery of Goal Road.
Boort Lake Boardwalk
A new boardwalk and bird observation deck has been constructed over the inlet to the lake.
The wide observation area offers good accessible viewing of the local birdlife and is easily accessible from the parking area immediately adjacent.
The boardwalk is part of the lake’s circle walking path which is step free and level right around the lake. The surface of the rest of the path is fine, hard packed, compacted gravel.
The total length of the trail is 3.7 kilometres.
Simply Tomatoes and Aussie Quilts – Boort
Simply Tomatoes farm is at Boort in Northern Victoria. Their green tomatoes are handpicked, pickled, then finished in extra virgin olive oil, herbs and garlic. But that’s not all they do. So if you want to know what you get when you combine woolly sheep with green tomatoes? Well jump in the car and visit Simply Tomatoes to find out!
They also manufacture Aussie Wool Quilts, 100% natural wool bedding, and Woolly Warmers – Therapeutic Heat / Cold pads.
he main parking area is located at the end of the long driveway opposite the homestead. The parking area is on a hard packed fine gravel apron.
Entry is through the double gates onto a gently sloping smooth brick paved pathway. The accessible door into the main lounge is to the right at the end of the path. The side door is wide with level entry.
The lounge area is both a lounge and dining area and is where the presentations are given on the history of the farm and green tomatoes product tastings. Tea and coffee are available all day.
A ramp next to the pool leads up to the quilt making demonstration area. The table is low making viewing easy for children and wheelchair users. An accessible toilet is available at the back of the demonstration area.
Spanner man Sculpture Park. Boort
Displayed in John and Sonia Piccoli’s country garden are over 25 unique life size and larger than life sculptures, including an iconic shearer, a family of deer, a pair of fighting stallions, a mallee bull, intricate garden seats and many more. John makes the sculptures by welding together antique through to modern day spanners. The tallest sculpture, “ The Marlin”, is over 7 m tall, weighs 1200 kgs and is made from 3500 spanners.
On arrival follow the driveway to the back of the house. There is ample level parking on a fine hard packed gravel apron.
Entry is next to the garage on a concrete and paved path. At the back of the house is a concrete picnic area under cover where coffee is provided.
A concrete path leads to the extensive aviaries.
The sculpture garden is at the front of the house. All of the sculptures are accessible via an open lawn area. The surface of the lawn is smooth and the underlying surface is very hard packed.
All sculptures are accessible and touchable making it a good option for people with visual impairments as a sensory experience.
A fully accessible bathroom is available next to the picnic area at the back of the house.
