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LEISURE AND OUTDOORS - CAMPING
ACCOMODATION COMMERCIAL INDIVIDUALS ORGANISATIONS PRODUCTS
| If you’re looking for accessible holidays and activities with easy access, Reflections Holiday Parks has you covered.
Many of our parks have been adapted to suit those with a disability, with the parks below also offering accessible cabins.
Whether its Brunswick Heads, Byron Bay or Ballina, there are plenty of options for accessible holidays on the NSW Far North Coast.
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| Urunga Reflections Holiday Park deserves special mention not only for it's accessibility but also for the two accessible boardwalks in Urunga, the beach boardwalk (right at your doorstep) and the wetlands boardwalk. |
| Wheelie Campers offers Australia’s first self drive wheelchair accessible campervans with pick up on the Gold Coast or Brisbane. Nationwide delivery can be arranged at renters expense. Alongside self-drive campervan hire, Wheelie Campers also offers Supported Travel. This service is currently being offered from Bundaberg to Byron Bay, with plans to expand in the near future. Check the website for full details on accessibility features for our campervans. |
| The multi-award winning Australian designed OZTENT was released in 1993 and is now considered by many as the best touring tent on the market today. It is easily erected by one person in less than 30 seconds! The OZTENT has a patented internal aluminium frame which is the heart of its revolutionary design. The frame allows for effortless erection and packing away. It does not require assembly or disassembly.You just unfold it for erection and fold it for packing away. IT'S THAT SIMPLE! (Check OZ Tents You Tube footage on a wheelchair user putting the tent up...easy!).
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| People have walked the Camino for over 1000 years, traditionally motivated by religion, however, modern day pilgrims like ourselves embark on such an adventure to immerse ourselves in nature and reflect upon, and appreciate, the simplicity of life. For us, two women in wheelchairs, tackling the Camino de Santiago will present its own set of unique challenges: we will be travelling solo through remote and rural places along tracks that are not considered ‘accessible’ by standard definitions. We will have to adapt our travel to match weather conditions and local terrain, and come up with innovative ways to overcome barriers such as gates, hills, mud patches and rocks. We want to challenge ourselves and push our mental and physical stamina beyond and above in order to demonstrate the power of passion and determination in making absolutely anything possible. We will be completely self-sufficient carrying our own belongings on our back and will be staying at albergues (hostels) during the evenings. We will not be pre-booking any accommodation, allowing for the journey to take its own freedom of pace and course and not be bound by everyday deadlines. Let the adventure begin! |
| Kyle Maynard is a motivational speaker, bestselling author, entrepreneur, and ESPY award-winning mixed martial arts athlete, known for becoming the first quadruple amputee to reach the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Aconcagua without the aid of prosthetics.
Oprah Winfrey called Kyle one of the most inspiring young men you will ever hear about. Arnold Schwarzenegger described him as the real deal,a champion human, and one of the most inspiring people he has ever met. Even the great Wayne Gretzky has spoken of Kyle's greatness.
Despite being born with a rare condition known as congenital amputation, that has left him with arms that end at the elbows and legs that end near his knees, he learned early on with the support of his family, to live life independently and without prosthetics. Kyle thrives on physical challenges and following a few rough middle school football seasons; he went on to become a champion wrestler, CrossFit Certified Instructor and gym owner, competitive MMA/Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fighter, world record-setting weightlifter, and skilled mountaineer. |
| A freak accident on his descent of the Seven Gables in the John Muir Wilderness left him paralyzed from the waist down in 1982.
Mark has continued his love for climbing with the help of his climbing partner, Mike Corbett. In 1989, they made history with their ascent of the 3,000-foot face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.
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| I started this blog from the frustration of how little info there is for manual wheelchair users going bush. This is not a know-all-see-all information site, but rather a collection of trip reports giving a sense of what worked for me.
Take everything with a grain of salt! Sites change, tracks differ and condition will vary in the future. This is simply a record of what worked for me at the time. I hope it may be useful to help others plan some of their adventures! |
| On 10 2006 September Vasile Stoica completed a grueling summer-long Pan-European trek, alone and using only the push power of his hands in a manual wheelchair. What did he do to celebrate his 5'250 KM (3,250 mile) adventure? After a 5 day break, he began the next leg of his journey, a 2'200 KM (1,350mile) trek from Spain to Dusseldorf, Germany where he plans to arrive on 18 October 2006 in time for the Rehacare Disability Exhibition. |
| Warren Macdonald, who in February this year became the first double above- knee-amputee to reach the summit of Africa's Mt Kilimanjaro (5895m), last week (31st Oct '03) made the first successful ascent of it's kind of America's tallest vertical cliffface, El Capitan. Climbing via the route known as "Tangerine Trip" with Colorado speed climber Timmy O'Neill, Macdonald spent 4 days on the vertical face using a modified ascender that required him to perform approximately 3000 pull-ups to reach the 2500ft summit. |
| West Livaudais has a hiking resume that measures up with the best of them. Filled with the iconic trails and summits of the Pacific Northwest, it’s an impressive Rolodex of backcountry adventures and lived experiences. |
| Access Revolution improves quality of life for those who live with disabilities by promoting access to the outdoors, recreation and a connection to nature. We are a small social-impact business that strives to bring communities together and increase public awareness as to the importance of inclusive access to sacred and beautiful places. |
| Our belief is that anyone with a disability who enjoys hunting, fishing or camping should be able to. Our focus is on providing the best, Adaptive Hunting equipment, Fishing equipment, and Camping equipment to those that have a disability, but more importantly continue to have the drive to enjoy the great outdoors. We are always evaluating adaptive equipment in order to provide you with the largest selection of products focused on addressing any disability. Our goal is to be the single source for all your adaptive outdoor equipment needs. |
| When quadriplegic Sam Sullivan founded BCMOS in 1985, his goal was to make it possible for people with disabilities to access British Columbia's great outdoors. Sam wanted to surmount the barriers posed by the outdoor environment, thus making it possible for people to experience nature while participating in recreational activities. His dream led to the development of an ultralight-flying program, a disabled sailing program as well as various adventure expeditions such as Kayaking in Costa Rica. This was followed by the development of BCMOS Wilderness Access programs enabling an adapted, low-impact access into the backcountry. |
| Let us take the complications away. We are your one stop when it comes to adaptive adventure. Join us on your Ultimate Trip of a lifetime or get busy living with your personal Trax Experience. No stress of being denied or misinformed. We are a unique company for disabled run by disabled. Makingtrax is the link between client & company understanding both needs |
| Our research in NSW has shown that a new approach to accessible bushwalking is needed. We can help more people get outdoors and go bushwalking by providing them with information so they can make a decision if a walk is suitable for them. It’s about moving away from a system where people are told they are either welcome, or not, based on the use of a wheelchair symbol. It’s about returning a sense of exploration, adventure and choice to how visitors interact with, and spend time in nature. We wanted to do this in a way that is not just limited to wheelchair users, but rather, also takes into account the similar needs of other types of mobility restrictions including older people, young families with prams, people with heart/lung conditions and so on. Currently, this project focuses on bushwalking, but we have also shown that it works on improving access to hard-roofed accommodation in National Parks, and believe that the same concept could apply to improving access to other environments and experiences.
So far, we’ve had a bunch of fun and had the opportunity to meet some really amazing people working in this space. Check out these posts below for more details. |
| Many national parks in NSW offer wheelchair-accessible campgrounds, tracks, picnic areas, lookouts, visitor centres and more. Each site has a difficulty rating, based on its accessibility for average wheelchair users. Use their 'SEARCH' function with the text 'wheelchair access'.
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| NSW National Parks is pleased to provide a TrailRider all-terrain wheelchair for visitors at two of our parks, Kamay Botany Bay National Park and Dorrigo National Park. |
| Turning POINT (Paraplegics On Independent Nature Trips) was founded in 1979 by Michael "Shorty" Powers. After an injury at age 17 left Shorty without the use of his legs, he began looking for opportunities to become involved in the outdoor recreational activities that he had always loved. He found no organized activities that were available to people who had major mobility impairments. Not willing to give up his love of fishing, kayaking, scuba diving and hunting, Shorty established Turning POINT to assure that outdoor activities were readily available to people with many types of physical challenges. Turning POINT is a nonprofit organization designed to teach people with mobility impairments the skills necessary to fully enjoy the outdoors, and to provide free or low cost activities. Turning POINT provides the encouragement and support needed for people who have major physcial challengnes in life to fully participate in the adventure of living. |
| Bringing People Together in the Wilderness.
Sharing outdoor adventure with everyone is our mission and our passion. WI offers a wide variety of canoe, sea kayak, dogsled, raft, horse pack and hiking trips throughout North America and the World. The unique thing about Wilderness Inquiry is that we make the outdoors accessible to everyone, including persons with disabilities. We hope to see you on the trail. |
| The Freedom tent's key elements which improve accessibility are the door, which is zipperless, and can be opened with minimal dexterity,and the vestibule, which offers a protected area in which to store equipment.(Check out the video footage of its assembly by a wheelchair user)
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| Launch and land your kayak without lifting or dragging it. Note all other existing trolley technology requires you to lift the kayak to engage it with the trolley; that is where gross back problems begin to spoil your kayaking (unless you are a 20 year old weight lifter)
Super–easy effortless launching and landing of your kayak. You can forget about lifting and dragging it into the water and the again when you return to the beach. The wheel members remain with the kayak throughout the entire experience – from the time it comes off your roof-rack until it returns back to your vehicle at the conclusion of the expedition CROCODILE becomes part of your kayak. |
| Spring is here and as the days get warmer so the need to go out and sleep in a field gets stronger, at least for some. Camping is the holy grail of wheelchair adventures, getting out and traveling wherever you want, pitching a tent and sleeping wherever you want to. Sure you can pack light and spend your nights crammed into a tiny single pole affair with barely enough room to do anything. But if you dont mind extra wieght, or have that team of sherpas to carry things for you, then the Freedom tent from Eureka is perfect for the wheelchair camper looking to do things with a little more style, and comfort. Watch this short YouTube video on the setup of the tent.
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| When I lost the use of my legs, I thought I had also lost the wilderness in my life. With a concentrated effort of creativity and flexibility, along with a good dose of humility, I found my way back into camping again. After years of experimentation and adaptation, I finally found a set-up that works for me. Backpacking might no longer be possible (although I still haven't given up on the idea of wheelchair backpacking), but camping near a car was definitely feasible. Yes, I was returning to car-camping! |
| All of our products are crafted for the adventures that leave you relaxed, refreshed, and fully alive. Whether your adventure involves off road driving, kayaking, bush walking, or just some quality time in the big outdoors, we've got you covered with quick, durable, comfortable and hassle-free gear (NB: several options such as their 'RV' tents are more user-friendly for wheelchair users). |
| This streamlined trailer is a springboard for outdoor adventures, not a living room on wheels. Basecamp pays homage to Airstream's past, taking styling cues from Airstream founder Wally Byam's original 1935 Torpedo. Modern-looking and sleek, Basecamp is so light you almost won't know you're towing it. Park and open out the back: a tent option, engineered by outdoor products giant Kelty, gives you sleeping room on the ground to go with the two bunks inside the trailer.
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