Avoca Beachside Markets
Highlights
- Explore over 100 stalls featuring local art, eco-friendly goods, and delicious international food at Heazlett Park.
- Savour fresh produce, honey, and cheeses from local vendors while enjoying the stunning beachfront views.
- Listen to free live music from talented local musicians, enhancing the vibrant atmosphere of this monthly market.
- Embrace a relaxed vibe by carpooling or using public transport to avoid traffic and fully enjoy your visit.
Avoca Beachside Markets is a multiple award-winning boutique event held on the Fourth Sunday of each month at Heazlett Park Foreshore, Avoca and the picturesque backdrop of Avoca Beach.
This free monthly event has become the premier artist, food and musician’s community market on the Central Coast for over 15 years and a must-visit for out-of-town travellers and day-trippers.
Shop at the 100-plus stalls in a relaxing and creative environment with products ranging from local art, eco, recycled and up-cycled goods, skincare, jewellery, homewares and international food, to name a few, whilst listening to beautiful free live music from local musicians provided by Fairplay Entertainment on the Central Coast Music and Arts live stage.
The waterfront produce section allows you to purchase local fresh produce, foods, honey, herbs, cheeses, breads, spices and more in a relaxed vibe.
With a beachfront location, bursts of colour, high-quality stalls and conscious ethos, this unique boutique market showcases creative souls locally sustainably.
Carpooling, grabbing the local bus, walking, UBER or riding is the best way to avoid busy traffic each month in the area.
All event information is available on the website.
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Dates & times
- Next occurrence: reoccurring
Accreditations
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Quality Tourism Accreditation
- Meetings and Events Australia
- New South Wales Business Chamber
Features
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
- Offers a range of contact methods for receiving complaints.
- Companion Cards are accepted.
- Employs people with disabilities.
- Staff are trained in disability awareness.
- Accessibility information and photos, including of a bathroom, room and/or floor plan on their website (can be emailed on request).
- Asks all visitors if there are any specific needs to be met.
- Advise tour guides of the access needs of guests at the time of booking (includes pick up and drop off requirements)
- Assistance with booking arrangements (includes providing clear itineraries with written instructions on what to do at various destinations)
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Staff are trained in communicating with people with learning or behavioural challenges.
- Uses Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
- A quiet space is available at the venue/ facility.
Vision
Caters for people who are blind or have vision loss.
- Information in large print is available.
- Digital communication materials (hard copy information also online) is available.
- Uses easy to read fonts in their signage and communication materials (Helvetica and Arial).
- Staff are trained in customer service for people with vision loss (training would incorporate way finding and communicating with people with vision loss).
- Handrails on all stairways
- Exit signs which are visible at a ground level (high level signs are difficult to see in a fire) are available.
Hearing
Caters for people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
- Staff are trained in communicating with people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
Physical – Mobility
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- Uses floors/coverings which are slip resistant, firm and smooth
- Uses non-slip tiles in the bathroom or slip resistant matting
- Grab rails in the bathroom
- Seating in common areas including reception area
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
- A step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)
- Step free access to restaurant, lounge and bar
- Step free access to the conference or function room
- Accessible seating areas in theatrette
- An accessible public toilet which is unlocked.
- A wheelchair accessible toilet / shower and change room is available.
- Wheelchair accessible picnic tables (picnic tables require 720mm knee clearance and 800mm maximum height).
- Wheelchair access to amusements and activities including boats and bush trails (includes tour rides, skyways, trolley cars, flying fox, amusement rides and boating).
- At least one wheelchair accessible parking space with wheelchair accessible signage clearly displayed (International standards are 3200mm wide x 2500 mm high).
- Wheelchair accessible transport options available in the general vicinity (provide information on name of the operator, phone and website link to individual providers for private vehicles, community transport train, mini vans, hire cars, buses, taxis, ferry, tram, light rail etc in their access statement).
Physical – High support needs
Caters for people with high support needs who travel with a support person.
- A place to store medical equipment (eg oxygen).
Allergies and intolerances
Caters for people with allergies and intolerances.
- Modify their cooking and cleaning practices to cater for people with food allergies or chemical intolerances (could include menus with meals free from: nuts, dairy, seafood, eggs, gluten etc).
- Staff are trained to respond to allergic reactions.
- Complies with The Food Authority requirements for allergy management in food preparation.
- Equipment to respond to anaphylactic shock such as epi–pens and defibrillator.
- Uses organic (chemical and fragrance free) cleaning products.
- Uses organic (chemical and fragrance free) deodorisers in public areas and rooms.
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