Blacksmiths Beachside Holiday Park
Highlights
- Stroll along pristine sands at Blacksmiths Beach, soaking in the sounds of the Pacific Ocean.
- Launch your boat easily with excellent facilities nearby, ensuring safe access to Lake Macquarie.
- Swim and relax in the resort-style solar heated pool, perfect for unwinding after a day of adventure.
- Bring your furry friend along with pet-friendly accommodations, making your holiday even more enjoyable.
Blacksmiths Beachside Holiday Park is located a short stroll from one of the finest beaches in New South Wales. Walk for miles on the pristine sand, swim safely under the watchful eye of the surf lifesaving patrol or just sit, relax and enjoy the sounds of the Pacific Ocean rolling onto the sand.
Excellent boat launching facilities are provided close to the park for safe and easy access to the open sea and Lake Macquarie. Swim, surf, fish, and sail to your heart’s content.
The extensive recreational facilities include a resort-style solar heated swimming pool, tennis courts, playground equipment, and holiday period activities that will keep the kids busy while you relax and unwind. Blacksmiths Beachside Holiday Park is the perfect beachside holiday destination with a variety of accommodation options to cater for all budgets.
They now offer pet-friendly camping and cabin accommodations all year round, so you can bring your four-legged friend on holiday with you.
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Accreditations
- Assisted Walking Qualified
- Independent Wheelchair User Qualified
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Quality Tourism Accreditation
- Caravan and Camping Industry Association NSW
- Regional Tourist/Tourism Association/Organisation
- The Accessible Group Pty Ltd
- NSW – Crown Lands
Features
Activities
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Available experiences
Bungalow Cabin
A favourite with small families and groups, the two bedroom Bungalow Cabins are located a short stroll from Blacksmiths Beach.
Deluxe Cabin
This deluxe modern two bedroom cabin comfortably sleeps up to five people. Featuring a queen sized bed and trio bunk (double and one single bed) living and dining area and large kitchen. A flat screen television and DVD player with Foxtel complete the room.
The deluxe cabin is ideally located across from the pool and close to tennis courts and features modern appliances and fittings.
Two Bedroom Villa
Enjoy this prime position, located just a short stroll to Blacksmiths Beach, swim and surf all day and come home to a spacious, air-conditioned Villa.
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.
- 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.
- Website meets <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/" target="_blank">WCAG 2.0</a> accessibility standards
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)
- Uses Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
- A doorbell or intercom at an accessible height and display a contact number (accessible height is 900mm-1100 mm)
- 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 the conference or function room
- 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).
- Portable hoist is available.
- At least one wheelchair accessible parking space with wheelchair accessible signage clearly displayed (International standards are 3200mm wide x 2500 mm high).
- A choice of wheelchair accessible accommodation rooms (Guest may wish to know if you have a choice of wheelchair accessible rooms, such as single room / studio apartment / apartment / cottage / quality / views, etc. Wheelchairs require a 1600mm x 2200mm width area to turn around and require step free access.).
- Step free access to room (Entrance to the room wheelchair accessible with step free greater than 5mm or has a doorway threshold ramp not exceeding 1:8 for 450mm length).
- Enough space for a wheelchair to move around three sides of a double king sized bed (A pathway of 1200mm minimum width is required for wheelchair access).
- A kitchen area and desk which is accessible for a person at seated height or is height adjustable.
- A wheelchair accessible bathroom (Entrance to bathroom must have step free greater than 5mm or a doorway threshold ramp not exceeding 1:8 for 450mm. Bathrooms dimensions must be no less than 2000mm X 2500mm. Have a hobless (step free) shower recess. Shower recess must have at least 1100 x 1100mm clear area for wheelchair access (no door). Have a slip resistant fold down seat or fixed seat in shower .Seat must be at least 900mm long.).
- A lever handle on bathroom door.
- A shower curtain (no door).
- Grabrails in shower recess (can be removable and height adjustable).
- A handheld shower hose (should be at least 1500mm long).
- Allows space around toilet for a wheelchair (A space of at least 900mm width beside the toilet pan and 1200mm clearance in front of the toilet pan is required).
- Grabrails provided adjacent to the toilet.
Access & Inclusion
An access and inclusion statement is available on the business website.
- https://lakemacholidayparks.com.au/inclusion-at-blacksmiths-beachside-holiday-park/
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