Cobar Heritage Walk
Highlights
- Collect a tourism guide at The Great Cobar Museum to embark on a fascinating journey through local history.
- Explore heritage buildings and their stories, immersing yourself in Cobar's rich past and resilient spirit.
- Download an audio tour by curator Kay Stingemore for an engaging, informative experience on the go.
- Savour lunch at local pubs or cafes, enjoying the warm hospitality of Cobar's friendly staff and vibrant atmosphere.
Come into the Visitor Information Centre at The Great Cobar Museum to collect a tourism guide and head out on a fact finding mission into Cobar’s past. This walk takes you around places of local significance and provides a time-walk of selected heritage buildings, the occupants and their stories.
You can also join Kay Stingemore, Curator of The Great Cobar Museum in an audio tour by downloading the files from the website.
Enjoy learning the history in between ducking in and out of Cobar’s businesses to meet the friendly staff. Have lunch at the pub or one of the cafes along the main road and marvel at how resilient this outback town is and how intact the heritage streetscape remains.
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Features
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
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.
Vision
Caters for people who are blind or have vision loss.
- Information in audio format (includes an audio described map of their venue, audio descs of performances and/ or displays) is available.
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)
- Grab rails in the bathroom
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)
- An accessible public toilet which is unlocked.
- At least one wheelchair accessible parking space with wheelchair accessible signage clearly displayed (International standards are 3200mm wide x 2500 mm high).
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