Discovery Parks – Kangaroo Island
Highlights
- Meet kangaroos and wallabies up close, creating unforgettable wildlife encounters right at your doorstep.
- Explore Flinders Chase National Park just 10 minutes away, unlocking stunning landscapes and natural wonders.
- Enjoy grassy powered sites perfect for family cricket matches, blending fun with the great outdoors.
- Savour 24/7 fuel and coffee on site, ensuring convenience for your Kangaroo Island adventures.
Discovery Parks – Kangaroo Island: Where you’re on a first-name basis with the local kangaroos and wallabies. Just a 10-minute drive from Flinders Chase National Park, its basically your VIP pass to the best bits of Kangaroo Island.
Accommodation? From grassy powered sites that turn into impromptu cricket grounds for the kids to luxury cabins where you can pretend you’re too posh for possums, we’ve got you covered. Chuck in a playground, volleyball court, BBQ facilities, and bush walks, and you might just wonder why you’d ever leave. Plus, no need to go far with 24/7 fuel and coffee available on site.
So, whether you’re keen for a full-on family escapade or simply want to say hello to an echidna, come to Discovery Parks – Kangaroo Island — less a stay and more an experience, and one you’ll want to tuck into your memory pouch.
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Accreditations
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Quality Tourism Accreditation
- Caravan Industry Association of Australia
- G’day Rewards
- SA Parks – The Caravan Parks Association of SA
- Tourism Industry Council of SA
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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.
- 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.
Hearing
Caters for 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 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.
- 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).
- 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 shower curtain (no door).
- Grabrails in shower recess (can be removable and height adjustable).
- 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.
Physical – High support needs
Caters for people with high support needs who travel with a support person.
Allergies and intolerances
Caters for people with allergies and intolerances.
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