MOM Darwin
Highlights
- Savour vibrant social scenes with lively bar events featuring DJs five to seven nights a week during the dry season.
- Relax on the vast sun deck, complete with two massive pools, perfect for chilling out or partying with friends.
- Enjoy modern comforts in air-conditioned shared and private rooms, equipped with en-suites and TVs for a restful stay.
- Connect with fellow travellers in the communal kitchen and lounge, ideal for swapping stories and sharing meals.
A modern co-living and private accommodation provider in the heart of Darwin CBD. MOM Darwin aim to provide guests, mainly age 18+, with the best place to stay and play in Darwin.
They are a vibrant and happening venue with a vast sun deck with two massive pools, a pool deck bar and lots of places to chill out or party if you choose to. They offer a range of shared and private accommodation, all air-conditioned, with and without an en-suite and TV.
The property also features a communal kitchen area and TV lounge room where you can find games and a book swap. With a 24-hour reception for convenient check-in, someone is always on hand to make sure guests are well taken care of.
Throughout the dry season they have a lively and vibrant bar that has DJs and other events five to seven days a week depending on the event schedule, making it a great accommodation option for those looking for a sociable and upbeat vibe.
Though they must pre-warn you Darwin itself is not a quiet place as pubs and clubs around MOM Darwin are open to the early hours of the morning, 7 days a week in the dry season. Music at the venue stops at 11 pm but the bar can be kept open until midnight to accommodate guests.
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Accreditations
- Regional Tourist/Tourism Association/Organisation
- Youth Hostels Association
- NT – Tourism Top End
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.
- Employs people with disabilities.
- Staff are trained in disability awareness.
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)
Vision
Caters for people who are blind or have vision loss.
- 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
Hearing
Caters for people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
- TVs with captioning option 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)
- 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
- Lifts with enough space for people using a mobility aid to enter and turn around to use the lift buttons. Buttons are at accessible height.
- Doorways which are easy to open and have lever handles (doorways 850mm or wider when open and not heavy).
- An accessible public toilet which is unlocked.
- A wheelchair accessible toilet / shower and change room is available.
- Portable commode chairs are available.
- 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.).
- 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.).
- 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.