Ripples 'n' Tonic Farm
Highlights
- Explore spacious, fully self-contained cottages designed for wheelchair access, ensuring comfort for all guests.
- Savour fresh produce from the edible garden and orchard, enhancing your farmstay experience with local flavours.
- Join the morning farm tour to hand-feed friendly animals, creating memorable moments for families and kids alike.
- Relax under the stars by the outdoor fire-pit, enjoying the warmth and ambience of a true farm getaway.
Ripples ‘n’ Tonic Farmstay are fully self-contained cottages purpose-built for wheelchair access. The cottages are spacious, private, accessible by mobility aids, contain accessible full kitchens, washing machine, step-less shower base, private undercover communal barbecue and outdoor area.
Set on 15 acres near Ventnor Beach, with farm animals such as horses, sheep, cattle, alpacas, goats, pigs, and chickens. The farmstay also has an edible garden and an orchard.
Cottages are one, two and three-bedroom. There is also a two-bedroom Shearers’ Retreat with wood heater. The property is family and pet-friendly.
Facilities include a four-person outdoor spa, full-size in-ground trampoline, outdoor table tennis table, large playground, communal kitchen gathering and barbecue area and large grassed space surrounding the cottages. You can also enjoy the outdoor fire-pit and our wood-fired pizza oven. Enjoy the open fire under the night sky and stars.
Ripples n Tonic runs a farm tour each morning at 9:00am. Please join in and help to hand feed the friendly farm animals. The tour takes approximately 1.5 hours.
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Accreditations
- Regional Tourist/Tourism Association/Organisation
- Victoria Tourism Industry Council
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Available experiences
Two Bedroom Cottage (Narrabeen, Genista & Killara)
Two bedrooms cottage with one queen bed, two single beds, two trundle beds, bathroom, lounge, kitchen, dining, air conditioning and heating. Outdoor dining area and carport. Laundry facilities also.
Three Bedroom Cottages (Hollydene & Plover)
Three bedroom cottage with one queen bed, one double bed, three single beds, two trundle beds, two large bathrooms, lounge, kitchen, dining and air-conditioning / heating. Outdoor seating, barbeque area, large carport.
The Studio
The Studio is a one bedroom studio style apartment situated and overlooking one of the farm paddocks on the property. It has a Queen bed, fully equipped new kitchen and small bathroom. Full laundry facilities and outdoor area.
Pet friendly. It’s perfect for couples or small families. You get to wake up with the goats each morning.
Enjoy the daily morning animal feed tour at 9am.
Two Bedroom Shearers' Retreat
Two bedroom unit with one queen bed, one single bed and one single trundle bed, full bathroom ensuite, fully equipped new kitchen and dining area and wood heater. Double carport and private outdoor dining and seating area.
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.
- Website meets <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/" target="_blank">WCAG 2.0</a> accessibility standards
- 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.
- 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).
- An appropriate area for toileting an assistance dog is 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.
- TVs with captioning option is available.
- A low noise reception areas with hearing loss friendly acoustics and adequate lighting for viewing facial expressions (includes common areas which are free of background noise, background music) 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 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 restaurant, lounge and bar
- Step free access to the conference or function room
- 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.
- Wheelchair accessible picnic tables (picnic tables require 720mm knee clearance and 800mm maximum height).
- A wheelchair/scooter charging station (power point) in an accessible location is available.
- Portable hoist 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.).
- 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 lever handle on the door (easier to use).
- 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 bed with adjustable height is available.
- 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.
Physical – High support needs
Caters for people with high support needs who travel with a support person.
- A bathroom which is fully accessible and equipped with ceiling hoist and adult change table.
- Twin beds available on request.
- Room for hoist under the bed (minimum 100mm required to store a hoist).
Allergies and intolerances
Caters for people with allergies and intolerances.
- Linen that is chemical and fragrance free (if requested).
Access & Inclusion
An access and inclusion statement is available on the business website.
- www.ripplesntonic.com.au
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