Southern Highlands Information Technology Experience
Highlights
- Explore interactive displays featuring retro tech like Atari and Commodore at the SHITE Shack in Bowral.
- Engage with working consoles of classic games like Space Invaders and Street Fighter II for a nostalgic thrill.
- Discover the evolution of essential technologies in a unique and hands-on museum experience.
- Support innovative clean-tech initiatives through donations while enjoying a trip down memory lane.
Southern Highlands Information Technology Experience (the SHITE Shack Bowral!) is an amazing display of retro-information technology, charting the development of technologies that are now absolutely essential in your modern-day lives!
Atari’s, Commodore’s, Amiga, IBM PC-XT computers with working Amber and Green Screens, Hanimex, AWA, Olivetti, Nokia, Blackberry, Palm Pilot, Pong, Frogger, Space Invaders, Galaga, Street Fighter II working consoles, this is not just another museum full of old Shite, this is a mind-blowing display or working retro-Shite that you can interact with.
All revenue raised from donations made to support the SHITE Shack, is directed towards the work of PRISM INERTIA and its unique Hydrogen / Oxygen Ultra-Clean-Tech Power Generation System, currently being developed in the R&D facility at the Shack in Bowral.
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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.
- 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.
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)
- Doorways which are easy to open and have lever handles (doorways 850mm or wider when open and not heavy).
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