The Barracks Tocal
Highlights
- Experience elegant comforts in beautifully restored suites on one of Australia's oldest colonial working farms.
- Enjoy sweeping hillside views and colonial architecture from the air-conditioned comfort of your suite.
- Savour a complimentary gourmet breakfast hamper delivered to your suite for a leisurely start to your day.
- Relax on the veranda with a cup of tea while watching farm animals graze nearby.
Situated on one of Australia’s oldest colonial working farms, The Barracks provides boutique accommodation on a unique heritage site. The Barracks consist of four suites that have been beautifully restored to provide elegant comforts in the same space where convicts and farmhands worked and toiled over 150 years ago.
Each suite allows guests to enjoy the same views of sweeping hillsides and colonial buildings in air-conditioned comfort. For those cool evenings, at the push of a button, a restored fireplace is available to warm the sitting room which makes it cosy and comfortable.
The sitting room, kitchenette and bathroom are downstairs while upstairs are the sleeping quarters. Queen-sized beds are in three of the suites with one suite providing two king-sized single beds.
Tea and coffee-making facilities are available in each little kitchenette with a Nespresso machine, kettle, toaster and bar fridge provided.
A gourmet breakfast hamper is complimentary and delivered to suite for you to enjoy at your leisure. If the view from the room isn’t enough, enjoy a cup of tea outside on the veranda while watching the farm animals graze nearby.
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Accreditations
- NSW – Tourism Hunter
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.
- 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.
Vision
Caters for people who are blind or have vision loss.
- Information in large print is available.
- Information in audio format (includes an audio described map of their venue, audio descs of performances and/ or displays) is available.
- Digital communication materials (hard copy information also online) 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).
- Handrails on all stairways
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.
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)
- Seating in common areas including reception area
Physical – High support needs
Caters for people with high support needs who travel with a support person.
- Twin beds available on request.
Allergies and intolerances
Caters for people with allergies and intolerances.
- Modify their cooking and cleaning practices to cater for people with food allergies or chemical intolerances (could include menus with meals free from: nuts, dairy, seafood, eggs, gluten etc).
- Staff are trained to respond to allergic reactions.
- Equipment to respond to anaphylactic shock such as epi–pens and defibrillator.
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