Westland Hotel Motel – Whyalla
Highlights
- Savour complimentary continental breakfast daily, enhancing your stay with a delicious start in the on-site restaurant.
- Relax in one of 115 spacious rooms featuring private en-suites and modern amenities for ultimate comfort.
- Unwind by the outdoor pool area, complete with BBQ facilities for a perfect afternoon in the sun.
- Explore nearby attractions like the Roundabout Jetty and Hummock Hill Lookout, offering stunning views of Whyalla.
Westland Hotel Motel provides quality accommodation to suit any budget!
115 spacious rooms with private bathrooms, Smart TVs, tea and coffee making facilities, mini bar, reverse cycle air-conditioning and free WIFI. Included is free on-site parking, and a complimentary continental breakfast, which is served daily in theirRestaurant.
Westland Hotel Motel offers everything you need, including an outdoor pool area with BBQ facilities, a popular restaurant: home to their famed “Black Angus Fillet Steaks” and “BBQ Marinated Pork Rack Ribs” and “Local Seafood”.
Enjoy a cold beer in their Sports Bar whilst viewing a feature wall of sporting memorabilia and watching live sports on the Big Screen. Try your luck on the TAB and Keno or visit their 40 machine modern Gaming Room.
Visit their Drive Thru Bottle Shop and iconic Bottle ‘n’ Bird Takeaway Food Outlet, where you can order your Beers and Dinner from the comfort of your car!!
They are situated next door to Whyalla’s major shopping complex, home to all of your shopping needs including supermarkets, chemist, fashion stores, popular fast food chains and a petrol station.
Whyalla’s newly built “Roundabout Jetty” and Beach Area is only a 10 minute drive away and you can also enjoy a walk up Hummock Hill Lookout and appreciate the 360 degree views of Whyalla which is particularly impressive at Sunrise/Sunset.
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Accreditations
- Australian Hotels Association
- Meetings and Events Australia
- Tourism Accommodation Australia (Division of AHA, TAA)
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.
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)
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
- 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
- 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.
- 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).
- 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 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.
Physical – High support needs
Caters for people with high support needs who travel with a support person.
- Twin beds available on request.
- Rooms which are interconnecting.
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.
- Complies with The Food Authority requirements for allergy management in food preparation.
- Equipment to respond to anaphylactic shock such as epi–pens and defibrillator.
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