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Please note that our building is a State Government asset and a Heritage Listed Building; we are the custodians, but we are not responsible for the building’s facilities. We are doing our best to improve accessibility and will update this page as we make changes.
Our leadership team is dedicated to making improvements in the area of accessibility and with new funding from 2025 we aim to make noticeable changes in this area soon.
There is an accessible parking bay near the Nile Street carpark entrance, to the left of Waterside Workers Hall.
There is an accessible parking bay in front of Hart’s Mill, on Mundy Street.
For information on other ways to get to Vitalstatistix, please see our Getting Here page HERE.
Waterside Workers Hall has limited wheelchair access. The entrance to Adhocracy is to the left of the hall, and is a flat, mostly even surface. The external door is 1.28m wide, and the internal doors are 0.9m wide (but can open to 1.8m wide).
Inside the hall: the Supper Room and the Stage are only accessible by stairs; the Mezzanine and Foyer have ramp access. The ramp is 1.28m wide, however it is quite steep and is not suitable for all wheelchair users.
Outside the hall: the Shop Front has a 0.89m wide door, and a 2-inch-high step in front of the door.
Hart’s Mill has partial wheelchair access. The Flour Shed is fully accessible with a wide double door for external access (each of the two doors is a width of 0.92m, a total entry of 1.84m). The doors to the kitchen and office are 0.90m wide.
The Packing Shed is not wheelchair accessible. It is only accessible via 2 low steps and has a 1.34m wide double door.
All bathrooms are gender neutral.
Waterside Workers Hall has a stall large enough for a wheelchair (containing a change table) in the right-hand bathroom, however the width of the doors (0.81m wide), and sharp turn into the toilets do not meet current accessibility requirements.
Doorways: 0.81m wide
Door type: light push door opening inwards.
Room dimensions: 1.50m x 2.10m
There are two handrails.
There is no low sink.
Hart’s Mill (in the Flour Shed) has a 1.62m wide entryway to the bathrooms, and 0.88m wide doorways. The centre door wheelchair accessible bathroom.
Doorways: 0.88m
Door type: heavy push door opening inwards
Room dimensions: 2.71m x 2.69m
There are two handrails and a cushioned back on the toilet.
There is a sink.
There is a dropdown change table.
There is a shower and a bench to sit on.
Both other bathrooms contain an ambulant cubicle with two handrails.
Doorways: 0.88m
Door type: heavy push door opening inwards, and then the cubicle has a light push door opening outwards.
There is also a wheelchair accessible public toilet at the end of Mundy Street, next to Hart’s Mill. Please see the National Toilet Map HERE for more information.
Guide dogs and/or support animals are welcome, but we do not currently have any soiling or drinking stations. We can arrange a drinking station on request, please see our Front of House.
Please contact us if you would like any information provided on our website in an alternative format. You can email us at program@vitalstatistix.com.au, or call the office, and we will do our best to get you the information in your requested format.
Please get in touch if any information here is incorrect or if you have any suggestions or feedback on the website’s accessibility.
We welcome feedback on how we can improve, as well as about anything we did well, or to discuss any access needs by calling our office on (08) 8447 6211, emailing operations@vitalstatistix.com.au, or filling out the contact form HERE.
