Inclusive Holidays

The Shoalhaven prides itself on being an inclusive holiday destination for everyone to enjoy. Many of our local businesses and tour operators are equipped with accessible facilities to make your south coast holiday a blast.

If you love the sea breeze there are several beaches and reserves that have accessible entry points. These include Mollymook Beach, Seven Mile Beach, and Greenpatch Beach which have wheelchair friendly pathways, disabled parking and accessible toilets. Free beach wheelchairs can be hired at multiple locations across the region, see the Shoalhaven City Council website for details. For a fun Jervis Bay cruise experience, Jervis Bay Wild is a must! Their eco tours on their custom vessel, Port Venture, position wheelchairs for prime viewing on the bow. In the warmer months, try a summer boom netting experience, where people with less mobility can be hoisted safely in and out of the water. While you are in Jervis Bay why not take a stroll along the Mangrove Boardwalk in the gardens of the Jervis Bay Maritime Museum. The timber walkway features informative signage, right above the crabs and mudflats. High tide is the perfect time for stingray spotting too.

Several Shoalhaven Swim Sport Fitness Centres have state of the art accessibility features including disability hoists or ramps for pool access, lifting change facilities, and some centres provide a bariatric pool wheelchair for use.

Enjoy a picnic or day outdoors with a relaxed coastal atmosphere at Livvi’s Place in Mollymook. Here you’ll find a great playground that caters for a range of needs. The in ground trampoline, wheelchair carousel and variety of swing facilities are sure to bring out a smile, especially from the little ones. There’s a liberty swing on site here, and another in Nowra at Harry Sawkins Park. A new inclusive playground in Berry, Boongaree Park, has opportunities for nature play, including sand and water play, bridges, and immersive running wheels.

Our region’s wineries provide a relaxing lunch stop, dine casually on the grounds or dine in luxury restaurants at Cupitt’s Estate, Mountain Ridge Winery and Coolangatta Estate, where the cellar doors and restaurants are wheelchair friendly with accessible amenities. Coolangatta Estate also offers accessible accommodation.

The Shoalhaven Heads Native Botanic Garden is a lovely space for enjoying nature or head up the winding mountain road between Kangaroo Valley and Nowra to Cambewarra Lookout Café, where you can savour devonshire tea with a view. On a clear day, you can see stunning views of the coastal landscape that surrounds the Shoalhaven River as it meanders its way from the mountains to the sea. Both these areas have good disability amenities and easy spaces to navigate.

Left: Mangrove Boardwalk at Jervis Bay Maritime Museum. Left to right: Livvi’s Place in Mollymook, Cupitt’s Estate, summer boom netting with

Jervis Bay Wild, Shoalhaven City Council’s free beach wheelchair hire, Cambewarra Lookout Café.

Learn more at shoalhaven.com/ inclusive

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