Ice Zoo
Overview
Don’t just take out word for it! Sydney ice rink Ice Zoo offers the most fun you can have on ice – come and see for yourself, you’ll be most welcome! They’re open seven days a week, and provide a huge range of sessions. Bordering the Eastern Suburbs, Newtown and Marrickville, Ice Zoo gives you much more than you would expect to find at an ice rink.
As well as the traditional features, Ice Zoo features public skating sessions and Learn To Skate classes. They also provide Sydneysiders young-and-old with the opportunity to play ice hockey, take part in ice fitness classes, host birthday parties or experience the magic of live DJ nights with fantastic light shows.
Ice Zoo focuses on safety, entertainment and fun. It’s all delivered to the highest standard, not only on the rink, but also at the Ice Zoo cafe and licensed bar, which are open at all times the centre is operating.
Then there are the Ice Zoo Igloos – just the thing for parties! You and your guests can celebrate milestones in an informal gathering all by yourselves.
Accessibility
Allows a person's carer free entry into participating venues and events
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
Caters for people who are blind or have vision loss
Caters for people who are deaf or have hearing loss
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
Caters for people with allergies and intolerances.
Caters for people with high support needs who travel with a support person
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)
Employ people with disability
Have a hearing loop
Have 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)
Have a wheelchair accessible toilet / shower and change room
Have accessibility information and photos, including of a bathroom, room and/or floor plan on your website (can be emailed on request)
Have an accessible public toilet which is unlocked
Have an appropriate area for toileting an assistance dog
Have at least one wheelchair accessible parking space with wheelchair accessible signage clearly displayed (International standards are 3200mm wide x 2500 mm high)
Have doorways which are easy to open and have lever handles (doorways 850mm or wider when open and not heavy)
Have grab rails in the bathroom
Have handrails on all your stairways
Have lifts with enough space for people using a mobility aid to enter and turn around to use the lift buttons. Buttons are at accessible height.
Have raised tactile buttons in your lifts
Have step free access to restaurant, lounge and bar
Have step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
Have volume controlled phones
Provide seating in common areas including reception area
Staff are trained in Auslan
Train your staff in customer service for people with vision loss (training would incorporate way finding and communicating with people with vision loss)
Train your staff in communicating with people with learning or behavioural challenges
Use easy read fonts in your signage and communication materials (Helvetica and Arial)
Use floors/coverings which are slip resistant, firm and smooth
Use non-slip tiles in the bathroom or slip resistant matting
Use Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
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)
