We enjoyed a great day out at the Museum last week. This is an old building, originally used by the workers to repair Queensland's trains. The Museum has done a lot of work to make the museum wheelchair friendly and that made the day especially enjoyable for me. I used the toilet which is also a baby-changing room. I am always wary of these "joint" facilities as it is not always a hygienic arrangement. There was nowhere to put my handbag except the floor or the table. The toilet roll holder is almost on top of the toilet rail so gets
in my way, especially when transferring from the toilet to my chair. It was a good-sized room with more than ample space.
I attended a conference yesterday at the Belvedere Hotel at Woody Point. The hotel has wheelchair access at the rear of the hotel with plenty of disabled parking. I used the lift to get to the conference upstairs. I used the toilet during a break in proceedings. The door opened inward and was very heavy. The toilet had two toilet roll holders above the bar next to the toilet. I appreciate everyone is different, even in the "disabled" world, so this may not be a problem for other disabled people. I can stand transfer and I find the position of the toilet roll holders gets in my way in moving from the wheelchair to the toilet seat then a little later back to the wheelchair. I would prefer the toilet roll holders were below the rail and back a little so I can pull myself up without banging against the toilet roll holder. Leaving the toilet I had to pull the heavy door inwards to get out. It never ceases to amaze me how every toilet is different.
