Living in Alice

Access Pol­i­cy

Alice Springs Town Coun­cil strives to meet access needs in terms of pub­lic infra­struc­ture, trans­port, infor­ma­tion, com­mu­ni­ca­tion and atti­tudes irre­spec­tive of socioe­co­nom­ic sta­tus, cul­ture, gen­der, lan­guage or phys­i­cal or men­tal abil­i­ty of the mem­bers of the com­mu­ni­ty. Read our Access Policy.

May­oral Awards

The Alice Springs May­oral Awards are cel­e­brat­ed in line with the Inter­na­tion­al Day of Peo­ple with a Dis­abil­i­ty (IDP­wD) to high­light the con­tri­bu­tions made by indi­vid­u­als with dis­abil­i­ty and by indi­vid­u­als for dis­abil­i­ty com­mu­ni­ties. More infor­ma­tion can be found on the May­oral Awards page.

Dis­abil­i­ty Park­ing Permits

Dis­abil­i­ty Park­ing Per­mits can be found here.

Library Ser­vices

The library pro­vides a home ser­vice for those unable to come to the library on a reg­u­lar basis due to phys­i­cal frailty, infir­mi­ty or dis­abil­i­ty. More infor­ma­tion can be found on the Library Ser­vices page.

Alice Springs Aquat­ics and Leisure Centre

The Alice Springs Aquat­ic and Leisure Cen­tre offers:

• A heat­ed indoor 8 lane 25 metre pool.
• 20 metre pool with beach entry, dis­abled ramp access, indoor spa/​lazy riv­er and a 4 lane learn-to-swim section.
• Out­door 50 metre swim­ming lap pool.
• Hoist and wheel chair pool access for the indoor pools.
• Med­ical oxy­gen is avail­able on premises.

More infor­ma­tion and times can be found on the ASALC page.

Bus Ser­vice Information

Pub­lic trans­port bus­es have a low floor design and are fit­ted with ramps that accom­mo­date access for the stan­dard wheel­chairs and light weight mobil­i­ty aids. Alice Springs Bus timeta­bles can be found here.

Alice Springs Services

Dis­abil­i­ty Advo­ca­cy Ser­vice (DAS)

Incite Arts

Bin­di Art

Life With­out Barriers

Hands on People

Nad­scare

Keep Mov­ing- Equip­ment Hire