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The WA Companion Card Newsletter Your Companion Issue 9, 2018 Welcome to Your Companion This issue of Your Companion features a range of information for cardholders and families, plus an up-to-date list of Affiliates in Western Australia. This will be the last hard copy edition of ‘Your Companion’ Newsletter. However we would still love to keep in touch with you. We invite you to register to receive our Another great way to keep in touch new Companion Card eNewsletter by with the program is to follow us on our emailing [email protected] or Facebook page calling us on 9242 5044. www.facebook.com/CompanionCardWA Changing Places in Western Australia Free keys now available for WA Companion Cardholders Changing Places are secure, clean facilities for people with disability who need space and assistance to use the bathroom when out and about in the community. There are now 15 Changing Places open in Western Australia, with more planned to open soon. Changing Places are locked using a Master Locksmith Access Key (MLAK). The key keeps the Changing Places network secure, safe A FREE KEY to and reserved for people who need them. open Changing A free key to open Changing Places is now available for WA Places is now Companion Card holders. This offer is funded by the State available for Government of Western Australia. WA Companion Card holders. Companion Card holders are encouraged to accept this offer if they need at least one of the following to use the bathroom: For more • A hoist information about • An adult-size change table this offer please • Room for two people to assist see page 3. 12 Lindsay Street, Perth WA 6000 | Post: PO Box 184, Northbridge WA 6865 T: 1800 617 337 | F: 08 9242 5044 | www.wa.companioncard.asn.au | [email protected] Getting to and from Optus Stadium Optus Stadium has officially opened in Perth and is located east of the Perth Central Business District, on the Burswood Peninsula. This world class stadium seats up to 60,000 people and hosts a variety of sports and entertainment events including Australian Football League, International and Big Bash League cricket, soccer, rugby league and union plus concerts. There is no private vehicle access to Optus Stadium. The following information may assist you if you are planning a visit to Optus Stadium. Public Transport Ben sitting in his new West Coast Eagles seats at Optus Stadium The Stadium Park includes a purpose built train and bus station to accommodate large crowds attending events at Optus Stadium. What do you like most about the Stadium? For more information visit EVERYTHING! The lighting, the sound, the www.transperth.wa.gov.au/about/accessibility works! Transperth fares are included in event tickets. Are you happy with your new seats? A dedicated taxi rank is also located adjacent I love my new seats. I’m right on the third floor, to Victoria Park Drive. you couldn’t ask for anything better. ACROD Parking How do you think the West Coast Eagles ACROD parking is available within the will go in 2018? Stadium, however capacity is limited and I reckon they’ll be in the Top 8. We can do it permit holders need to register prior to each together, let’s get them going! We all have a event. Drop-Off passes are also available for role to play. ACROD permit holders. For more information or to register your interest visit Accessible seating / ticketing www.optusstadium.com.au/getting-here/acrod- If you have wheelchair or accessible seating parking. requirements, please call the following Ben’s visit to Optus Stadium numbers when booking your tickets through Ticketmaster or Ticketek. Companion Cardholder and lifelong West Coast Eagles member Ben Cox recently • Ticketmaster on 1300 446 925; or attended the opening of Optus Stadium to • Ticketek on 1300 665 915. check out his new seats. We asked Ben a few Companion Card renewals questions about his experience at the stadium. A renewal notice will be sent to you So Ben, did the stadium live up to your approximately 4 - 6 weeks prior to the expiry expectations? date on your card. Being in the stadium for a full 60,000 person game watching the West Coast Eagles If your Companion Card has expired and you certainly meets my expectations.The energy have not received your renewal form, please from the crowd really shows how cool the email [email protected] to update stadium is! your address details. 2 Changing Places in Western Australia What is a Changing Place? • Changing Places are secure and private facilities for people with disability who need extra space and assistance to use the bathroom. • Changing Places do not replace standard universal accessible toilets. • Changing Places include an adult-size, height adjustable change table, a hoist and enough room for two people to assist. • All Changing Places have the same specifications so that people who use Disability Services Minister Stephen Dawson, them can be confident that all Changing Marissa Florias and Lakeside Joondalup Places provide the same facilities. Centre Manager Gemma Hannigan opening a • Please visit this link for more information Changing Place http://bit.ly/changingplacesinfo Your personalised offer of a free MLAK Where are Changing Places? is included in this newsletter. If you need Changing Places are now open at Bibra Lake, Changing Places and would like to accept this BP The Lakes, Deep Water Point, Elizabeth offer, please complete the order form provided Quay, Lakeside Joondalup, Mandurah and send to Master Locksmiths (address is Foreshore, Vicinity Mandurah, Optus Stadium, on the form). This offer is open until 31 July Sorrento Beach, Yagan Square, Collie, 2018. After 31 July 2018, MLAK keys can be Geraldton, Guilderton, Meckering and Toodyay. purchased from Master Locksmiths. Changing Places are currently planned in For more information on MLAK visit Nedlands, East Perth, Scarborough, Albany, www.masterlocksmiths.com.au/mlak.php Broome, Bunbury, Katanning, Moora, Narrogin If you have any questions about this offer, and Port Hedland. More Changing Places please contact National Disability Services on are expected to be built in Western Australia. 9242 5544 or email: [email protected] Changing Place locations will be listed on www.changingplaces.org.au/find-a-toilet/ and Need to replace your card? www.toiletmap.gov.au If you have had your card stolen, lost or MLAK: Your key to Changing Places damaged, you can request a replacement card. Most Changing Places will be locked with the Please contact us on Master Locksmith Access Key (MLAK). [email protected] or 1800 617 337. Some Changing Places will be available 24 hours a day/7 days a week and others will Alternative formats be available during the opening hours of the Alternative formats of Your Companion premises where they are located. newsletter are available on request. Some people with disability may already have Please contact us on an MLAK, as they are the same key that has [email protected] been used to lock Liberty Swings. or 1800 617 337 to request a copy. 3 For the most up to date information regarding Affiliates and where you can use your card visit www.wacompanioncard.org.au. Simply head to the website, select “Where can I use my card?” and search keywords, suburbs or postcodes for Affiliates near you. If there is a venue or activity that you wish to attend, please ask the venue or ticketing outlet at the time of booking your tickets if they will accept Companion Card. Many venues accept Companion Card even if they are not affiliated with the program and listed below – so check each time! If you have any questions regarding Companion Card and our Affiliates, please contact us on 1800 617 337 or email [email protected] A Aviation Heritage Museum CASA Leisure – National About Bike Hire • RAAF Association of WA Avon • Christmas Island Rec Centre Activ Foundation Inc. Events Castledare Miniature Railway Inc. • Chevron City to Surf for Activ • Avon Valley Vintage Festival Catch Music Active 24hour Fitness - Kwinana • Avon Valley Gourmet Churchlands Concert Hall Adventure Out • Food & Wine Festival Circus OZ (National) Adventure World B Circus Royale (National) Aerial Fun Trampoline World Balingup Medieval Carnivale Cirque Du Soleil (National) Albany Agricultural Society Inc. Barking Gecko Theatre Company City of Albany • Albany Show Basketball Australia (National) • Albany Leisure & Aquatic Albany Entertainment Centre Belmont Oasis Leisure Centre Centre Albany Harness Racing Club Ben & Jerry’s Open-Air Cinemas • Albany Town Hall Albany Light Opera & Theatre Co - National • National Anzac Centre (Inc.) Beverley Station Arts • Princess Royal Fortress Albany Racing Club Inc. Black Swan State Theatre City of Armadale Albany Whale Tours, Sail-A-Way Blackwood River Canoeing • Armadale Arena Catamaran Blues at Bridgetown Inc. • Armadale Aquatic Centre Alcohol.Think Again Perth Heat Bodycare Health Club City of Bayswater A Maze’n Margaret River Botanic Gardens & Parks • Bayswater Waves Aquatic Aquatastic Authority Centre AQWA – The Aquarium of WA • Kings Park & Botanic Garden • Maylands Waterland Araluen Botanic Park • Moonlight Cinema City of Belmont Armadale Soccer Club • Outdoor Concerts & Theatre City of Bunbury Army Museum of Western Events • South West Sports Centre Australia BOUNCEinc – Cannington City of Busselton Art Gallery of Western Australia Bridgetown Agricultural Society • Geographe Leisure Centre • Friends of the Art Gallery of WA Broome Camel Safaris City of Canning Artrage Bunbury Musical Comedy Group • Riverton Leisureplex • Fringe