The project is in full swing

Posted by Push Adventures
On May 20, 2022
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The Accessible Tourism Pilot Project is in full swing and has reached an exciting stage! First, let’s cover what the project set out to achieve – which is to improve the standard of tourism experiences for the accessible travel community. Which is a pretty big task! We started out by designing a framework to support the industry to really […]

The Treehouse Retreat

Posted by Push Adventures
On October 11, 2021
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Case study with Treehouse Retreats, at Diamond Waters. Owner Peter, built the Treehouse Retreats from scratch and found away to preserve the natural environment and make it accessible, despite a number of challenges along the way. Peter’s background in health, inspired him to stick to his plans and find accessible options. Our wetland walkway story […]

You must do the NT

Posted by Push Adventures
On March 23, 2021
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What a whirlwind….The Northern Territory Tourism Conference – Towards 2030 took us to Darwin and Alice Springs, but the natural beauty, welcoming service and incredible experiences will lure us back. The highlight was taking an Outback Tour Services 3 day tour out to Uluru and then back to the start of the MacDonnell Ranges. A-m-a-z-i-n-g! […]

101 accessible adventures

Posted by Push Adventures
On February 22, 2021
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101 Awesome and Accessible Adventures Australia, you asked and we delivered! We’ve put together a showcase of some of Australia’s most awesome and accessible adventures! You’ll find some much loved experiences on the list, and some new ones too. We were so excited to share this with our community on December 3, in celebration of International Day of People […]

Excellence in Accessible Tourism

Posted by Push Adventures
On June 19, 2018
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This year, South Australia is the first state to introduce an ‘EXCELLENCE IN ACCESSIBLE TOURISM’ category in the state awards program, open to South Australian tourism businesses or attractions delivering tourism products or services that are welcoming for people of all abilities. Entrants must demonstrate how they have developed a tourism experience to become more […]

Destination Melbourne

Posted by Push Adventures
On May 18, 2018
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An Accessible Tourism Masterclass presented by Destination Melbourne drew me over the one of the world’s most liveable cities. It was fantastic to hear about some of their initiatives including Visitability – aiming to make Melbourne the World’s most visitable city. Visitable by all. The Masterclass also added a couple of items to my bucket […]

Wings for Life

Posted by Push Adventures
On May 4, 2018
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The Wings for Life World Run is this Sunday 6 May!!! Please join the Push Adventures team and a stack of other awesome people (Jessica Trengove, Charles Brice, Cody Gray, and Travis Boak + More) at Vic Park at 8.30pm (May 6th!) Sign up for the Adelaide App Run and ?% of your $15 registration fee goes to Spinal Cord Research. […]

MELBOURNE. RACE DAY.

Posted by Push Adventures
On January 15, 2018
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Over the weekend Scott loaded up the car in Adelaide, Melbourne bound.. with his mountain of triathlon gear, his ‘handler’ (hehe, thanks Marcus!) and a determination to race his heart out. With his eye on potential selection for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, he really gave this race his all. The Oceania Championships in […]

The Good Scout

Posted by Push Adventures
On January 15, 2018
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We started Push Adventures in 2014 to improve the tourism industry to cater for people of all physical abilities. We have been embraced by the industry and been fortunate enough to collaborate with government bodies, councils and regional bodies. During this time we have discovered some really great accessible places on our adventures over the last […]

Reflections

Posted by Push Adventures
On January 5, 2018
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Wow! What an incredible year! We are finally coming up for a breath after a huge year of working towards our goal of improving the tourism experience for people of all physical abilities. The year started off with jumping in the deep end and delivering our first ever presentation on Inclusive Tourism 101 to a […]

Block of six

Posted by Push Adventures
On July 12, 2017
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About six weeks ago the Push Adventures team spent an amazing extended weekend in the Flinders Rangers doing all sorts of good things. Prior to the weekend away, I had just finished a six week block of intense training, of what felt like ridiculous amounts of swim, bike, & pushing, so the time away was […]

Add this to your bucket list

Posted by Push Adventures
On July 12, 2017
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What an incredible weekend exploring the Limestone Coast, we had been pretty excited about this trip for a while as the appeal of visiting a wheelchair accessible cave was very high on the bucket list. And South Australia you never disappoint! The Limestone Coast is approximately 300 km South East of Adelaide it is an […]

Willunga market

Posted by Push Adventures
On July 3, 2017
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We’ve been enjoying the Winter sunshine this last week and on Saturday we headed down to the Willunga Farmers Market to check out what was on offer, the market is on every Saturday morning. South Australia has some amazing produce and the Willunga Farmers Market is a great place to sample what’s in season and […]

Accessing a nature walk

Posted by Push Adventures
On June 12, 2017
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These crisp winter days with the sun shining high are great for a some exploring. We’ve been meaning to check the Onkaparinga River Recreation Park out for a while as we’d been tipped off that it was an accessible and family friendly trail… and it was! 1.5 km in length on a combination of compacted […]

A few favourite places to stay

Posted by Push Adventures
On June 1, 2017
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Here is a list of some of our favourite South Australian accessible accommodation places that we compiled for South Aussie with Cosi. This list is not exhaustive and the level of accessibility still varies between each accommodation provider. With our campaign to make SA more inclusive we hope to get all tourism services to provide […]

Ready or not!

Posted by Push Adventures
On May 30, 2017
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If only finding inclusive tourism experiences was as easy as playing Hide & Seek with a two year old! They let out squeals of delight at the mere thought of being found, and they jump out uncovering their hiding place before you really even start looking! Now if only inclusive tourism operators would start jumping out at […]

What goes up must come down

Posted by Push Adventures
On May 16, 2017
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Let’s start with the up, we have just spent an incredible four days exploring the Flinders Ranges. As always the travelling to the destination is usually the hardest part of travelling with small children, so after eight toilet stops and 500kms covered we wound our way into Rawnsley Park Station through peak kangaroo grazing time. […]

Long weekend on Kangaroo Island

Posted by Push Adventures
On March 31, 2017
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The early start to catch the 9am SeaLink Ferry from Cape Jervis did not slow the chatter coming out of our 5 year old! Travelling with this expressive young boy is always entertaining and we weren’t disappointed on this occasion. There were five in the car and the little one said, are we there yet? […]

Queensland Rail Museum Workshop

Posted by Push Adventures
On March 10, 2017
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A fantastic interactive authentic heritage and cultural experience located at Australia’s oldest railway workshops, that has some great accessible and sensory features. The hands-on exhibits, multi-media encounters and colourful stories coupled with huge steam locomotives and massive industrial machinery, you don’t need to be a train enthusiast to enjoy this attraction. You can explore over 15 larger-than-life […]

Visiting Adelaide, an Inclusive Guide to the City

Posted by Push Adventures
On January 24, 2017
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Increase your enjoyment and reduce your planning time with this inclusive guide to the city! Hello and welcome! Book an Adelaide Greeter, they offer a free personalised walking service in the city or check out more of Adelaide City Council’s Visitor Information and Access Adelaide Guides or just download a map of Adelaide and make your own […]

Views for miles from Granite Island

Posted by Push Adventures
On January 13, 2017
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During the last few months we have been in touch with the Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources SA discussing increasing people and accessibility in National Parks, so what better time than the festive season to walk off some Christmas treats and head down to explore Granite Island on the Fleurieu Peninsula. To say […]