Toronto Swim Centre, Lake Macquarie

"Toronto Swim Centre offers visitors the opportunity to decide which pool suits their needs best. Hoisted facilities provide easy access to all of the pools.

The unique feature at Toronto Swim Centre, which I’ve not seen before, is the pool wheelchair lift. There’s one fitted to both the hydrotherapy pool and the lap pool.

A thoughtful inclusion at the Toronto Swim Centre is the Changing Places bathroom facility which is located conveniently near the hydrotherapy pool. Push button access, a ceiling hoist, shower facility with bench seat, or shower chair, and an adult change table make a visit to the pool more accessible for people with high support needs. Along with the Changing Places bathroom facility, two unisex stand-alone accessible bathrooms are also available.

A swimmer can use the hoist in the Changing Places bathroom to transfer to the pool wheelchair, which then clips on to the lift and lowers the wheelchair and swimmer into the pool.

The pool wheelchair has movable arm rests which lift out of the way for easy transferring from a wheelchair if needed."