The Melbourne Mobility Centre is dedicated to improving access for everyone in the heart of Melbourne. It loans equipment and has services for people with disabilities, older persons, and those with temporary disabilities.
Melbourne Mobility Centre strategic plan
The City of Melbourne has engaged Access Audits Australia to develop a Strategic Plan for the Melbourne Mobility Centre located at Federation Square, to guide future operations and assist in ensuring the service continues to meet the needs of community.
Access Audits Australia are gathering information from both users and non-users of the Centre, to inform the strategy. Stay tuned for results of the survey.
Mobility Centre services
- equipment for hire including motorised wheelchairs, manual wheelchairs, children's strollers, scooters, walking frames, crutches and ID/Symbol Cane
- two fully accessible toilets
- baby change facilities
- proximity to available accessible car parking and/or a drop-off point
- information for people with mobility and sensory disabilities
- information about city attractions, events, facilities
- TTY telephone and accessible web access
- scooter battery re-charge facilities
- accessible tea, coffee and refreshment facilities
- deliveries and collections of equipment from hotels
Liberty Swing
The Liberty Swing is a revolutionary new concept in playground swing equipment for people with disabilities which enables children in wheelchairs to enjoy the fun and recreation of swinging. The universal key can be accessed from the Melbourne Mobility Centre or through ArtPlay.
How to get more information or hire equipment:
When hiring mobility equipment, please be sure to read Safety tips for wheelchairs and scooters to ensure your visit to Melbourne is a safe and enjoyable one.
Address
Level one of the Federation Square Car Park
(ground level adjacent to the ArtPlay playground).
Opening hours
Monday to Friday: 9am to 6pm
Saturday and Sunday: 10am to 4pm
Public holidays: Closed
The Melbourne Mobility Centre is operated by the YMCA on behalf of the City of Melbourne.
Mobility maps
The Melbourne CBD, Docklands precinct and Entertainment and Sporting mobility maps help people with limited mobility to use and enjoy what the city as to offer.
CBD Melbourne Mobility Map (PDF, 1.6Mb)
Melbourne Docklands precinct mobility map (PDF, 3.5Mb)
Entertainment and Sporting Mobility Map 2009 (PDF, 2.4Mb)
Recent feedback
'Thank you so much for the help you and your staff offered to members of our convention. I heard nothing but praise for how well Melbourne Mobility Centre took care of the needs of our members with mobility impairments, from delivery and pickup of scooters to fixing flat tyres to providing a scooter at short notice to at least one person who hadn't expected to need one.
More than one person told me that being able to use a scooter greatly enhanced their ability to participate in the convention and to enjoy exploring Melbourne.'
Karen Babcock, Coordinator for the 68th World Science Fiction Convention