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BYO Disabled Room

For less than $50 you can have your own portable disabled bathroom and bedroom accessories ... [read more]

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State of Origin 3

Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, is very disabled friendly for the third State of Origin on Wednesday July 4 ... [read more]

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Tukka Restaurant

Brisbane's ‘Tukka’ restaurant looks Indian by name but serves up great Aussie ‘tucker’ including the Coat of Arms ... [read more]

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Lady Gaga Tour

The Born This Way Ball will go off like a frog in a sock in Sydney in June and there's excellent disabled access ... [read more]

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London Olympics

The countdown to the London Olympics is truly on and the volunteers have their shiny new uniforms ... [read more]

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Cirque du Soleil

Cirque du Soleil's will be in Brisbane from July 14 and Sydney from Sept 13 with disabled facilities including discounts ... [read more]

Travel Destinations

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Perth

Relaxed, modern and cheerful with beaches, restaurants, shopping, nightlife, blue skies and friendly people ... [read more]

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Adelaide

A graceful, progressive city where the grand churches seem to look down on naughty Hindley Street ... [read more]

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Canberra

Arguably Australia's most rewarding destination for a few day's break ... [read more]

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Melbourne

Stylish, multicultural, cultured and classy, Melbourne could feel right at home in Europe ... [read more]

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Sydney

Sydney - she's a wonderful, sparkling, brash, flashy, sassy, flirt of a town ... [read more]

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Brisbane

Is Australia's most liveable city beautiful one day and perfect the next? Mostly ... [read more]


About this site

Welcome to Cane & Able Travel. ‘Cane & Able’ is the definitive guide to travelling in Australia and the South Pacific with (or without) a disability.

Travel writer, Ian Heydon, was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in late 2010. Since then he has been seeing the world in a different perspective – noticing (or looking for) things like handicapped parking spaces, where the public rest rooms are, what restaurants have good access, and so on.... more info

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