NDIS funding covers the disability support costs required to participate in beach rides and coastal activities, rather than the ticket or entry fee itself. Depending on whether you are looking at horseback riding on the beach, camel rides, or using beach wheelchairs and accessible transport, funding comes out of different sections of your NDIS plan.How NDIS Funding Works for Beach ActivitiesSupport Workers: Covered under Assistance with Social, Economic and Community Participation (Core Budgets). This covers your worker’s time to take you, assist you during the ride, and keep you safe.Out-of-Pocket Costs: Tickets, horse rental, or general venue entry fees cannot be paid with NDIS funds. These must be paid using personal money.Equipment & Assistive Tech: If you beach frequently, customized beach wheelchairs or rollators can sometimes be fully funded under Capital Support if it aligns with your primary plan goals.
📋 The Event Programme Morning: Coastal Senses & Fresh Gathering
09:30 AM – Welcome & Team Huddle: Participants (YOU) arrive at the park pavilion. Everyone receives a colorful, personalised chef’s apron and a beach-ready bucket.
10:00 AM – The Beach Comber Herbs & Touch: A guided walk along the accessible boardwalk and beach matting. Participants touch sea salt spray, smell fresh coastal herbs (like native saltbush or rosemary grown nearby), and collect unique beach shells to decorate the dining tables.
11:00 AM – Morning Energy Smoothie Shake-Up: Back under the pavilion, teams compete to build the ultimate tropical beach smoothie. Participants choose their own fruits, honey, and coconut water, blending them using safe, adaptive push-button bullet blenders.
Midday: The Ultimate Vibrant Beach Cook-Off
11:45 AM – MasterChef Mystery Box Prep: Participants split into small social groups. Each group receives a vibrant basket of fresh, safe ingredients (e.g., pre-sliced colorful bell peppers, tropical pineapples, mangoes, and proteins).
12:15 PM – Sizzling Skewers & Foil Packs: Under support worker supervision, participants thread colorful tropical fruit and marinated protein skewers. Alternatively, you create “Beach Foil Packets” loaded with seasoned vegetables and fish, cooked safely on the public electric BBQ hotplates.
01:00 PM – The Grand Coastal Feast: Music plays as all teams set the tables with their gathered beach shells. Everyone sits together to share their culinary creations, celebrating each other’s kitchen successes.Afternoon: Beach Games & Celebration
02:00 PM – Giant Beach Ball & Parachute Games: A high-vibrancy, low-impact group game on the flat grass or accessible sand zone using giant inflatable beach balls and a sensory parachute to build gross motor skills.
02:45 PM – Awards Ceremony & Tropical Dessert: Every single participant receives a fun certificate (e.g., “Master of Flavor”, “Most Creative Chef”). The day finishes with custom-made dairy-free mango ice creams.
03:30 PM – Event Wrap-up & Farewells: Departure and transport pickups coordinated by support workers[ ] Beach Matting / All-Terrain Wheelchairs (Coordinated via local council)
WHAT SUZANNE NEEDS?Just your CONFIRMATION VIA PHONE/MESSGAE/FORM/ and the below:
Dietary Requirements; ;gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free
