Belmont sits on the eastern shore of Lake Macquarie, with the Pacific Highway through the middle and the ocean a few minutes away. Our NDIS Belmont support is for adults with disability, at home and out around the lake, the track and the beach, 6am to 10pm daily.
With a lake on one side and surf on the other, the hard part of a Belmont outing is choosing, so we make the getting there easy.
The Awabakal name for the area is Bahtahbah, often translated as hill on a lake, and in 1825 Rev. Lancelot Threlkeld set up a mission here.
Thomas Williamson took up land in 1865 and built a guesthouse he called Belmont House. Belmont grew once the road was fixed in the 1910s and the Pacific Highway came through in the 1920s.
Belmont Hospital, on Croudace Bay Road, has a 24-hour emergency department. Belmont Library, ngarrabangba, is at 19 Ernest Street in the town centre, with undercover parking and self-access from 6am to 9pm.
The Belmont Baths, a public swimming enclosure on the lake about 70 metres long, reopened in December 2018. The Fernleigh Track, a shared path on an old coal railway, finishes near Belmont TAFE.
The passenger line to Belmont closed in 1991. Down the road at Blacksmiths Beach, a sand cruiser beach wheelchair is free to use during patrolled hours.
Glenrock Support is a registered NDIS provider whose eastern shore rosters include Belmont several days a week. If you are looking for NDIS Belmont support, we can tell you on the first call what is free and when.
Inside the house, our workers cover personal care and daily living. Around the area, a worker can join you at the library, the baths, the track or the beach, which falls under getting out in the community.
We don't offer support coordination, plan management, therapy or overnight support, and we tell you who does.
Read what an NDIS service agreement covers, then begin on our getting started page. The full list of lake suburbs is on the NDIS Lake Macquarie page.
Public hospital in the suburb itself, with an emergency department open 24 hours, about 5 minutes from the town centre.
19 Ernest Street. Lake Macquarie lists disabled amenities and access, undercover parking and staffed hours on weekdays and Saturday mornings.
Council's sand cruiser beach wheelchair is free to use during patrolled hours, a short drive south of Belmont.
Approximately 20 minutes' drive from our base, so Belmont visits are grouped with others on the eastern shore.
Personal care and errands for people living close to the Ernest Street library and the shops along the highway.
Help at home plus regular time by the water, from a sit on the foreshore to a swim at the Belmont Baths in summer.
Help settling back in at home after time at Belmont Hospital, from restocking the fridge to getting the daily routine running again.
Belmont is a fair way from Wallsend, and they still turn up on time. The roster hasn't changed in months.
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Can't see your question? Ring and ask a person. A team leader answers, Monday to Friday.
(02) 5550 6138Yes. Lake Macquarie City Council says the sand cruiser beach wheelchair at Blacksmiths Beach is free to use during patrolled hours. Your support worker can help you get to the beach, transfer into the chair and stay with you on the sand. Patrol seasons change, so we check the dates before the day.
The Fernleigh Track is a sealed shared path built on an old railway line, and its southern end is near Belmont TAFE. Bikes use it too, so your support worker stays on the outside and keeps an eye out. We pick a section that suits your energy and turn back whenever you like.
Yes, if your plan funds the supports. A support worker can help with personal care, meals, the shopping and getting your routine going again once you are home. Clinical care such as wound dressing or medication changes stays with your nurse or GP. Tell us your discharge date and we will try to line up the first visit.
Lake Macquarie lists disabled amenities and access at Belmont Library, along with undercover parking. It is in the town centre at 19 Ernest Street, close to public transport. A support worker can come along to help you find a book, get online or sit in on a library event.
Yes. Our Lake Macquarie area runs from Morisset and Swansea in the south up to the Newcastle border, so Redhead, Jewells, Marks Point and Blacksmiths are all in. For places south of Swansea, like Caves Beach or Catherine Hill Bay, give us a ring to check first.
Yes. The Belmont Baths is a public swimming enclosure on the lake that reopened in December 2018. Your support worker can help you get changed, get in and out, and stay close in the water or on the edge, whichever you prefer. We look at the entry and the conditions together on the first visit.
Ring and a team leader answers, Monday to Friday. Or start with a short form, and we reply within 2 business days.
Serving Belmont, Belmont North, Belmont South, Jewells, Croudace Bay, Marks Point, Blacksmiths and Redhead.