Assistance Animal Application Form

Assistance Animal Application Form
Please read the following information before you complete the application.

Camping at Woodfordia:

If camping during the festival period and to enable us to secure you a location close to the festival entrance, please ensure to complete the Accessible Camping Form.

Letting us know you are here:

We do not usually allow domestic animals on-site and we get reports from patrons if there are dogs seen. We would like to let our festival services crews know that you have an assistance dog so that these reports can be quickly dealt with.

When you set up camp, just call our Patron Safety Hotline on 07 5496 1033 and let us know which area you are camping in.

Please also identify yourself with your assistance animal when arriving.

ASSISTANCE ANIMALS:

Only Guide Dogs, Hearing Dogs and trained Assistance Animals are allowed onto the Woodfordia site and to stay in the campground. All Assistance dogs must be with their handler and kept on a lead at ALL times.

Assistance animals accepted are:

. Guide Dogs: trained to help blind or visually-impaired people
. Hearing Dogs: trained to help deaf or hearing-impaired people
. Mobility Support Animals: trained to help people with physical disabilities who use
wheelchairs or have difficulty moving
. Medical Alert Animals: trained to assist their handlers before and during a medical
emergency
. Psychiatric service animals: trained to provide support to people with psychiatric
disabilities.

Owners of an Assistance Animal (except Guide Dogs) must provide proof that
their animal is trained.
This proof should include one or more of the following:
. An Assistance Animal Pass (VIC)
. Service Dog ID Card
. Handler’s Identity Card (QLD)
. Proof that the animal has passed a Public Access Test

An identity disc and a signed statement or documentation issued by a recognised
training body that their animal is (or is being) trained as an Assistance Animal to
alleviate the effects of disability or a card issued by;
. Animal Assisted Therapy Australia Inc
. Assistance Dogs Australia
. Association of Australian Service Dogs (NQ) Inc
. Australian Support Dogs

Owners of Guide Dogs are not required to give proof.
Recognised Training Bodies are;
. Assistance Dogs Australia
. Canine Helpers for the Disabled
. Lions Hearing Dogs
. Disability Aid Dogs Australia
. Righteous Pups
. Assisting Wellbeing Ability Recovery and Empowerment (AWARE) Dogs Australia
. mindDog

Woodfordia does not consider the following to be Assistance animals:
. Pet or ‘companion’ animals
. Therapy animals used to improve a person’s quality of life or to facilitate
counselling or psychotherapy
. Facility animals that visit people living in hospitals and other medical-related
institutions
. Animals left inside motor homes, vehicles or campsites during the festival.

Only Guide Dogs, Hearing Dogs, Mind Dogs and trained assistance animals will be permitted on site.

Please note that we require a copy of documentation showing your proof of animal assistance training or public access test pass.
Full name of handler (person with disability) *

First Name Last Name
Which dates are you attending?

Season (all days) 25th Dec 26th Dec 27th Dec 28th Dec 29th Dec 30th Dec 31st Dec 1st Jan
Contact name for application (if not the same as handler)

First Name Last Name
Postal Address *

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

City State / Province

Postal / Zip Code
Email address *
[email protected]
Phone Number *

Area Code Phone Number
Please select the type of assistance dog *
For trained assistance animals, please indicate type below:
Not required for Guide Dogs or Hearing Dogs
How will we be able to identify your dog as an assistance animal? *
Please select from the list
If 'other' was selected above, please list what identifies your dog below:
Leave blank if 'other' was not selected
Attach proof of training or public access test pass documents: *

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Once submitted, our team will review your application and contact you via phone or email. Please allow up to 14 days.
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Assistance Animal Application Form

Only Guide Dogs, Hearing Dogs, Mind Dogs and trained assistance animals will be permitted on site.