Cycling Amenities
La Trobe University has facilities to support cycling to and from campus.
All of our campuses feature bicycle storage, showers, and change facilities for cyclists. Two of our campuses also offer more secure CycleSmart Centres, which provide more secure parking than regular bike hoops through swipe card access. These facilities also include shower and change areas.
Staff and students can request swipe card access to secure bike facilities online using the Secure Bike End-of-Trip Facilities Access Form. Please allow up to 24 hours for processing.
See the Melbourne Campus Cycling Amenities Map for a full list of cycling amenities and locations.
CycleSmart Centres
These feature secure bicycle storage, showers, and change facilities in one building.
- CycleSmart Centre North*, east of the RL Reid Building (swipe card access required)
- CycleSmart Centre South*, east of the Humanities 3 building (swipe card access required)
Lockers
Lockers are available for rent to store your personal belongings.
Lockers are available at the following locations:
- CycleSmart Centre North*, east of the RL Reid Building (swipe card access required)
- CycleSmart Centre South*, east of the Humanities 3 building (swipe card access required)
CycleSmart Centre lockers are user operated and have daily time limits.
Shower and change facilities
Free shower and change facilities are available at the following locations:
- Ground floor of Health Clinic
- Biological Sciences 1 & 2 (multiple levels)
- Indoor Sports Centre (free soap provided)
- Ground floor of Health Science 2 building (enter from East entrance)
- Ground floor of David Myers West
- Ground floor of Sylvia Walton building
- *CycleSmart Centre North (swipe card access required)
- *CycleSmart Centre South (swipe card access required)
You can request swipe-access access online using the Secure Bike End-of-Trip Facilities Access Form. Please allow up to 24 hours for processing.
*Please note: The older design of CycleSmart Centre South means that all entry to this building, including the secure bike storage area, is separated by binary gender. Entry to CycleSmart Centre North secure bike storage area is all-gender, but entry to change and shower facilities remains separated by binary gender.
We recognise that this does not fully reflect the reality of our users and are reviewing potential improvements for these facilities. Users are encouraged to use the facilities that best reflect their gender.
See the Bendigo Campus Bicycle Map [PDF 1.50MB] for a full list of cycling amenities and locations.
CycleSmart Centres
These feature secure bicycle storage, showers, and change facilities in one building.
- CycleSmart Centre Sports, in the Change Rooms building east of the Sports Field (swipe card access required)
- CycleSmart Centre Education, beside the entrance to the Education Building (swipe card access required)
Lockers
The Bendigo Campus has lockers inside the Bendigo Campus CycleSmart Centres, which are located at:
- CycleSmart Centre Sports in the Change Rooms building east of the Sports Field
- CycleSmart Centre Education beside the entrance to the Education (ED) Building
- HHS2, in the building on the Arts Drive side
Shower and change facilities
Free shower and change facilities are available at the following locations:
- Health 1 building (HHS1)
- La Trobe Rural Health School building (HHS2), on the Arts Drive side
- Visual Arts building (VA)
- Business building (BUS)
- Ironbark Centre (IBC)
- Sports Centre (SC)
- CycleSmart Centre Sports (swipe access required)
- CycleSmart Centre Education (swipe access required)
You can request swipe-access access online using the Secure Bike End-of-Trip Facilities Access Form. Please allow up to 24 hours for processing.
La Trobe acknowledges the right of all users to access safe cycling facilities that are free from violence and discrimination.
Most of our shower and change facilities are all-gender. This means they are single-occupant stalls that can be used by one person at a time, regardless of what gender they are.
Some of our older facilities are separated by binary gender (male/men and female/women). They may include shared shower or change facilities, where multiple individuals share an open shower and change area.
In accordance with the Victorian Equal Opportunity Act and the Sex Discrimination Act, La Trobe supports all people to use the facilities that best reflect their gender.
Violence or discrimination based on gender, intersex status, appearance, or any other characteristic will not be tolerated. All users must comply with relevant La Trobe policies, include but not limited to:
- Workplace Behaviours Policy (staff)
- Student Behaviours Policy (students)
- Sexual Harm Prevention and Response Policy
- Child Safety Code of Conduct
We encourage all people to make a report to Safer Community if they experience or witness any harmful, concerning or unacceptable behaviour. For urgent assistance, contact our on-campus Security on (03) 9479 2222. For emergency services, call 000.