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National Park Attractions In Alice Springs

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Alice Springs is the third-largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Popularly known as the Alice or simply Alice, Alice Springs is situated roughly in Australia's geographic centre.The area is known as Mparntwe to its original inhabitants, the Arrernte, who have lived in the Central Australian desert in and around what is now Alice Springs for tens of thousands of years. The name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William Whitfield Mills after Alice, Lady Todd , wife of the telegraph pioneer Sir Charles Todd. Alice Springs had an urban population of almost 24,000 as at the 2016 Census which makes up approximately 10% of the territory's pop...
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National Park Attractions In Alice Springs

  • 1. Finke Gorge National Park Alice Springs
    Finke Gorge is a national park in the Northern Territory of Australia, 1318 km south of Darwin. The Park covers an area of 458 km2 , and includes the impressive desert oasis Palm Valley, home to a diverse range of plant species, many of which are rare and unique to the area. There are good opportunities for bushwalking and bushcamping in the park.
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  • 2. Ochre Pits Alice Springs
    The Ochre Pits are a popular tourist destination in Australia's Northern Territory, approximately 100 kilometres west of Alice Springs along the Larapinta Trail. The pits consist of several layers of multi-coloured, layered rock that was traditionally used by Indigenous Australians in ceremonies and played an important role in the continent's economy, being traded with neighbouring clans and countries, in every direction on the continent. The mine belongs to the Western Arrernte people. Prior to European settlement of the area in 1880, only certain men were qualified to collect the ochre. It was considered some of the choicest ochre - soft to touch, vivid, with a slight sheen to it. The colours range from gold to crimson. After the ochre was mined by the Western Arrernte, it was ground and...
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  • 3. Owen Springs Reserve Alice Springs
    Owen Springs Station, now known as Owen Springs Reserve is a former pastoral station and now a 1,570 square kilometres nature reserve west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia. The Hugh River and Waterhouse Range run through the reserve. It also features the first pastoral homestead built in Central Australia.
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  • 4. Corroboree Rock Conservation Area Alice Springs
    Corroboree Rock Conservation Reserve is a protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is located approximately 34 kilometres east of Alice Springs and 370 kilometres north east of Yulara in the East MacDonnell Ranges. The reserve is surrounded by the Undoolya pastoral lease which operates as a cattle station. The reserve takes its name from a column of grey dolomite of great significance to the local Aboriginal people. The rock is part of the Bitter Springs formation that was deposited in salt lakes 800 million years ago. It is a sacred site to the Eastern Arrente peoples Flora found on the reserve include spinifex and senna on the ridges, with bloodwood, Supplejack, Red Mallee and Whitewood are found around the base of the rock.
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  • 5. Emily Gap Alice Springs
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