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The Best 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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  • 1. Alice Springs Desert Park Alice Springs
    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 population. Alice Springs is nearly equidistant from Adelaide and Darwin. The town straddles the usually dry Todd River on the northern side of...
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  • 2. Alice Springs Telegraph Station Historical Reserve Alice Springs
    The Alice Springs Telegraph Station is located within the Alice Springs Telegraph Station Historical Reserve, four kilometres north of the Alice Springs town centre in the Northern Territory of Australia. Established in 1872 to relay messages between Darwin and Adelaide, it is the original site of the first European settlement in central Australia. It was one of twelve stations along the Overland Telegraph Line.
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  • 3. Anzac Hill Alice Springs
    ANZAC Hill is located in Alice Springs, Northern Territory. A popular walk in Alice Springs is along the Lions Walk to ANZAC Hill. This observation point gives panoramic views over the township of Alice Springs. Anzac Hill is also a Geodetic Fundamental Point for Surveyors, and levels are taken from a marker on the hill.
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  • 4. The Kangaroo Sanctuary Alice Springs
    This is a complete listing of full-length episodes and films from the Nickelodeon American animated television series The Wild Thornberrys.
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  • 5. Mount Gillen Alice Springs
    Eucalyptus gillenii, commonly known as the Mallee red gum, Mount Lindsay mallee, Mount Lindsay gum or Mount Gillen mallee is a mallee that is native to inland Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory.The multi-stemmed mallee typically grown to a height of 3 to 7 metres and a width of 2 to 6 metres . It is a hardy grower and is both frost and drought tolerance The juvenile leaves are dull, green to blue-green in colour with a lanceolate to falcate shape. These later become adult leaves that are dull, green to blue-green are lanceolate to falcate with a blade that is 180 millimetres in length and 28 mm wide and still lanceolate to falcate. It forms creamy white axillary flowers that are held erect in groups of seven to nine. These are followed by globular fruit that is 1...
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  • 6. Alice Springs Reptile Centre Alice Springs
    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 population. Alice Springs is nearly equidistant from Adelaide and Darwin. The town straddles the usually dry Todd River on the northern side of...
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  • 7. 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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  • 8. Road Transport Hall of Fame Alice Springs
    The National Road Transport Hall of Fame is a transport museum based in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.The future of the National Road Transport Hall of Fame is unknown with the resignation of CEO Liz Martin.
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  • 9. 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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  • 10. National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame & Old Alice Springs Gaol Alice Springs
    The National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame is a museum located in the former Alice Springs Gaol in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. It aims to recognise the place of women in history, and particularly the role of women in Australia's development. It recognises any woman who is a pioneer in her chosen field from settlement to present day.The museum was founded in 1993 by Molly Clark of Old Andado Station. It opened in September 1994 in the town's Old Courthouse building, which had been leased for a period of five years. By 2001, the premises had become too small and the former gaol was offered as a new location. In 2007 the museum was officially opened in its new location by Marion Scrymgour, Minister for Women's Policy and the first indigenous woman to be elected to the Parliam...
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  • 11. Araluen Cultural Precinct Alice Springs
    The Araluen Cultural Precinct, formerly the Araluen Centre for Arts & Entertainment, in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia, is a cultural centre incorporating museums and a theatre. The Araluen Arts Centre features four art galleries. The Albert Namatjira Gallery features a large collection of works by Aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira, his family and contemporaries, and current works by Aboriginal watercolour artists. International and independent movies are shown in the theater, which seats about five hundred. The theatre also hosts live performances of drama, dance and music. The Museum of Central Australia, located on site in another building with the Strehlow Research Centre for Aboriginal Culture, displays many locally found minerals, describes geologic formations ...
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  • 12. The Emily and Jessie Gaps Nature Park Alice Springs
    The protected areas of the Northern Territory consists of protected areas managed by the governments of the Northern Territory and Australia and private organisations with a reported total area of 335,527 square kilometres being 24.8% of the total area of the Northern Territory of Australia.
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  • 13. Ormiston Gorge Alice Springs
    Ormiston Pound is a ring of mountains in the Northern Territory of Australia punctuating the MacDonnell Ranges, in the West MacDonnell National Park, approximately 135 kilometres west of Alice Springs . It lies at roughly the half way point in the Larapinta Trail and has views from its circumference of Mount Sonder, Gosses Bluff crater and the surrounding range. The Pound, a ring of mountains, is dominated by Mount Giles, which forms its eastern boundary. The western boundary is formed by the Ormiston Gorge, a popular tourist destination. The pound is accessible from a road in the west, which travels between Glen Helen and Alice Springs. There is a waterhole at the bottom near the gorge, as well as several lookouts. The entire pound encompasses 46.55 square kilometres . The Finke River pas...
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  • 14. 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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  • 15. Simpsons Gap Alice Springs
    Simpsons Gap is one of the gaps in the West MacDonnell Ranges in Australia's Northern Territory. It is located 18 kilometres west from Alice Springs, on the Larapinta Trail.The gap is home to various plants and wildlife, including the black-footed rock-wallaby. It is the site of a permanent waterhole.
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