Alice Springs

Worth seeing in and around Alice Springs

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Anzac Hill

   ANZAC Hill, at 608 meters, is located in Alice Springs, in the Northern Territory of Australia and it is on the lands of the Arrernte people. The Arrernte name of ANZAC Hill have been recorded as both Untyeyetwelye and Atnelkentyarliweke.

   1.4 km · mountain in Alice Springs (Mparntwe), Northern Territory · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Women's Museum of Australia

   The Women's Museum of Australia, formerly the National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame, is a museum focused on the place of women in Australian history, situated in the restored HM Gaol and Labour Prison building in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.

   800 m · Australian museum dedicated to identifying and preserving the place of women in Australian history · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Alice Springs Desert Park

   The Alice Springs Desert Park is an environmental education facility and wildlife park in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is sited on 1,300 hectares, with a core area of 52 hectares.

   3.8 km · zoo in Northern Territory, Australia · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Alice Springs Reptile Centre

   The Alice Springs Reptile Centre is a privately operated reptile centre and environmental education facility in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia. It contains the largest collection of reptiles in the Northern Territory.

   0 m · zoo in Northern Territory, Australia · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Alice Springs Telegraph Station

   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.

   3.6 km · heritage-listed telegraph station in the Alice Springs, Australia · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Olive Pink Botanic Garden

   Olive Pink Botanic Garden is a 16-hectare botanic garden in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia, specialising in plants native to the arid central Australian region.

   1.7 km · botanical garden in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Alice Springs Public Library

   The Alice Springs Public Library is a public library service in the Northern Territory. The library provides traditional library services to the community of Alice Springs and is an essential part of the Central Australian community and receives more than 120,000 visitors every year.

   1.3 km · library in Northern Territory, Australia · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Central Australian Aviation Museum

   The Central Australian Aviation Museum is an aviation museum in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.

   600 m · aviation museum in Australia · Wikipedia
9. 09
   The Residency, Alice Springs

   The Residency is a historic one-storey house located in Alice Springs, Australia. The building holds significance for the people of Alice Springs as a tangible symbol of their brief legislative independence from the rest of the Northern Territory.

   1.2 km · building in Northern Territory, Australia · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Todd Mall

    The Todd Mall is a mostly pedestrian mall in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia which serves as its "main street" and is one of the primary locations for shopping and leisure in the town. It contains many of the town's restaurants.

    1.3 km · shopping mall in Northern Territory, Australia · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

Alice Springs has quite a few interesting things to see; one of them happens every night. If you don't get out of town and watch a sunset, even just sitting off the main highway, you've missed something special. Other than that: Alice Show. The annual festival with shopping, fair ground rides, animal displays, fireworks, art and crafts, races and performances. Henley On Todd Regatta.

1. 01
   Reptile Centre

   Examples of the local reptiles and one NT croc specially imported, on display by the guy the locals call when something with fangs is in the kitchen.

2. 02
   Alice Springs Desert Park

   871 Larapinta Drive (B6) (10km west of town).

3. 03
   Olive Pink Botanical Garden

   Doesn't bloom much, but if you happen to get here after a rain, it's a really nice spot.

4. 04
   The Residency

   Built in 1927 as the residence of the Government Representative to Central Australia, the house was the centre of government and social activity right up to the early 1970s.

5. 05
   Women's Museum of Australia and Old Gaol

   2 Stuart Terrace, Old Alice Springs Gaol (Next to the Royal Flying Doctor Service),.

6. 06
   Alice Springs Telegraph Station Historical Reserve

   Stuart Highway (a few kilometres north of town),.

From Wikivoyage: Alice Springs, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

Pyndan Camel Tracks – Take a one-hour or half day journey aboard a "ship of the desert", through the scenic Ilparpa Valley, located in the famous MacDonnell Ranges. Owner and cameleer Marcus has been working with camels since 1982 and his camels are well trained.

1. 01
   Pioneer Park Races

   Pioneer Park Racecourse, Stuart Hwy, Connellan, info@alicespringsturfclub.org.au.

2. 02
   Henbury Meteorites Conservation Reserve

   Ernest Giles Road (145km south west of Alice Springs),.

3. 03
   Museum of Central Australia

   Araluen Cultural Precinct, 4 Memorial Ave (Corner of Larapinta Drive and Memorial Ave),.

4. 04
   Araluen Arts & Cultural Centre

   An amazing local art museum, with works by Namatjira and other local artists.

From Wikivoyage: Alice Springs, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

Despite its small size, Alice has a good and varied restaurant scene. There are a fair few options here in Alice Springs for tucker (dinner). Maccas, KFC, Hungry Jack's, and Red Rooster are the main take away chains, but there are also your small family take aways, such as Big Al's, East Side Fish and Chips and Scoff. Additionally, there are some great pizza shops in town, La Casalinga is a great feed.

1. 01
   Bean Tree Cafe

   Solid cafe set amidst the trees and birds.

2. 02
   Loco Burrito

   The first burrito joint in town, it does a reasonable job from a friendly, hole-in-the-wall outlet.

From Wikivoyage: Alice Springs, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Alice Springs

Stations

Alice Springs railway station, 500 m

• Darwin → Alice Springs

  1290 km · quickest by road, 15h 58m · A$180–240
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• Adelaide → Alice Springs

  1329 km · quickest by air, 4h 47m · A$210–320
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• Broome → Alice Springs

  1367 km · quickest by road, 30h 27m · A$325–435
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No local-transport research exists yet for Alice Springs

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Alice Springs. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

If you know how people move in Alice Springs – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.