Alice Springs Northern Territory

Alice Springs is the second largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Popularly known as "the Alice" or simply "Alice", 35,311 people usually live in the region.

One of the tours in Alice Springs is the Hot Air Ballooning.

Alice Springs, the main focus of Central Australia, with about 25% Aboriginal population. However the surrounding communities which make up Central Australia are Aboriginal. Therefore, the total population of the area known as Central Australia is about 50% Aboriginal. The total population is about 60,000 people.

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Averaging 576 metres above sea level, the town is situated almost halfway between Darwin and Adelaide, near the centre of Australia.

Three major Aboriginal groups, Western, Eastern and Central Arrernte people live in Central Australia, their traditional land including the areas of East/West MacDonnell Ranges and Alice Springs.

Arrernte country is a setting of mountain ranges, waterholes, and gorges and as a result the Arrernte people set aside 'conservation areas' in which various species are protected.

The modern town of Alice Springs has both western and Aboriginal influences. The town's focal point, the Todd Mall, hosts a number of Aboriginal art galleries and community events. Alice Springs’ desert lifestyle is the setting for several very different and interesting events such as the Camel Cup and the Henley-on-Todd Regatta. The Beanie Festival has just been introduced recently with many happy knitters contributing beanies of all types and colours.

There are many wonderful and interesting places to visit around Alice Springs. Check tours for Alice Springs here.

The Alice Springs Desert Park was created to educate visitors to the surrounding desert environment. Olive Pink Botanic Garden is just a short distance from the town centre. They were named after anthropologist, Olive Pink, naturalist and artist, who lived in the town for almost 30 years and died in 1975. She was well known locally and referred to by all as Miss Pink. The Alice Springs Reptile Centre is located in the town centre.

The MacDonnell Ranges run east and west of Alice Springs and contain a number of swimming holes such as Glen Helen Gorge, Ormiston Gorge, Ormiston Gorge Creek, and Red Bank Gorge. The 223 klm long Larapinta Trail follows the West MacDonnell Ranges and is considered among the world's best walking tracks.

The Simpson Desert, southeast of Alice Springs is one of Australia's great wilderness areas containing large red sand dunes and strange rock formations such as Rainbow Valley and the Chambers Pillar.

The region includes a number of mining and pastoral communities, the Joint Defence Space Research Facility at Pine Gap and tourist attractions at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Watarrka National Park and the MacDonnell Ranges.

There are currently 2,000 people in the Alice Springs district who are citizens of America .The United States influence in Alice Springs comes primarily from the nearness to Pine Gap, a joint Australian and U.S. satellite tracking station, located
19 klms south-west of Alice Springs. Pine Gap employs about 750 Americans and Australians. No-one is allowed to travel to the base at Pine Gap.

American influence can be seen throughout Alice Springs, with large left-hand-drive 4WDs (four wheel drive vehicles) and the American population still celebrate all major festivals, including Halloween, Independence Day and Thanksgiving. Some Australian citizens engage in the festivities from time to time. There is also a large influence of American culture in sport, including American football competitions, baseball and basketball, alongside more Australian sports of cricket, Australian rules football and rugby.

Alice Springs is well worth a visit as it is a unique and amazing town with tours that are fun and leave you with great memories.

Take a Hot Air Balloon flight at sunrise and experience a different tour over Alice Springs that you will never regret.