Alice Springs town, Northern Territory, Australia

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Alice Springs town, Northern Territory

"A Town like Alice" is the real heart of Australia, a thousand miles from Darwin in the north and Adelaide in the south. It is a small town of about 26 000 people, along the usually dry Todd River, with the MacDonnel Ranges as a backdrop. The town was laid out in 1888 not far from the Telegraph Station, built near a spring; this spring was named after Alice, the wife of Charles Todd who completed the overland telegraph line from Port Augusta to Darwin in 1872. The town was first called Stuart, after the explorer John McDouall Stuart, but got its present name in 1933.

Alice Springs is the centre for tourists that visit the impressive scenery in the surrounding area; from here camel safaris may be organised to the nature spots nearby. The town also remains the supply depot of the cattle stations, mines and Aboriginal communities in the vicinity. It has all amenities that are to be expected of a modern town.

And where to stay? Go to Hotel Reservations in Alice Springs.

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