Photos of Alice Springs, the Centre of Australia

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Alice Springs, the Centre of Australia

”°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 almost 29,000 people along the usually dry Todd River, with the MacDonnell Ranges as a backdrop. The site where it now stands is known as Mparntwe to the traditional Aboriginal inhabitants, the Arrernte, who probably have been there for around 50,000 years, in an arid environment with an average summer temperature of about 37”ĘC while in winter, it can average as low as 7.5”ĘC.

Alice Springs, McDonnell Ranges
 
View of Alice Springs
 
Welcome to Alice Springs
 
ANZAC Hill, Alice Springs
 
Alice Springs from ANZAC Hill
 
Alice Springs
 
Alice Springs view
 
Todd River, Alice Springs
 
Todd river, Alice Springs
 
Todd River, Alice Springs
 
Hartley Street, Alice Springs
 
Mural in Alice Springs
 
Mural in Alice Springs
 
Alice Springs
 
Tourist shops
 
Local art for sale
 
Todd Street, Alice Springs
 
Alice Springs swimming pool
 
Alice Springs
 
Alice Springs
 
The Alice Springs
 
Alice Springs
 
Tennis court site
 
Alice Springs Telegraph Station
 
Camel Farm, Alice Springs
 
Camel van near Alice Springs
 
MacDonnell Ranges, Alice Springs
 
John Flynn's Grave
 
DHA-3 Drover
 
Connellan Airways hangar
 
A Beechcraft D18S
 
Heavytree Gap
 
Gap Road
 
Yirara College
 
Yirara College view
 
Pine Gap
 

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 it got its present name in 1933.

”°The Alice,”± as it is often referred to, is the centre for tourists who visit the impressive scenery in the surrounding area; from here, camel safaris may be organised to the nearby nature spots. The town also remains the supply depot of the nearby cattle stations, mines, and Aboriginal communities. It has all the amenities expected of a modern city.