Australia

Alice Springs

Starting From AU$139.00
Starting From AU$139.00

A Town like Alice

Learn how the town of Alice Springs has evolved into the central hub of the Australian outback.

Visit historical sites and some of the essential services delivered from Alice to the community of this vast region. The traditional custodians of the land are the Arrernte people, who refer to Alice as ‘Mpwante’. Visit Alice Springs Reptile Centre, home to the largest reptile display in Central Australia, where you'll have lots of fun, particularly during the show and if you’re game, try the supervised handling session.

Day 1 : A Town Like Alice
• Hear from your Driver Guide how Alice Springs began as a radio repeater station along the Overland Telegraph Line • Call into the School of the Air, which provides education to primary school-aged children living on remote properties in the Northern Territory • Explore the Telegraph Station, site of the first European settlement in Alice Springs, and learn how it relayed messages between Darwin and Adelaide for 60 years • Visit the headquarters of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, which delivers medical services to those who live and work in remote rural Australia • At the Alice Springs Reptile Centre, encounter goannas, frill-neck lizards, and meet Terry the saltwater crocodile! • Top off your afternoon with a panoramic view over Alice and the surrounding West MacDonnell Ranges, from the top of Anzac Hill
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Operates: Daily (Apr-Nov & Mar) & Mon, Thu, Sat (Dec - Feb) at 1.50pm

Returns: 6:00pm Approximately

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