What is there to do in Alice Springs?
Alice Springs offers outback attractions such as the West MacDonnell Ranges, the Desert Park, the Royal Flying Doctor Service base, the School of the Air and Aboriginal art galleries.
The Alice Springs Desert Park showcases plants and animals of Central Australia, including bilbies, thorny devils and birds of prey in a free-flying show. Its nocturnal house lets visitors see rare desert mammals.
Anzac Hill gives views over the town and the MacDonnell Ranges, while the Alice Springs Telegraph Station Historical Reserve shows where the town began in 1872.
Outback services and art
The Royal Flying Doctor Service visitor centre explains how doctors fly to remote communities. The School of the Air, which once taught children by radio, now uses online classes.
Galleries on Todd Mall sell paintings from Central Desert artists. Araluen Cultural Precinct includes art galleries and the Namatjira collection.
Day trips reach Simpsons Gap, Standley Chasm, Ormiston Gorge and the Ochre Pits in the West MacDonnell Ranges.
Did You Know?
The Camel Cup, a camel race held each July, is one of the town's quirkiest events.