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Alice Springs Attractions

Aboriginal Art & Culture Centre
The Arrernte Aborigines' Culture Centre is must for every visitor to Northern Territory. It presents a tribe which lives in a homeland about 100km south of Alice Springs. As well as a museum and an art gallery there are shops selling Aboriginal craftwork. Those who are interested can also attend courses on such subjects as Aboriginal history and playing the didgeridoo, and go on excursions to the Arrernte homeland.
Address
Aboriginal Art & Culture Centre
86 Todd Street
Alice Springs, NT 0871
Australia
Guides
Courses available.
Facilities
Gift shop
Adelaide House
In Todd Mall (pedestrian zone) is Adelaide House, built in 1920-6 under the direction of John Flynn, which since 1980 has been a museum displaying early radio equipment.
Address
Adelaide House Museum
Todd Mall
Alice Springs, NT 0871
Australia
Hours
March 1 to November 30
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open10:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:00Closed
Close16:0016:0016:0016:0016:0012:00
Cost
Adult$ 4.00
Concession or reduced rate$ 3.00
ChildFREE
All values are in Australia Dollars
Alice Springs School of the Air
The School of the Air was established in 1951 to provide teaching by radio for children in the remote outback. Visitors can listen to children being taught.
Address
Alice Springs School of the Air
Box 1220
Alice Springs, NT 0871
Australia
Hours
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open8:308:308:308:308:3013:308:30
Close16:3016:3016:3016:3016:3016:3016:30
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26)
Good Friday - Christian (Apr 06)
Cost
Family$ 22.00
Adult$ 6.50
Pensioners (OAP)$ 4.50
Child 16 & under$ 4.50
Child 4 & underFREE
All values are in Australia Dollars
Tips
Closed Christmas Day through to New Years Day.
Anzac Hill
From Anzac Hill, to the north of Alice Springs, there are good views of the town with its rectangular grid of streets, the carefully tended gardens and rows of trees, supplied with water by irrigation, and the MacDonnell Ranges to the south, with the Todd River, the Stuart Highway and the railroad line finding their way through the narrow Heavitree Gap.

The river is normally dry, but after heavy rain it can turn into a raging torrent, making the roads impassable for days.
Address
Alice Springs Town Council
Box 1071
Alice Springs, NT 0871
Australia
Araluen Centre for Arts
The Araluen Arts Centre is a modern cultural center that features art exhibitions, theatrical performances and film shows.
Address
Araluen Centre for Arts
Box 3521
Alice Springs, NT 0871
Australia
Hours
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open10:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:00
Close17:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:00
Always closed on:
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Good Friday - Christian (Apr 06)
Cemeteries
The late 19th C cemetery, with weathered tombstones, is in George Crescent, near the railroad station. In Memorial Avenue, which goes off Larapinta Drive to the west of the railroad, is a cemetery containing the graves of the painter Albert Namatjira (1902-59) and the prospector Harold Lasseter, who died in the desert in 1931 while looking for a fabled seam of gold.
Central Australian Aviation Museum
On the site of the old airstrip, is a display of old aircraft from the pioneering days of desert flying, as well as exhibits concerned with the Flying Doctors Service.
Address
Central Australian Aviation Museum
Larapinta Drive
Alice Springs, NT 0871
Australia
Hours
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open9:009:009:009:009:0010:0010:00
Close16:0016:0016:0016:0016:0014:0014:00
Events
The camel races at the end of April and beginning of May are an important annual event. The Bangtail Muster in May, with a street parade and sports carnival, commemorates the herding together and counting of the cattle which took place in earlier days. The greatest event of the year, however, is the Henley on Todd Regatta at the beginning of October, in which the boats are either carried or trundled along the dry river bed and the day ends with a festival.
Gillen and Spencer Museum
The Gillen and Spencer Museum is devoted to the natural history of the outback, the culture of the Aborigines and white settlement in the Red Centre.
Hours
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open9:009:009:009:009:009:009:00
Close17:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:00
Historic Buildings
In Hartley Street, which runs parallel to Todd Street, and Parsons Street, which runs between the two, are relics of the past, the old courthouse and the residency, both built for Alice Springs' short period as a seat of government in 1926-31, now a museum on the development of the Northern Territory. Hartley Street School (1929, with later extensions) was the first school established by the government. It now houses the regional tourist office and the National Trust.
Hours
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open9:009:009:009:009:009:009:00
Close17:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:00
Tips
Hours are for museum.
Old Telegraph Station Historical Reserve
Near the Old Telegraph Station Historical Reserve you can bathe in the springs that give Alice Springs its name.
Address
Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory Alice Springs Region
Box 2130
South Stuart Highway
Alice Springs, NT 0870
Australia
Guides
Guided tour available as optional extra.
Olive Pink Botanic Garden
The Olive Pink Botanic Garden is an arid botanic garden displaying the vegetation of central Australia.
The garden features an eclectic collection of trees and shrubs native to the central Australian region as well as various cacti, and garden flowers.
Address
Olive Pink Botanic Garden
Box 8644
Alice Springs, NT 0871
Australia
Hours
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open8:008:008:008:008:008:008:00
Close18:0018:0018:0018:0018:0018:0018:00
Always closed on:
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Good Friday - Christian (Apr 06)
Tips
Donations accepted.
Facilities
Gift shop
Restaurant or food service
Other Sights
In a hut behind the hospital Flynn and Traeger installed the pedal-powered radio transmitter which made possible the development of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (established 1929). Adjoining the former hospital, in Todd Mall, is the Flynn Memorial Church (1956). John Flynn's grave is under a large boulder on the fringes of the hills west of the town (Flynn's Grave Historical Reserve).
Panorama Guth
On Hartley Street is a panoramic view by the Dutch artist Henk Guth of the landscape of the Red Centre.
Address
Panorama Guth
65 Hartley Street
Alice Springs, NT 0871
Australia
Royal Flying Doctor Service Base
In Stuart Terrace is the regional base of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, with displays illustrating its beginnings and development as well as its technical equipment.
Address
Alice Springs Royal Flying Doctor Service Visitor Centre
Box 2210
Alice Springs, NT 0871
Australia
Hours
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open9:009:009:009:009:009:0013:00
Close16:0016:0016:0016:0016:0016:0016:00
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Cost
Adult$ 7.00
Child 15 & under$ 3.50
Child 5 & underFREE
All values are in Australia Dollars
Facilities
Gift shop
Strehlow Research Centre
Strehlow Research Centre features a very informative exhibition on Aboriginal culture. The exhibits were collected by the anthropologist Strehlow, who lived for many years with the Aborigines.
Address
Strehlow Research Centre
Box 831
Alice Springs, NT 0871
Australia
Hours
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open10:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:0010:00
Close17:0017:0017:0017:0017:0017:0015:00
Stuart Town Gaol (Jail)
Stuart Town Gaol (Jail; 1907-9) in Parsons Street, a solid stone structure, is the oldest building in Alice Springs. The prison was closed down in 1938 and now belongs to the National Trust.
Address
Stuart Town Gaol (Jail)
8 Parsons Street
Alice Springs, NT 0871
Australia
Hours
March 1 to December 31
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open10:0010:0010:0010:0010:009:30Closed
Close12:3012:3012:3012:3012:3012:00
Always closed on:
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26)
Good Friday - Christian (Apr 06)
Cost
Adult$ 2.00
ChildFREE
All values are in Australia Dollars

Alice Springs Surroundings

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