Location of Alice Springs
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Amoonguna, 9.78kms NW (15.8kms, 23mins driving)
From
Santa Teresa, 68.75kms NW (81.7kms, 2hrs 59mins driving)
From
Hermannsburg, 115.47kms E (127kms, 1hr 50mins driving)
From
Ampilatwatja, 265.23kms SW (322kms, 4hrs 21mins driving)
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Description of Alice Springs
The name of this city comes from it's humble beginnings when a small settlement was built along a waterhole called Alice Springs in 1872. Today, Alice Springs is the largest town in
Central Australia with a population of around 24,000. Although it is indeed a city, it is more accurately described as an outback town with a country lifestyle for locals and visitors. Predominantly a city that thrives on tourism, Alice Springs provides plenty of shops, restaurants,
accommodation options and is a major tour base for flights, buses, road trains, and cars using the major Stuart Highway connecting the
Top End (
Darwin) to
Adelaide in
South Australia.
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Palm Valley Tour - NT [0.64km]
Attractions & Tours History & Culture
Follow Larapinta Drive into the Aboriginal homelands of the Arrernte people and into real outback adventure
country - the Finke Gorge National Park.
Simpson Desert Tour - 3 Days - NT [1.98km]
Outdoor Nature & Eco
Join us for a 3 day tour through the Simpson Desert highlighting the heritage & pioneer life of Central Australia from 1860.
Uluru Motorcycle Cruise - NT [3.02km]
Driving Motorbike
Enjoy the awesome thrill of seeing one of Australia's best known landmarks Ayers Rock as a passenger on a Harley Davidson motorcycle.
Uluru Sunrise and Base Tour Y17 - NT [3.55km]
Attractions & Tours 1 Day Tours
Enjoy a warming cup of tea or coffee and biscuits as the colours of Uluru gradulally change as the sun rises on the horizon.
1 Day Uluru Adventure A2 - NT [5.07km]
Attractions & Tours 1 Day Tours
Pass through the West MacDonnell Ranges, stop at Atila (Mt Conner)lookout for morning tea before travelling on to Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park.
Kata Tjuta and Uluru Sunset Tour Y13 - NT [5.78km]
Attractions & Tours 1 Day Tours
Travel with AAT Kings to the mystical 36 domes of Kata Tjuta. En route, stop at a lookout for a panoramic view of the eastern side of Kata Tjuta.
Quad Bike Adventure for 2.5 Hours - NT [7km]
Driving Offroad Driving
Do you have a taste for adventure and love the outdoors? Experience some of the most beautiful scenery Alice Springs has to offer on a quad bike adventure.
Uluru Sunset Tour Y11 - NT [13.96km]
Attractions & Tours 1 Day Tours
Travel with AAT Kings to the Uluru sunset viewing area and enjoy nibbles and a glass of wine as the sun sinks over Uluru.
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Weather & Climate for Alice Springs
Closest Weather Station
Alice Springs Airport at 09:00 21 Nov CST
Distance from Alice Springs 10.86km S
| Temperature | Feels Like | Rel. Humidity | Dew Point | Pressure | Rainfall | Wind Direction | Wind Speed | Gusts |
|---|
| 30.3°C |
26.4°C |
37% |
14.3°C |
1009.1hPa |
0.4mm |
ENE |
28km/h
15knots |
35km/h
19knots |
Closest Climatic Station
Alice Springs Airport
Distance from Alice Springs 10.86km S
| | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| Mean Max. °C |
36.3 | 35.1 | 32.7 | 28.2 |
23.0 | 19.9 | 19.6 | 22.6 |
27.1 | 30.9 | 33.7 | 35.4 |
| Mean Min. °C |
21.4 | 20.8 | 17.5 | 12.6 |
8.3 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 6.0 |
10.2 | 14.8 | 17.9 | 20.2 |
| Mean Rain mm |
38.0 | 42.3 | 31.9 | 16.8 |
19.4 | 14.4 | 14.7 | 9.5 |
8.3 | 21.9 | 26.7 | 37.5 |
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Treks passing Alice Springs
The Tanami Track
The Tanami Track is essentially a great short-cut linking the Red Centre to the Kimberley. Although once a notorious 4WD track, it is now a graded dirt highway.
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Plenty Highway
Part of the "Outback Way", the Plenty Highway is the most direct route from central Queensland across to Alice Springs in central Australia. It is a wide stretch of very red sandy soil that when wet can be impassible - 4WD only.
Outback Way
Linking Laverton in WA to Winton in QLD, the Outback Way was coined to promote the development of a 'third strategic link' across Australia, and is fast becoming one of the most iconic outback tourism and adventure drives in the country.
Old Andado Track
The Old Andado Track traverses fascinating terrain that includes mountain ranges, rocky gibber plains, desert sand dunes and floodplains in the Red Centre just south of Alice Springs.
Chambers Pillar
Chambers Pillar is a natural sandstone formation used by our famous early explorers as a navigational point. You can still read their signatures and inscriptions carved into the rock. It is also a beautiful photographic subject in a remote 4WD area.
West MacDonnell Ranges
The West MacDonnell Ranges in the heart of Australia's red centre stretch for 400km from east-west as a series of parallel ranges. Within the ranges are magnificent gaps and gorges, dramatic scenery, great bush camping and walks.
Recommended Reading for Alice Springs
Natmap Digital Maps 2008
NATMAP Digital Maps 2008 is the next generation of Geoscience Australia's popular NATMAP Raster 1:250 000 scale topographic digital maps.
NATMAP Digital Maps 2008 are exact digital copies of Geoscience Australia's NATMAP topographic maps. They cover the whole of Australia at 1:250 000 scale, and are current to 2006.
SF5314 Alice Springs
This 1:250K topographic paper map covers an area about 150km from east to west and 110km from north to south (1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude). The map contains natural and constructed features including road and rail infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, contours (interval 50m), localities and some administrative boundaries.
Australia Aus Tour DVD
A must have for the long distance explorer. Here, Memory-Map teams up with Hema to bring you their acclaimed 4WD and regional maps together with 13 interactive Map Guides.The Map-Guides provide great information on each region, bushwalking, campsites and 4x4 tracks with text and photos.
Red Centre - Alice Springs to Uluru
This map outlines all sealed and unsealed roads, four-wheel drive tracks and roads requiring permit access. Camping sites, accommodation, fuel supplies, emergency services and local attractions are all marked and National Park and Aboriginal land boundaries are clearly outlined.
Alice Springs to Uluru
Some of the most unusual landforms in the world can be found in Central Australia. Much of this area has only been accessible to visitors for about 30 yrs and some roads and facilities are well suited to the modern adventurer.The Gunbarrel Hwy is also shown although travel permits are required.
The Plenty and Sandover Highways
The Plenty & Sandover Highways allow the most direct access from Alice Springs to Boulia, Mt Isa and other parts of western Queensland.
Alice Springs - Oodnadatta
This map will help you to safely experience the adventure of exploration and the wonder of the outback with both detailed information and GPS readings.
Tanami Road
The Tanami Track provides the quickest access from the southern states via Alice Springs to the Kimberley.This map details the route through some of the least populated country in Australia and its ever changing arid scenery provides an awesome introduction to the immensity of our deserts.
Important Notes
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