Must see around Alice Springs??

Hi Sign_man,
In Alice S there is the wildlife park....very interetsing visit.
Out of town are Chambers Pillar and Rainbow Valley.....not to miss.
Steve

Gday,
Kings Canyon
East and West Macs
If you have time and want to do some less touristy trips let me know and Ill point out a few for you.

Road & Rail Transport Museum
The Old Telegraph station is worth a look
The Wildlife Park (as mentioned)

otherwise.....

how long have you got in the area we keep going back as we love the whole area
you have east and west macs if you are coming in via the plenty and are into fossicking you can spend a couple of days at gemtree or cut across the hills to arltunga and surrounds,head south to chambers pillar palm valley the list is endless now youve got me thinking maybe another visit is due ???? bugger

steve

Try Boggy Creek and Palm Valley on the way to Kings Canyon.

The Old Ghan track to Finke is well worth it.

Not too many people seem to use it but it travels through some spectacular country

Re the East Macs - we had a great couple of nights camping at Paddy's Rock hole near Arltunga - lovely countryside for a relaxing camp and a few walks (bit of panning for gold flecks too).Ruby gap is nearby but homework on entering that area needs to be done.
Re the West Macs - where to start ? Palm Valley is top shelf - 3 gazetted walks - all good (the Mpara walk is a standout - the views on the back section are excellent). Kings Canyon - the rim walk - was bloody amazing (if you are into appreciating nature !). Goss's bluff was worth a stop (you can drive into the meteorite crater) - the adjacent highway (might be the Namatjira drive) from the Alice takes you past a succession of Gorges - Ormiston etc - those closest to the Alice can be a bit conjested with tourists - the gorge behind Glen Helen lodge is said to be great..... camping there too. A few of my better photos from that area are on my site gallery...
homepages.picknowl.com.au/darian/

I agree, the wildlife park is a must for an all day visit. The truck museum and reptile display are good value.We were in Alice last year and spent 6 weeks in the town and mostly out east. Need to go back to complete. There are some good parks & wildlife camp sites to the east, $4 per night. There are toilets and water if you need them.
Did do a day trip to palm valley and worth it.

Neil

Sign-Man
As others have said, Palm Valley, Finke Gorge is a must.

Also the other way from Alice (North East) is Arltunga gold mine ghost town & Ruby Gorge these are very pretty places, as are N'darla Gorge and Trephina Gorge.

Alice is a wonderful area. We spent 2 weeks just around Alice. Gemtree is also a great place to dig for Gem's.

If you have time you may want to do the Larapinta Loop to Kings Canyon. If continuing to Uluru you just gotta stop at Curtin Springs road house for a drink & its far cheaper than the Uluru resort.

Excuse spelling if wrong.

There is just soooo much to see and do in the area.
Enjoy it, it's wonderful.

Break the journey across the Plenty at Tobermary station. They have great green grass and decent facilities. The last time I was there the "old lady" (who had more energy than I ) in the shop was great value. There wasn't much in the area she couldn't tell you about.

Panarama Guth, Art Gallery is a must do. I'm not usually an art gallery person but I spend almost 4 hours wandering around in their. The local artists are really amazing.

Think most of the above has it covered in the "what to see" department. My advice would be Alice is lovely, but try to steer clear of the Todd River after dark. The rest of the town is great.

How far from the east are you coming from....using donohue hwy at all from Boulia???

Did this in Aug/Sept this year.....donohue was rugged riding and camped on Georgina River....beautiful swimming hole but cannt guarrentee water there!!

Fueled up at Tobermorey Station (also manage linda station) then camped at jervois station ($2 shower)

Plenty hwy pretty good riding along but very sandy for long sections....

Had lunch at Atitjere community just as shop was shutting....miss it and you dont miss out, go there and it doesnt really matter....

very long drive through cattlewater pass through Amblindum station into Altunga but very nice scenery.....not suppose to camp where we did on the way up the government works at altunga but we had no choice - time of day and hole in bucky's fuel tank.....

drive into alice nice tis way...didnt stop at emily and jesse gaps but they are right on the side of the road.......

in one day we did - anzac hill, gives a nice view of the town....simpsons gap and standley chasm...also stopped in at the sultural museum but didnt hang around for long....whitees runnin blak peoples business and the attitude was rotten towards the locals.....

camped at redbank gorge....drove to gosse bluff...great view from tylers pass....palm valley beautiful but long drive in....hermannsberg is a rotten dump - rubbish everywhere but the lady in the shop ("whitee") was so happy t see nathan and then so sad to see us go....i guess needed some one to talk to.....

road down to mt dare from finke is bad...really bad.....but Ian and the guys at the hotel have THE hottest sausage rolls in the world and its so worth the trip!!!

mt dare to dalhousie bad riding again but its worth it....just dose up the aeroguard if the mozzies bother you!!!they ate our eldest daughter to pieces and left scars for over a week!!!

didnt do the simpson from here....wish we had...did the ood track instead!!! or should i say the ood hwy!!!

check out my trip report if you want....just look for "tookadive" in the search section and it should be there.....very long but there should be more info there that could help ya.....

Good luck...when you going????

Laura B