Alice Springs Online - The Alice Central Australia.

Alice Springs is the second largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Popularly known as 'the Alice' or simply 'Alice', it had a population of around 30,000 and is close to the geographic centre of Australia.

The site is known as Mparntwe to its traditional inhabitants, the Arrernte, who have lived in the Central Australian desert in and around what is now Alice Springs for more than 50,000 years.

The town of Alice Springs straddles the usually dry Todd River on the northern side of the MacDonnell Ranges. The region where Alice Springs is located is known as Central Australia, or the Red Centre, and is an arid environment consisting of several different deserts.

Alice Springs has many historic buildings,
such as the Overland Telegraph Station,
Adelaide House, the Old Courthouse and
Residency and the Hartley Street School.

Today the town is an important tourist hub
and service centre for the surrounding area.

It is a well-appointed town for its size with
several large hotels, a world class convention
centre and a good range of visitor attractions, restaurants and other services.

There are many festivals and events for entertainment such as the Alice Springs Beanie Festival, Camel Cup, Henley-on-Todd Regatta and the Finke Desert Race.

Finke is some 400 kilometres south of Alice Springs in the Simpson Desert.

Other leisure and entertainment activities include hiking in the nearby MacDonnell Ranges, driving the four-wheel drive tracks at Finke Gorge National Park and visiting the many art galleries in Todd Mall.

Peter Barnes, the owner of Be Found Online worked and lived in the Northern Territory.

Click here for the Northern Territory Online website.