Alice Springs & Surrounds

ABOUT THIS REGION Alice Springs is the third largest town in the Northern Territory, Australia. Popularly known as "the Alice" or simply "Alice", Alice Springs is situated in the geographic centre of Australia near the southern border of the Northern Territory. The site is known as Mparntwe to its original inhabitants, the Arrernte, who have lived in the Central Australian desert in and around what is now Alice Springs for thousands of years. Alice Springs is nearly equidistant from Adelaide, South Australia and Darwin. The town straddles the usually dry Todd River on the northern side of the MacDonnell Ranges. The surrounding region is known as Central Australia, or the Red Centre, an arid environment consisting of several different deserts. In Alice Springs temperatures can vary dramatically with an average maximum temperature in summer of 35.6 °C (96.1 °F), and an average minimum temperature in winter of 5.1 °C (41.2 °F). Alice Springs is renowned as the Aboriginal Art capital of Central Australia, home to many local and Aboriginal art galleries. Indigenous Australian art is the more dominant, and galleries showcase the rich culture and native traditions that abound in Central Australia. INDUSTRY RESOURCES Regional Tourism Website : Explore the Northern Territory Regional Tourism Website : Tourism Top End Research and Statistics : Tourism NT Corporate Website Local Council : Alice Springs Town Council CREDITS Information Source : Wikipedia Image Credit : Simpsons Gap, West MacDonnell Ranges : Tourism NT Regional Map : Copyright 2014 GoPanda Communications GoPanda