Alice Springs
If you want to explore the area outside of Alice Springs, the Simpsons Gap and the Standley Chasm are a little
bit west of Alice Springs and you can follow it up with a cool refreshing swim at the Ormiston Gorge.
There are easy day trips to the areas around the MacDonnell Ranges. Take the Red Centre Way to drive there.
Standley Chasm is a cleft in the Chewings Range. Near midday the walls leap into color as the sun strikes down two hundred and fifty feet.
The MacDonnell Ranges look like rows of trenches fashioned by some giant of the past.
Rainbow Valley is located to the south west of Alice Springs.
Ayers Rock, or Uluru crouches like some prehistoric monster on the flat surface of the desert. A strange rock formation on the side of Uluru is known as the kangaroo Tail.
The smooth ramparts of the Olgas are about twenty miles west of Uluru.
The Olgas are a jumble of huge domed boulders. The tallest is Mount Olga and rises 1790 feet from the surrounding plain.
The fantastic desert peak of Chambers Pillar is a sure fire destination for four wheel drive enthusiasts using Alice Springs as their base. Make sure that you have a picnic at Bloomfield's Bluff, near to Alice Springs where Desert Oaks are outlined against the sky at sunset. Boil the billy on the fire for a cup of bush tea and maybe bake some damper on the coals.
Northern Territory six day tours cost around seven hundred dollars and will include three to four days in Alice
Springs. You can also take a four wheel drive Red Centre camping safari. Highlights of the area surrounding Alice Springs are Uluru, Kata Tjuta, Watarrka National Park, Kings Creek Station, and Kings Canyon. Have lots of fun camping in the bush and getting close to nature. In the Great Sandy Desert wind-whipped dunes create scenes of savage beauty.
The beauty of the red center comes alive after rain. There are mass displays of wild flowers at Palm Valley, which has Sundial Rock looming up in the distance.
Alice Springs Art and Culture
Alice Springs is one of the best places in Australia to tap into Aboriginal art which is a unique form of cultural expression. Alice Springs is home to loads of aboriginal groups and their wildly diverse artistic styles. To get into the culture of Alice Springs a great idea is to share stories and yummy bush tucker with local aboriginal ladies. You can also learn how to weave baskets and head gear from fibrous plant matter collected from the surrounding desert. The Alice Springs Cultural precinct is a great place to visit and you can walk around the sacred sites and significant trees that are located on the Two Women Dreaming Track.
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