Alice Springs, Australia Travel Blogs

Melanka Backpackers is a HOLE !
Jul 8, 2007 (11 photos)

... . I was impressed with the bush dunny which didn't stink.   Back on the squishy minibus for a 5 hour drive to Alice Springs with a short lunch stop at the Red Sands Café. We arrived in Alice early afternoon and checked into the Melanka Backpackers. ...

Frank, The Tempermental Camel
Oct 7, 2005 (1 photos)

... legs kneel, too. I scrambled off quickly, gave Frank a tentative pat on the nose, and backed quickly away. Suddenly the adventures of that girl who rode the three camels all the way from Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean become even more awe-inspiring.

One last BLAST !!
Jul 14, 2007 (12 photos)

Woke at 4.30am and dressed in the warmest clothes possible. The bus that was supposed to pick us up at 5am turned up at 5.30 so we could have had an extra half hour of sleep. We drove out of town for about 30kms to meet the other bus carrying the balloon. ...

Why I became a pilot...
Jul 15, 2007 (1 photos)

... did not want to return and work as a travel agent, just to be stuck behind another desk. As I was sitting in Todd Park, Alice Springs contemplating what to do, a helicopter flew overhead. I decided then and there that that was what I wanted to do - become ...

Full circle
Jul 13, 2007 (18 photos)

... the bumpiest 4WD track I have ever known brought us to the stunningly beautiful Palm Valley. It is the only place in Australia where these particular cabbage palms grow. We walked up the valley over the ridge then back along the valley floor. Clark ...

The Legendary Ghan and the Amazing Rock
Feb 16, 2004 (14 photos)

... camels in the outback than anywhere else in the world, and they now export them to the Middle East. We arrived in Alice Springs nearly 23 hours after we were due to leave Adelaide, about 3 1/2 hours late. Thankfully though the seats were pretty ...

Alice Springs
Feb 2, 2006 (3 photos)

We left a beautiful day in Cairns to head to Australian's Famous Outback and Ayers Rock and the main arrival point is Alice Springs. Alice Springs is the largest town in the Northern Territory, and as we drove through it we realized that there just wasn't ...

Alice Springs
May 27, 2007 (1 photos)

Alex: I don't think landing in Alice Springs at 12 pm on a Sunday gave us the opportunity to see Alice at her best as everything was shut or shutting and the town was pretty dead. About all we managed to do was buy the obligatory boomerang, feed ourselves ...

Steve Gumerungi Hodder- special guest this episode
Apr 5, 2008 (45 photos)

Gumerungi Steve, the radio journalist I interviewed in Alice Springs has kindly agreed to share some personal photos with my readers. All photoes in this Entry are from his trip to Aurukun (Western Cape York, Queensland, Australia) last April-May ...

My favorite town in Australia! Seriously!
Mar 28, 2008 (9 photos)

A dusty town in the Midle of the Outback, Alice Springs is my favorite Australian city, for I met tones of cool people here... *** WORLD CHANGE STARTS WITH EDUCATED CHILDREN! Give a girl the life long gift of education! Support my appeal ...

Alice and a Camel
Aug 27, 2004 (8 photos)

... large perenti, which is a large reptile (upto a couple of metres long). On this occassion Steve was handling the Perenti belonging to Alice Springs Reptile Centre. They advised him not to handle the Perenti as they have a bit of a bite. Steve did not take ...

Little Alice
Nov 29, 2006 (4 photos)

... of character which is not really surprising given its low population being the only place with much of anything in the centre of Australia. Making up a good number of those that do live here though are the native Aboriginals many of whom sadly seem to be ...

Middle of Nowhere
Nov 28, 2006 (6 photos)

... we also picked up an unwanted topping on most people's sarnies with a mini sand storm blowing in around us. Finally arriving in Alice Springs and back in civilization I checked into Annie's Place hostel where we all joined up later on for one last meal ...

Alice Springs
Feb 17, 2009 (5 photos)

We were minging after the bus ride from Adelaide to Alice Springs and it was roasting in Alice when we got in. Rang the Alice Lodge where we had booked a room and we were collected by the guy running the Hostel who is from Limerick ...

Alice, Alice, Where the flip is Alice!
Feb 17, 2004 (7 photos)

... David and Rachel got a chalet. Simon, Mum and I got acquainted with Vernon. We sorted out our stuff and headed into Alice Springs for a look around. What a place! This was our first encounter with Aborigines and unfortunately wasn't the best. They were all ...

Alice Spings - Day 210
Sep 19, 2008 (2 photos)

Today has been pretty uneventful, no amazing sights to report on. It was a long drive to Alice Springs this morning which took from sunrise to the early afternoon to complete. Beginning to get a little pissed off now with all the driving, been having some ...

Days 234-236
May 10, 2007 (37 photos)

... people who haven't been themselves. Like most things in life you have to see for yourself. We had a long drive back to Alice Springs, punctuated by a camel ride that looked fun. I didn't bother with that - I was happy petting the dingo that was chained ...

The Rock
Dec 2, 2006

... decision making although most of us had made up our minds not to climb before we arrived anyway. On the way back to Alice Springs we stopped for a short break during which a road train pulled up beside us which is pretty much like your everyday ordinary ...

Recharing the batteries
Jul 9, 2007 (26 photos)

... ?).   We would have liked to hire a scooter to explore the town for the day but there is no scooter hire in Alice Springs - none at all!! Reduced to using our legs, we wandered around some more shops, spent an hour in an internet café doing emails, ...

Party Shenanigans in The Alice
Oct 7, 2005

... bra. Despite (or perhaps because of) this intimidating effort, the other pair won. Our table was heartbroken at my undeserved loss, but we went right back to the partying nonetheless. crazy party night in Alice Springs as a final throwdown to the trip

Shaken ... and stirred......
Apr 29, 2004 (13 photos)

... in need of beer grateful to be across safely but sorry to leave desert, Spend two days driving 'Old Andado Track' Arrive Alice Springs... Nitty Gritty: Larry was stocked up with 190L of Diesel (Two tanks Two Jerrys) and 100L of Water the previous day ...

Darwin to Alice Springs
Dec 7, 2005 (12 photos)

... fairly big snake too, around two metres long. We sat back and relaxed for the rest of the day, as we cruised down to Alice Springs. This is the Outback's largest settlement, with a shocking 25,000 people. Time to stock up in the Supermarket, jump on the ...

Australia - Alice Springs (via Devils Marbles)
May 11, 2006 (30 photos)

... wind (PICS). Leaving the Devils Marbles we drove across the Tropic of Capricorn (PIC) and then completed the journey to Alice Springs (PIC), arriving in the Red Centre's most famous town at mid-afternoon. After driving around the town we visited the ...

Stranded in Alice
Apr 8, 2006 (7 photos)

... the Frenchies were crazy and danced the night away until 5am. They only arrived today but have already secured a job and will be staying in Alice for 2 months! It's alright for a few days but I would go stir crazy staying in such a small town for longer.

Day 246-252: Alice Springs/Darwin
May 22, 2005

... into Darwin on time around half 4 and god was it hot when we stepped of the air conditioned train, low 30s, big difference from Alice. B&D were staying at The Cavenagh and said it had got a good rating on a website, as I hadn't made any arrangements I ...

Big Canyons And Dirt Tracks
Apr 6, 2006 (10 photos)

... waiting for a flat tyre. Finally got back to the sealed road with all tyres still intact and finished the remaining 100km's to Alice Springs. Drove to the hostel we had chosen, Toddy's, and it was evident that something was wrong with the car. When we ...

Hot and dusty - most of the time...
Jul 8, 2005 (4 photos)

... to see the border marker between SA and NT fly by. This train travel is really growing on me! Almost dead centre of Australia now. It was surprising to see the extent of plant life abounding in the martian red soil and undulating hills for miles in ...

Uluru - acres rock to me and you!
Dec 19, 2004 (10 photos)

... the heat, i couldn't believe how hot it was considering the time of day - factor 8 qas definately required for the walk into Alice Springs town centre at this time of day. Sarah and i made our decision to head to the Northern Terratory when we were in ...

Alice Springs
May 30, 1982

Mum and Dad

Alice Highway
Nov 27, 2006

Alice Highway