Top Attractions in ALICE SPRINGS

• Anzac Hill - The town offers the traveller a vast number of attractions. A good starting point is Anzac Hill. A memorial to the lives lost in conflict, it offers an excellent view of Alice Springs and environs affording a superb 360° panorama.
  
  
• John Flynn's Memorial Church & Grave - John Flynn was the founder of the Flying Doctor Service and was one of outback Australia's most loved characters. The Flynn Memorial Church, on the corner of Todd and Parsons Streets, was built in memory of the legend. Flynn’s grave is located 5 km west of Alice Springs, in a small reserve on Larapinta Drive, where his ashes are placed underneath a 8.13 tonne granite boulder (taken from the 'Devils Marbles'). The lines on his gravestone, which aptly sum up his life, read 'His vision encompassed the continent. He established the Australian Inland Mission and founded the Flying Doctor Service. He brought to lonely places a spiritual ministry and spread a mantle of safety over them by medicine and radio'.
  
  
• Pitchi Richi Sanctuary - Among other novel experiences in Alice is the Pitchi Richi Sanctuary. Lying south of the town beyond Heavitree Gap, Pitchi Richi was designed by Leo Corbett to give the fauna of the area a sanctuary and to collect machinery which had been used in the nineteenth century. The Sanctuary also boasts the clay sculptures of William Ricketts expressing key aspects of Aboriginal Dreamtime.
  
  
• Ghan Preservation Society Museum - Further south is a recent addition to the town's tourist trail - the Ghan Preservation Society's Museum. The museum, which was completed as a Bicentennial project, preserves the 'Old Ghan' which was superseded in 1980 when the new standard gauge railway was completed from Tarcoola to The Alice.
  
  
• Old Stuart Gaol - The Old Stuart Gaol is the oldest building in The Alice. Built in 1909 it is a monument to the difficulties which occurred in the early days in Alice Springs. The roof was brought by camel from the railhead at Oodnadatta. The oak lintels were cut from local desert oak and the stone was quarried from the Heavitree Gap area by the stonemason Jack Williams. It remained in use until 1938. Now it stands rather forlorn and incongruous surrounded by modern buildings of steel and glass and concrete.
  
  
• Surrounding Area - You can also visit some of the famous tourist attraction such as – Uluru (Ayres Rock) – Kings Canyon – Palm Valley - Kata Tjuta (The Olgas) – The Western MacDonnell Ranges – and many more.
  
  

Top Activities For ALICE SPRINGS

• Henley-on-Todd Regatta - The locals have gone to some trouble to achieve fame through unusual tourist attractions. The famous Henley-on-Todd Regatta held every August is notable as a race along a dry riverbed and the Bangtail Muster in May is an occasion when numerous humorous floats parade down the main street.