Heading to the center of Australia is a complete must do if you are considering campervan hire in Australia. Alice Springs, in Central Australia is nowadays a modern town, complete with traffic lights but retains a unique personality, redolent of earlier times. As well as having lots of historic things to see, Alice Springs makes a superb base from which to venture further out to visit other widely known and exceptional natural landforms, for example Ayres Rock, the Olgas, Kings Canyon to name just one or two.
Alice Springs is home to one of many overland telegraph stations that linked Adelaide to Darwin in the nineteenth century and is well worth a visit. It is located just outside of the town on the banks of the Todd Stream, which is generally dry, but truly impressive if you're fortunate enough to see it in flood - or al least with a little water in it.
The home of the Flying Doctor Service is in Alice Springs and Flynn of the Inland is fondly recalled by those who lived on remote cattle stations. The city itself is reasonably modern now with masses of top class tourist facilities and shopping.
If you visit in the middle of the year when days are warm and nights are cold, you might go to the Henley On Todd regatta, complete with mobile boats made of lager cans and anything more to hand. The stream is dry of course, so these 'boats ' are human powered by a spread of ingenious methods. The Camel Cup is also masses of fun if you are there at the right time.
If you're considering visiting Alice Springs on a holiday in Australia, it's best to visit in the middle of the year when daytime temperatures aren't sitting on 40 C. This makes exploring the numerous, natural desert attractions, much more relaxed and enjoyable. Unless you are on a driving holiday, Alice Springs can be reached by air from all capital towns and by train (the Ghan), from Adelaide.
Alice Springs is home to one of many overland telegraph stations that linked Adelaide to Darwin in the nineteenth century and is well worth a visit. It is located just outside of the town on the banks of the Todd Stream, which is generally dry, but truly impressive if you're fortunate enough to see it in flood - or al least with a little water in it.
The home of the Flying Doctor Service is in Alice Springs and Flynn of the Inland is fondly recalled by those who lived on remote cattle stations. The city itself is reasonably modern now with masses of top class tourist facilities and shopping.
If you visit in the middle of the year when days are warm and nights are cold, you might go to the Henley On Todd regatta, complete with mobile boats made of lager cans and anything more to hand. The stream is dry of course, so these 'boats ' are human powered by a spread of ingenious methods. The Camel Cup is also masses of fun if you are there at the right time.
If you're considering visiting Alice Springs on a holiday in Australia, it's best to visit in the middle of the year when daytime temperatures aren't sitting on 40 C. This makes exploring the numerous, natural desert attractions, much more relaxed and enjoyable. Unless you are on a driving holiday, Alice Springs can be reached by air from all capital towns and by train (the Ghan), from Adelaide.
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This article was penned by Anton Maverick who has travelled Australia at length by campervan he reccomends when touring the southern states either campervan Hire Brisbane or campervan hire Darwin good luck with your travels.
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