![]() My first night in town I head out Anzac Hill to watch the sunset over Alice. So before heading out on a 3 day expedition out to Uluru-Kataja National Park I explore the town a bit. Participants cut the bottoms out of boats and have a running race up the river bed carrying them. ![]() I should point out the Todd river is usually dry only seeing water around once every 3 years and so Alice has an annual boat race, know as the Henley-on-Todd Regatta, is a little different. ![]() The Todd river is the only ‘waterway’ in which a bushfire has followed solely the river and also the only place where a boat race has had to be cancelled due to water in the river. Standing in the Todd “River”Īlice sits along the Todd River which actually hold some interesting records. Alice is a small town but has every big brand shop you would find in a city, I guess because there’s no where else within a 2 day drive. Good start.Īlice Springs has a population of 28,000 of which 20,000 are aboriginal but wandering around, the ratio doesn’t seem to match but I guess this is partly to do with the number of tourists in town. ![]() So named after a woman who never came here and spring that didn’t exist. ![]() He also believed Alice to be build upon a natural spring which actually turned out just to be a waterhole. So how about a little history to start us off? Alice Springs was named after the town’s founder who in a romantic gesture called the place after his wife back in Adelaide where she remained never visiting her husband. ![]()
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