Experience a taste of outback station life at this retreat, about 25km north of town. The private self-contained cottage is a refurbished stockman's quarters. A full breakfast is included but other meals are self-catering. Have a game of tennis or mooch around the enormous property that includes the original station school, which operated through the School of the Air.
Bond Springs Outback Retreat
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12.72 MILES
Head to Desert Park, where the creatures of central Australia are all on display in one place, including many that are extremely difficult to find out on…
15.77 MILES
One of the prettiest corners of the West MacDonnell Ranges, Simpsons Gap, 22km by road from Alice Springs and 8km off Larapinta Dr along a paved road,…
10.53 MILES
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11.65 MILES
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Emily & Jessie Gaps Nature Park
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Both of these gaps in the rock wall of the East MacDonnells are associated with the Eastern Arrernte Caterpillar Dreaming trail. Emily Gap, 16km out of…
11.63 MILES
A network of meandering trails leads through this lovely arid zone botanic garden, which was founded by the prominent anthropologist Olive Pink. The…
Alice Springs Transport Heritage Centre
16.61 MILES
At the MacDonnell siding, 10km south of Alice and 1km west of the Stuart Hwy, are two museums dedicated to big trucks and old trains. The Old Ghan…
11.61 MILES
The natural history collection at this compact museum is beautifully displayed, with geological exhibits such as meteorite fragments and fossils, as well…
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Established in 1951, this was the first school of its type in Australia, broadcasting lessons to children over an area of 1.3 million sq km. While…
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4. Museum of Central Australia - Megafauna Central
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Exhibits from one of Australia's richest fossil sites, the Alcoota Waterhole, 150km north of Alice Springs, are on display here. The fossils date back up…
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Built in 1927, the Residency has a gracious beauty. It's a symbol of the town's brief legislative independence from the rest of the NT. Apart from its…
11.19 MILES
Built in the 1920s as the Australian Inland Mission hospital, Adelaide House was the first hospital in central Australia. Designed by the founding flying…
11.23 MILES
Alice Springs schoolhouse from 1938. It's worth a quick look as it's one of few Alice buildings from the early to mid-20th century.
8. Alice Springs Reptile Centre
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It may be small, but this reptile centre packs a poisonous punch with its impressive collection of venomous snakes, thorny devils and bearded dragons…