From Alice Springs to...

A Town Like Alice

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December 29th 2005
Once it was what the name is telling you, a place to find water on the lang way south. Later on it became an important telegraph station and planes were made to connect it to Adelaide at the south coast via a railway line. Today Alice is still not a big city (around 30,000 residents) but it´s clearly a tourist destination. People come here visit the 'Red Center´ of Australia and to experience A ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Alice Springs

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more