Alice Springs a place where the sands run red, and the water runs dry. I had the sheer pleasure of staying in Alice Springs for about 3 months. After driving and camping through the Simpson dessert in blistering heat believe it or not Alice became a sanctuary and and well earned pit stop. Having already been to Uluru,The Olga's and Kings Canyon, Alice Springs was next on the stop list, whilst I was trying to make my way to Townsville on the coast. Unlike the UK, Australia doesn't have any short cuts or quick routes unless you wanna go by plane, there are just these amazing straight roads spun across it's vast plain. I stayed at the "In town ...  Read the complete review

Alice Springs is a place which must not be overlooked when you are visiting Australia. It is the ideal place to visit when you are en route to Uluru (Ayres Rock) whether by road or by plane. I visited Alice Springs in October 2005 and it was boiling hot as you would expect in the desert, however it also rained! The first time it had rained for about a 2 years I think they said! We were in Alice for about 3 days and had a brilliant time - it is just so different from a lot of places to visit in Australia. We stayed in a great little hostel but later found out it was on the "wrong" side of Alice and that Alice Springs can be quite a ...  Read the complete review