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Riders get ready to race in the Alice Springs Camel Cup, held each July (courtesy, Australian Tourism Commission)
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"The Alice," as Australians fondly dub it, is the unofficial capital of Outback Australia. In the early 1870s, a handful of telegraph-station workers struggled nearly 1,600km (992 miles) north from Adelaide through the desert to settle by a small spring in what must have seemed like the ends of the earth. Alice Springs, as the place was called, was just a few huts around a repeater station on the ambitious telegraph line that was to link Adelaide with Darwin and the rest of the world.
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AttractionsAboriginal Art & Culture Centre
86 Todd St
Alice Springs, Australia Distance: 0.0 mi. (from destination center) Description: Set up by the Southern Arrernte Aboriginal people, this center houses a small, intriguing museum... Read More Alice Springs Cultural Precinct
Larapinta Dr. at Memorial Ave., 2km (1 1/4 miles) south of town
Alice Springs, Australia Distance: 0.0 mi. (from destination center) Description: At least one or two of the attractions here will probably pique your interest. All of them are... Read More Alice Springs Desert Park
Larapinta Dr., 6km (3 3/4 miles) west of town
Alice Springs, Australia Distance: 0.0 mi. (from destination center) Description: By means of an easy 1.6km (1-mile) trail through three reconstructed natural habitats, this... Read More AirportsMajor Airports near Alice Springs
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