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Alice Springs - Cities, Towns and Localities |
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 Alice Springs Desert Park
Larapinta Drive, ALICE SPRINGS NT 0870
Ph: +61 8 8951 8788 Fax: +61 8 8951 8720
Web:
www.alicespringsdesertpark.com.au
The park introduces visitors to the incredible but subtle richness of
Australias arid zone. Designed to move well beyond the boundaries of
traditional zoos, botanic gardens and museums, the park has adopted a holistic
habitat-based and story driven approach. Discover the desert in its entirety,
the landscapes, animals and plants, and their traditional use and management by
Aboriginal people.Nestled in the foothills of the West MacDonnell Range, just ten minutes from
the centre of town you will experience diverse and spectacular landscapes and
learn about the adaptations of hundreds of species of desert flora and fauna.
There are:
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 Free-flying birds of prey display.
- Desert Rivers, Sand Country, and the Woodland habitats to explore.
- Close encounters with rare and elusive wildlife in the Nocturnal House.
- With a changing theatre presentation that could include The Changing
Heart, where four and a half billion years of desert evolution will flash
before you in a 20 minute cinematic journey, or Wild Australasia, where you
learn about the surprising diversity of life within our arid habitats.
- Interactive interpretive exhibits.
To see our images
click here...
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 Alice
Springs Reptile Centre
9 Stuart Terrace (at the base of Billy Goat Hill
(opposite Royal Flying Doctor
Service), ALICE SPRINGS NT 0870
Ph: 08 8952 8900 Fax: 08
8952 8700 Web:
www.reptilecentre.com.au
Open Daily 9:30 am to 5:00 pm Talks daily at 11 am, 1 pm, 3:30 pm
Hands on fun for everyone! Come and
see thorny devils, frilled neck lizards, goannas, pythons, venomous snakes,
taipans, and Terry the saltwater croc. To see our images
click here...
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Finke Gorge National Park
With tall cabbage palms and other rare plants, this park has remarkable scenery.
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Illamurta Springs Conservation Reserve
Has a permanent natural spring, with access by 4WD via the Finke River.
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Larapinta Trail
Officially opened in April 2002, will offer 13 sections of a 250 km walk through
a fantastic region of the Outback.
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Olive Pink
Botanic Garden
Cnr Barrett Drv and Tuncks Rd, ALICE SPRINGS NT 0870
An Arid Zone Botanic Garden in the Northern Territory.
Miss Olive Pink arrived in Central Australia in 1930, and lived with the
Aboriginal people in the Tanami Desert. She studied the Arrernte and Walpiri
people and was a great advocate of Aboriginal rights. Later she lived in Alice
Springs and worked for the creation of this arid zone botanic garden.
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 Standley Chasm
Iwupataka Land Trust
Ph: 08 8956
7440 Fax: 08 8956 7325
Gates open 8 am to 6 pm (no entry after 5 pm)
entry subject to a small fee
Located 50 km by sealed road from
Alice Springs, Standley Chasm has been gouged into touch sandstone by the floods
that, over untold millions of years, have surged down a narrow tributary of the
Finke River system. The result is a deep red cleft, with slopes on either side
rising 80 metres above the floor. Regardless of the weather or time of day, the
Chasm is at its most dramatic an hour either side of noon on a sunny day. It is
at noon that the desert sun is perfectly aligned, drenching Standley Chasm in a shower of brilliant red light,
the sheer walls glowing from the reflected sunlight to create a breath-taking
display.
Standley Chasm is located in a private flora and fauna reserve owned by the
Iwupataka Land Trust. All native plants and animals are protected. Do not pat
the dingoes. To view more information and images,
click here...
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Tnorala Conservation Reserve
142 million years ago a comet crashed into the area, creating a huge crater. The formation is of great significance to the local Aboriginal custodians.
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Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
Includes two of Australias most significant cultural landmarks, Uluru and Kata Tjuta, a must see for visitors to this region.
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Watarrka National Park
Located between Alice Springs and Uluru it offers 300 m sheer cliff faces, a geological
lost city, and palm fringed waterholes.
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West MacDonnell National Park
As part of the incredible Larapinta Trail, this rugged landscape must see features include: Simpsons Gap, Ellery Creek Big Hole, Ormiston Gorge, Serpentine Gorge, Glen Helen Gorge, Redbank Gorge, Tnorala (Gosse Buff) Conservation Reserve, Ochre Pits and Namatjiras Twin Ghost Gums.
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Wildlife |
For those locating injured wildlife the following services may be of assistance:
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Alice
Springs Reptile Centre
9 Stuart Terrace (at the base of Billy Goat Hill
(opposite Royal Flying Doctor
Service), ALICE SPRINGS NT 0870
Ph: 08 8952 8900 Fax: 08
8952 8700 Web:
www.reptilecentre.com.au
They deal mainly in reptiles and assist with snake removals.
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Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife Service
Contact - visit the website for details.
Rescue of injured and orphaned wildlife...
- Wildlife Rescue
Darwin Mobile: 0409 090 840
Alice Springs Mobile: 0419 221 128
Katherine Mobile: 0407 934 252
- Snakes and Other Reptile Callouts
Darwin, Palmerston and rural areas Ph: 1800 453 210
Alice Springs Ph: 1800 453 210
Katherine Ph: 1800 453 210
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Wildcare Alice Springs
(Inc)
ALICE SPRINGS NT 0871
Mobile: 0419 221 128 (Wildlife Emergency) Mobile: 0407 983 276 (Reptile
Emergency/Snake Phone)
Wildcare Alice Springs Inc was formed
in 1996 to help rehabilitate and rescue wildlife in Central Australia. Wildcare
Alice Springs Inc is a non-profit organisation manned completely by dedicated
volunteers, and receives support from the Northern Territory Parks & Wildlfe
Service and local businesses.
FOUND AN INJURED ANIMAL?
- MINIMISE noise.
- MINIMISE handling and stress.
- KEEP pets and children AWAY from wildlife.
- DONT offer wildlife food, never offer milk!
- MOVE road kill at least 10 m off the road.
- CHECK dead kangaroo pouches for joeys.
- CONTACT Wildlife Inc. Alice Springs.
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Wildlife can be dropped off at Alice Springs Reptile Centre or Alice Springs
Vet Clinic on Bath Street during business hours.
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Other Local Animal Services
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Check out Alice Springs Local Services -
Pets & Related Services,
includes contact for RSPCA. |
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