One problem with my trip to Australia was its short duration -- I was unable to visit Uluru (aka Ayers Rock).
Instead, I had a short stay in Alice Springs, which at least partially met my need to visit the "Red Center."
My home base in Alice Springs was The Territory Inn. | |
The main drag. | |
A historic building in Alice Springs town center: Adelaide House. | |
Sometimes there is a river near Alice Springs -- just not now. | |
Making the rounds: this bus can take tourists to some of the many attractions. | |
Self-locomotion. | |
Old trains. | |
Inside a train (pic 1). | |
Inside a train (pic 2). | |
Do-it-yourself motor-home, Outback-style. | |
Turn-of-the-(20th)-century cars. | |
Classic (?) motorcycles. | |
A plugger's trailer truck :) | |
Airplanes. | |
Another plane. | |
And another plane. | |
Dinosaur! | |
A sacred hill. | |
Grave of the famous Aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira. (Thanks to person who sent the anonymous Bit Zone comment about the Namatjira web page.) | |
The original Alice Springs: the telegraph station. | |
A war memorial atop a hill south of downtown. (Why was the picture taken at an angle? Ah...) | |
Downtown Alice Springs (from the war memorial hill). | |
The pass into Alice Springs (in the distance, as seen from the war memorial hill). | |
Entrance to the camel farm. |
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