Things To Do In The Alice That Don't Necessarily Involve Falling Over

Top Of Anzac Hill

The View From The Top

You can also go and get all mushy at the Baby Kangaroo Rescue Centre. They go out and rescue joeys from the pouches of road kill, raise them and release them back into the wild so that they themselves can become road kill and thus the cycle continues. It's $5 in and you get to play happy families with a little piece of the future of the NT's roads.

Awwwww

Thus Totally Destroying My Hard Image

Not had enough of cute, fluffy marsupials? Head up to Heavitree Gap and grab a bag of pellets for $1 to feed the rock wallabies. Nothing like interfering with the natural flow of the food chain.

Rock Wallaby And A Joey

Toni And Her New Mates

The Reptile Centre is $12 to get in unless you're a filthy backpacker and can prove it (and not with your handsome collection of goon bags either) in which case its $10. Don't go after you've been playing with joeys though or apparently the python might take a bit of a fancy to your extremities. These guys also do free handling and talks at various venues around Alice.

You Shoulda Seen Where The Damn Thing Had Its Tail

Wot You Lookin' At?

There's also some kind of big red rock type thingy about 300km south of Alice Springs, you may have heard of it. You can either self drive or you can fork out $295 plus park entry fees ($25 at the moment) and go with The Rock Tour which means you get to sleep during the boring Getting There bits and you get fed for three days. Can't be bad. The staff are also very good looking, especially the backpackers that clean the buses...

Here's the thing, I can't place why I love Alice so much. It's not a particularly special town, there really isn't much to do if you think about it but I'm still not ready to leave. No one ever hangs around for long, they rock up, do a tour to the centre, come back for one night then leave. I think it must be the people, they're awesome. They're so much fun and I'm gonna miss everyone.