Alice Springs transport
Getting around the small town centre of
Alice Springs is pretty easy on foot, but there is also the bus
called the Town
Explorer that goes around all the major attractions of the
town, also there is a public bus service and Elkes Backpackers
has a free shuttle bus to take you around town as well.
Flights to Alice Springs
Unless you are planning on some long distance driving
you will have to fly to Alice Springs.
Cheap flights are readily available on the internet now as competition
around Australia is tough, try the handy search box below or see
more cheap
flights to Alice Springs here.
Flying in to Alice Springs? The airport is about
15km. from the Alice Springs town centre but Elkes Backpackers
Resort will pick you up from the airport for free.
Elkes
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Welcome to Elkes Backpackers Resort, Alice Springs cleanest
and best equipped Backpacker's Hostel, well located just
10 minutes walk from the town centre. Made up of just
33 rooms, Elkes is surrounded by lush green lawns and
palm trees, with a large swimming pool, giving you lots
of space to relax and chill out. Situated close to all
facilities in Alice Springs we offer a FREE shuttle bus
service in and around town. We also do FREE pick ups from
the airport, train and bus stations. Elke's Backpackers
Resort is the only hostel in Alice Springs to offer air
conditioning/heating cooking facilities, fridge, toilet,
bathroom and television in every room. FREE continental
style breakfast is included in all our room rates. Coffee
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Buses around Alice Springs
ASBUS is the local bus service in Alice Springs, they have some very
artistically painted buses with access for the disabled in wheelchairs.
They run on weekdays and Saturday mornings, but not on public holidays.
For more info phone 8952 5611.
Sight seeing tours around Alice Springs
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Alice Springs today is a lively
town full of things to see and places to go. On your informative
town tour, you'll find the locals to be relaxed and friendly
and always keen for a chat.
Visit the base of the Royal Flying Doctor Service and
the School of the Air, two uniquely Australian organizations
that provide medical care and education respectively to
people in remote areas of central Australia. Enjoy panoramic
views of the town and the rugged West MacDonnell Ranges
from Anzac Hill. See the old Telegraph Station and visit
the fascinating Aboriginal exhibit at Panorama Guth. On
conclusion of the tour at approximately 5:00pm, you will
be transferred back to your hotel.
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There is also the Town Explorer, you can hop on and hop
off at all the major attractions around the town. More
info....
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Taxis in Alice Springs
Desert Private Hire Cars - phone 8953 1600
Alice Springs Taxis - phone 8952 1877
Transport to Alice Springs
Hire cars in and to Alice Springs:
RentNewCars.com.au
is an Australian company that exclusively distributes Europcar &
Thrifty's Australian fleet of 16,000 new vehicles and offers access
to over 200 locations around Australia.
You can browse available cars and book online to have your car waiting
for you on arrival in Alice Springs, Darwin or Adelaide.
Bus transport to Alice Springs:
All the major coach lines call in to Alice Springs between Darwin
and Adelaide, and there are buses like the Groovy Grape that do
a great combination of a tour and transport between Adelaide and
Alice.
Train transport to Alice Springs
SInce 1929 it has been possible to travel from Adelaide
to Alice Springs by train, but it took until 2003 for the link between
Alice Springs and Darwin to be completed.
After more than a hundred years of talking about it the 1420 km. N.T.
railway has finally been built and was completed in October 2003 at
a cost of $ 1.3 billion. Workers had to battle the desert heat and
at times worked under big lights in the night and slept in the day,
and had to negotiate with Aborigines to avoid sacred sites. By November
2003 already five million dollars in bookings was made for the first
passenger service planned to start around february 2004, the first
freight train, measuring 1200 metres in length and carrying 4000 tonnes,
left Adelaide on 15 january 2004 for the 43 hour and 2979 km. journey.
Mainly a freight line, the railway is also expected to bring an extra
30,000 tourists to Darwin each year. Darwininans wanting to celebrate
the arrival of the first train were shocked to hear that alcohol was
banned at the arrival party (even for the 600 VIPs) , this was a major
break with tradition for a city that for many years held the record
of having the highest per capita consumption of beer in the world
and has an annual beercan regatta with boats made of empty beercans.
A crowd of 10 000 people welcomed the train on its arrival around
lunchtime on Saturday 17 January. Northern Territory Chief Minister
Clare Martin said the first journey along the 3000km railway was ``a
dream for Australia come true'' , Prime Minister John Howard said;
"this is a great moment is the history of Australia, this is
a reminder of Australia at its best." Chris Corrigan, a man who
has made his fortune in the transport industry said; they've spent
$2 billion building a railway for five trains a week and a few cartons
of beer and I expect the financial returns on that to be smaller than
ticks' testicles. But for the first year of operations they carried
more freight than had been anticipated. It certainly provides a great
way for travellers to see the Northern Territory outback in comfort.
