Alice springs

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    Alice Springs is the third-largest town in the Northern Territory  with a population of around 26,000. The town's population accounts for approximately 10 per cent of the population of the Northern Territory and is the regional hub of Central Australia. The traditional owners of the Alice Springs area are the Central Arrernte people.


    Inquiries and bookings for a charter flight to and from Alice Springs can be made by calling our friendly Operations team at 1300 790 800 or emailing operations@chartair.com.au

    West MacDonnell Ranges is a mountain range covering an area of 3,929,444 hectares.


    The range is a 644 km long series of mountains in central Australia, consisting of parallel ridges running to the east and west of Alice Springs. The highest peaks are Mount Zeil with an elevation of 1,531 meters.

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      The folding, faulting and erosion have shaped the range and created numerous gaps and gorges. It is composed of many rock types, but are most famous for their red quartzite peaks and gorges. 


      Other rock types include granite, limestone, sandstone and siltstone.  Some of the valleys of the range contain fossil evidence of the inland sea that once covered central Australi

    The Todd River is in a very arid part of Australia and has zero to very low flow during 95% of the year.


    It rises in the MacDonnell Ranges and flows southeast for 200 miles (320 km), passing through the town of Alice Springs, eventually disappearing in the Simpson Desert. When it does flow, it carries a heavy sediment load picked up from the grazing land around the Bond Springs homestead which lends its waters a milky chocolate colour and renders them completely opaque.

    Other gorges in the regions are Glen Helen Gorge, a towering wall of sandstone, Ormiston Gorge famous for its waterhole and the spectacular geology and landforms.


    The Ghan Railway line goes through Alice Sings, travelling between Adelaide and Darwin. The journey takes 54 hours to travel the 2,979 kilometres and is considered to be one of the world's great train journeys.

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