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A Town Like Alice - Half-Day Tour

Tour the sights of 'The Alice' including The School of the Air. We learn how children who cannot access schools are educated by radio, we may have the opportunity to listen to and observe actual lessons in progress on air.

  • 4 hours
  • Mobile voucher
  • Entry to the School of the Air
  • Royal Flying Doctor Service
  • Alice Springs Reptile Centre
  • Telegraph Station

Tour the sights of 'The Alice' including The School of the Air. We learn how children who cannot access schools are educated by radio, we may have the opportunity to listen to and observe actual lessons in progress on air.

Stop at the historic Telegraph Station, which marks the original site of the first European settlement in Alice Springs. Visit the Royal Flying Doctors Service, where you will see how medical aid reaches those who live in the remote 'outback'.

We also make a stop at the Alice Springs Reptile Centre, where you can see up close and potentially touch the lizards and snakes of Central Australia's semi-arid desert, such as the Perentie Lizard and the Thorny Devil. The tour concludes with a panoramic view of the township of Alice Springs and the MacDonnell Ranges from the top of Anzac Hill.

Tour the sights of 'The Alice' including the School of the Air, which provides education to primary school children living on remote properties. There may be the opportunity to listen to and observe lessons in progress on air if you are there during the school term. Stop at the historic Telegraph Station, which marks the original site of the first European settlement in Alice Springs. Visit the Royal Flying Doctor Service, where you will see how medical aid reaches those who live in the Outback.

all into the Alice Springs Reptile Centre, where you can observe the many lizards and snakes of Central Australia's semi-arid desert, such as the Perentie Lizard and the Thorny Devil. The tour concludes with a panoramic view of Alice Springs and the MacDonnell Ranges from the top of Anzac Hill.

Included

  • Hotel pick-up and drop-off for selected hotels
  • Guide

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