Alice Springs Telegraph Station
0 Comment by Mai Lin / January 13, 2009 / Posted in TravelThe Alice Springs Telegraph Station served two major services, to connect the rest of Australia to the world and to serve as a welfare home for the aboriginal children of mixed decent. The Alice Springs Telegraph Station was built in the 1872. It reduced the time it took to send a message from Australia to [...]
Royal Flying Doctor Services (RFDS)
0 Comment by Mai Lin / January 13, 2009 / Posted in TravelThe Royal Flying Doctors Services is very close to the Alice Springs Reptile Park so if you’re going to see one you should definitely see the other. The RFDS’ was the first pioneer of flying doctors around Australia and the world. Some of you may have seen the RFDS TV series. The RFDS does an [...]
Alice Springs Desert Park
0 Comment by Mai Lin / January 12, 2009 / Posted in Travel, WildlifeDavid Attenborough once said about the Alice Springs Desert Park, “there is no zoo or wildlife park in the world that can match it” and with that I decided that this was a must go. We went there very early because I didn’t want to be walking around in the desert in 40 degrees heat. [...]
Bush Tucker Fusion Style – Alice Springs, Northern Territory
0 Comment by Mai Lin / January 11, 2009 / Posted in Food & Wine, TravelAs much as experiencing your traditional bush tucker food of bush berries, herbs and seeds sounds nice, I decided to try a fusion style bush tucker. So I went to Red Ochre Grill at the main shopping street of Alice Springs – Todd Mall. Here is what we got for our starters and mains: Starter [...]
East MacDonnell Ranges – Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
0 Comment by Mai Lin / January 11, 2009 / Posted in TravelEast MacDonnell ranges is part of the MacDonnell National Park, located just 20 minutes drive from Alice Springs, Northern Territory. It is less popularthan it’s cousin (West MacDonnell ranges), however if you have a day to spare, it is still an interesting place to explore. Like the rest of MacDonnell National Park, East MacDonnell ranges [...]
West MacDonnell Ranges – Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
0 Comment by Mai Lin / January 10, 2009 / Posted in TravelWest MacDonnell Ranges is part of the MacDonnell National Park, and is only a 20 minute drive from Alice Springs in Northern Territory. It is famous for it’s cold waterholes and beautiful gorges. There are a lot of bush walking trails you can do amongst the different gorges. West MacDonnell National Park has the longest [...]
Alice Springs Reptile Park – Northern Territory, Australia
0 Comment by Mai Lin / January 9, 2009 / Posted in Travel, WildlifeThe Alice Springs Reptile Park is located in the heart of Alice Springs town at Northern Territory, Australia. I have to admit I didn’t think much of it and only went to kill time. I guess I was comparing it to the other parks I was going to be going to, ie Crocsaurus Cove, Crocodylus [...]
Kings Canyon, Northern Territory
5 Comments by Mai Lin / January 8, 2009 / Posted in TravelInstead of visiting The Olgas at Kata Tjuta National Park, I decided to visit Watarrka National Park to explore the majestic Kings Canyon instead. Kings Canyon is located approximately 3.5 hours drive from Uluru and slightly longer from Alice Springs. We left really early because I didn’t want to be trekking at midday where to [...]
