Date: 13-14th August 2025
Travelled: 1120 kms from New Barrow to Alice Springs
Visited: Alice
Stayed: GโDay Mate CP, $46, S23.73330, E133.86777
Departing New Barrow weโve a 300 kilometre drive to Alice Springs, an easy run just the odd truck and caravans going somewhere. Driving into Alice we do a quick supermarket shop and continue on through The Gap to our CP about 5 kms from central Alice.
We get the bikes off and do our Alice exploring via the extensive network of cycle ways. The Todd River is dry, just how the locals like it with the Henley on Todd Regatta coming up.
Our first find is the Botanic Garden just back through The Gap a couple of kilometres.
Pamโs cousin Anne raved about wandering around spotting rock wallabies here recently, so where doing the same. They are a little hard to spot due to their grey colour and at this time of day they rest in the shade under the low shrubs.
However from a botanic perspective we thought it all a bit arid, all a bit drab.
We soon find ourselves up to our armpits in wallabies, there funny little things. Under a shrub in the shade they sit upright on their own tails, we thought that really odd.
Good timing as we make our way back through The Gap we see a train heading north, itโs The Ghan, pictured below but the video is best.
To finish this blog our walk up Anzac hill to the cenotaph provides some great views, however the wind chill was too much for Pam and she was gone.
Thatโs our first couple of days in Alice but more to come.
Michael + Pam
One thought on “Alice Springs, Northern Territory ๐ฆ๐บ 2025”
Some of these photos were awfully familiar ๐.
I was at the Botanical Gardens at 9am so the rock wallabies and the birds were all a bit more active. I think I said that I didnโt think much of the botany but it was great for wallabies, kangaroos and birds. Did you see the Bower bird as well? He was very active throwing things in and out of his bower when I was there early in the morning.
Safely back at your houseโฆโฆโฆand itโs raining again and predicted to do so until I leaveโฆโฆ..then the day after I go itโs going to be sunny all dayโฆ..grrrrr!