Alice Springs can be a very surprising tourist destination in Australia. The area was inhabited by Aranda Aborigines for thirty thousand years. Considered as the heart and center of the Australian outback, a lot of people recommend that you take a hike around the area of Alice Springs in order to get a feel of what it used to be like a hundred years ago.

The place was named after Charles Todd’s wife, Alice. Charles Todd was then South Australia’s superintendent of telegraphs and he saw the need to link Australia to the place due to its reliable water sources.

Amidst its clear desert air you can find that the place has a very modern appearance. This is because Alice Springs is a modern town that has all the usual comforts and facilities that you are used to so you do not have to endure any hardships in this blast to the past trip.