Red Centre Travel Guides

Trephina Gorge Nature Park

This is classic MacDonnell Ranges rockhole country, beautiful and isolated the further upstream you walk. Trephina Gorge Nature Park, in the East...

Ochre Pits

The Ochre Pits, 110 kilometres west of Alice Springs, has been used for generations by the local Aboriginal people as a mine for the colourful...

Native Gap Conservation Reserve

Native Gap Conservation Reserve, located 120 kms north of Alice Springs, is an Aboriginal sacred site with a Cypress Pine fringed picnic area....

Serpentine Chalet Dam

Serpentine Chalet Dam is the Trailhead for Sections 8 and 9 of the Larapinta Trail.

As you approach Serpentine Chalet Dam from Counts...

Explorer's Way

The Explorer's Way bisects the Australian continent from Adelaide in the south to Darwin in the north.

It covers over 3,000 kms and...

Connells Lagoon Conservation Reserve

Connells Lagoon Conservation Reserve is the only Australian reserve to primarily conserve the Mitchell Grassland communities. In the north the...

Davenport Range National Park

The Davenport Range National Park is an important refuge for fauna, especially water birds due to an extensive network of waterholes. At least 7...

Tennant Creek Airport

Located approximately 1 kilometre from the town centre, the Tennant Creek Airport does not currently service any commercial flights....

Tennant Creek Historical Reserve

Tennant Creek Telegraph Station Historical Reserve was built in 1872 to provide a welcome refuge from the harsh and unforgiving surroundings.The...

Attack Creek Historical Reserve

The Attack Creek Historical Reserve is a memorial to the explorer John McDouall Stuart. The creek is the point from which Stuart turned back from...

Finke River Trailhead

The Finke River Trailhead is nearby to the junction of Ormiston and Davenport Creeks where the Finke River begins.

Runoff stored in the...

Jay Creek

Jay Creek is the Trailhead for Sections 2 and 3 of the Larapinta Trail.

Keep an eye out for the wallabies which take shelter in the...

Wallaby Gap

Located in Section 1 of the Larapinta Trail, Wallaby Gap is a deep, narrow passage created by a small watercourse carving through the tough gneiss...

Bill Allen Lookout

The lookout was named after a well known local identity...and is located east of Tennant Creek.

It affords sweeping panoramic views of the...

Ellery Creek Big Hole

High red cliffs, a large waterhole and a sandy creek make this one of the most popular picnicking spots in the West MacDonnell Ranges. ...

Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve

Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve, Karlu Karlu is Tennant Creek region's most spectacular landmark with thousands of huge, precariously...

Birthday Waterhole

Birthday Waterhole is the Trailhead for Sections 4 and 5 of the Larapinta Trail.

Large River Red Gums fringe Birthday Waterhole, this semi...

N' Dhala Gorge Nature Park

N'Dhala Gorge Nature Park is located 90 kilometres East of Alice Springs, via the Ross Highway and is accessable by four wheel drive only....

Hugh Gorge Junction

Hugh Gorge Junction is located on Section 5 of the Larapinta Trail. After climbing over the rocky saddle you gradually descend until you reach the...