Alice Springs Parks Gardens

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....

Illamurta Springs Conservation Reserve

This reserve is one of the most peaceful and isolated reserves in the Parks and Wildlife Commission estate.

Its natural values are due to...

The Date Gardens

Emily and Jessie Gaps Nature Park

The Emily and Jesse Gaps are the first features you will see when visiting the eastern MacDonnells. The sites are of special spiritual value to...

Tnorala Conservation Reserve

Tnorala (Gosse Bluff) Conservation Reserve is a place of great cultural significance to the Western Arrernte Aboriginal people, as well as one of...

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...

Alice Springs Telegraph Station

The township of Alice Springs obtained its name from the waterhole at this historic Telegraph Station. This historical reserve marks the original...

Blatherskite Park

Arltunga Historical Reserve

Located 110 kilometres east of Alice Springs, the historic town of Arltunga was officially Central Australia's first town and once supported...

Earth Sanctuary World Nature Centre

Henbury Meteorites Conservation Reserve

Henbury Meteorites Conservation Reserve contains 12 craters which were formed when a meteor hit the earth's surface 4700 years ago. The...

Anna's Reservoir Conservation Reserve

The first European person to discover, name and describe Anna's Reservoir was explorer John McDouall Stuart in April 1860. Naming the rockhole...

West MacDonnell National Park

West MacDonnell National Park is a vast and spectacular section of the MacDonnell Ranges, located west of Alice Springs. The park is an...

Mac Clark Conservation Reserve

Acacia peuce, or waddywood is one of the rarest and most striking trees of the Australian arid zone. It grows in the Mac Clark (Acacia peuce)...

Ruby Gap Nature Park

We've all heard of fool's gold, but how about fool's rubies? Ruby Gap Nature Park is linked to the first mining rush in Central...

Ewaninga Rock Carvings Conservation Reserve

Ewaninga Rock Carvings Conservation Reserve is a small, 6ha reserve protecting rock engravings which are a valuable link to the activities of...

Simpsons Gap

The West MacDonnell National Park incorporates a number of scenic gaps, including Simpsons Gap, one of the most prominent waterholes in the West...

Ryan Well Historical Reserve

Ryan Well Historical Reserve serves as a rest area of historical interest for travellers. On the western side of the highway are the remains of an...

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...

Olive Pink Botanic Garden

The Olive Pink Botanic Garden lies adjacent to the Todd River not far from the centre of Alice Springs.

Miss Pink was the Honorary...