Nearby:
Pic: 'Coming to Alice'
John Flynn's Grave (5 km w) (1880-1951).
Simpsons Gap NP (8 km west): 31 000 ha
park within the MacDonnell Ranges and home to tame rock
wallabies, ghost gums and numerous waterholes.
Chambers Pillar Historical Reserve (165 km
south): features a 40 m red and yellow sandstone
outcrop which had been an early explorers' vital
landmark. Access by 4 WD.
Henbury Meteorite Conservation Park (145 km
south): protects a dozen large iron meteorite craters
thought to be about 4 700 years old.
Ewaninga Rock Carvings Reserve (35 km s-e):
contains ancient and outstanding Aboriginal rock
carvings.
Standley Chasm (50 km west): steep and
spectacular gorge in the MacDonnell Ranges which was
named after the area's first schoolteacher (Ida
Standley). Takes 20 mins to walk into.
Emily Gap (13 km east) & Jessie Gap
(18 km east): in the East MacDonnells and both
contain Aboriginal art and sacred sites.
Alice Springs Telegraph Station Historical
Reserve (3 km north): site of original stone
buildings (repeater station) and Alice Springs
waterhole. Interesting historic displays, bushwalks
& wildlife.
Corroboree Rock Conservation Reserve (43 km
east): important site for the local Eastern Arrernte
Aborigines.
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