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Alice Springs Telegraph Station Historical Reserve

1,207 Reviews

#9 of 63 things to do in Alice Springs

Sights & Landmarks, Historic Sites

Closed Now: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

South Stuart Highway | Herbert Heritage Drive, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0870, Australia

Open today: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

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Located within the Alice Springs Telegraph Station Historical Reserve, the Telegraph Station is the birthplace of the Alice Springs township. Is is an excellent value and must see destination to add to your itinerary while visiting the Northern...more

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South Stuart Highway | Herbert Heritage Drive, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0870, Australia

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Barb C

Geelong, Australia

26951

Reviewed 2 days ago

Just a 3km meandering walk from Alice along the Todd River

A must-do for visitors! The grounds of theis Historic Precinct are spacious and there are open expanses of green grass and shady picnic areas for the public. Do a tour (included in the entry price - our guide Emily was excellent). So much to see...More

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msmanda2015

Melbourne, Australia

238

Reviewed 3 days ago

The reason to all began there.

100s of 1000s of acres and they settled just there and everything began from there. Great history lesson for us all. Even learnt a little morse code.

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Nicky2190

Wellington, United Kingdom

7313

Reviewed 1 week ago

Lots of flies

We stopped here on our 'A Town Like Alice' tour, lots of places to trek around, full of history and was well worth the visit. We did experience a lot of flies at this location though.

Thank Nicky2190

You must have really liked the place to give us 5 stars in spite of the flies. One thing about the Telegraph Station, and Alice Springs in general - even the flies are iconic!

lynjford

Hervey Bay, Australia

Reviewed 1 week ago via mobile

Telegraph station alice springs

Great history beautiful old buildings river was dry but a nice park to rest carpark was a bit full so had to walk a little way really enjoyed my visit

Thank lynjford

Thanks for taking the time to review us. The river being dry is par for the course unfortunately. Unless you want to dig, in which case there's plenty of water under the sand! Glad you enjoyed your visit!

Alison P

Alice Springs, Australia

4411

Reviewed 2 weeks ago via mobile

Wonderful History Preserved re Establishing Contact across Australia and connecting Australia to the rest of the world

The Telegraph station buildings have been carefully restored. This iis the story of the laying of the telegraph line fron South to North then joining up by the coaxial cable to connect Australia to the rest of the world. The line was laid due to...More

Thank Alison P

Hi Alison, Thanks so much for the 5 star review! Todd's team of 500 men definitely had their work cut out for them in those days - I believe 5 of them lost their lives during the construction. The cameleers did indeed play an important...More

Michelle4870

Cairns, Australia

Reviewed 2 weeks ago

Following the Overland Telegraph Stations journey

Fabulous place to step back in time and learn the history of laying the Overland Telegraph line in Australia. This facility went on to house children taken from aboriginal families now known as the 'Stolen Generation'. The area has an abundance of birdlife and you...More

Thank Michelle4870

Thanks for the review Michelle! We are quite lucky to have so much history, local fauna and an awesome cafe in the one location. Glad you enjoyed your time with us.

Lulu09

Thornton, Australia

9619

Reviewed 2 weeks ago

Loved this place

This was a wonderful place to visit. Spent a bit of time there reading all the information. Very informative. Great to get an understanding of early Alice Springs. Was worth the entrance fee. A lot of people just wander around the outside, but well worth...More

Thank Lulu09

G'day Lulu, Thanks for taking the time to review us! :-) Glad you enjoyed the history of the site, as well as our coffees and cakes. Our plaques and signs can indeed be addictive for those interested in the local history!

kl1992

Ballina, Australia

7120

Reviewed 2 weeks ago via mobile

Very overpriced for a low maintenance place

While we enjoyed reading the history and walking around the building or two fifteen dollars each to Enter which we found gates around wide open and people walking in and out silly nilly so we definitely felt robbed of our thirty dollars again nice reading...More

Thank kl1992

Thanks for taking the time to provide us with a review. On Thursday and Friday we do have a few gates open to set up / pack up evening events, also the rangers had a vehicle on site to repair a chair. I'm in at...More

Mytravadv

Brisbane, Australia

17537

Reviewed 2 weeks ago via mobile

Very interesting and well maintained

Visited this place whilst on a tour. Very interesting displays but they were a little too close to each other and difficult to see when small groups gather. Printed matter could do with being in a larger type face. Buildings and grounds were well maintained...More

Thank Mytravadv

Thanks for the review! Next year we're looking at converting the Battery Room into something more authentic. At the moment we don't have anywhere else to store the large numbers of chairs and tables we use for evening events. :-( Glad you enjoyed the rest...More

Travelwise1267

Melbourne, Australia

3519

Reviewed 3 weeks ago via mobile

Great tour!

Lovely place in great condition with very interesting history. Our guide Caleb was fantastic and so knowledgeable. Really enhanced our experience.

Thank Travelwise1267

Caleb is great - he's our resident blacksmith too. Glad you enjoyed your time with us, and thanks for the review!

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TANA R

What times are the tours?

4 September 2018|

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Hi - our general public guided tours are at 9:30am, 11:30am, 1:30pm and 3:30pm. Note though that in the summer months (Dec-Feb) we only do general public tours in the morning (9:30 and 11:30).

Jo N

We are visiting in mid November and arrive at the airport at 1pm. By the time we get to our hotel, I’m not sure if there will be time to do the walk there to catch the 3.30pm tour. Is there a bus ... or would it be a taxi ?

14 October 2017|

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Telegraph station is about 4km walk from centre of town, and temps can approach 40 degrees celsius in November. I'd recommend a taxi as there are no buses outside of tour groups.