There is not a lot to do in Alice Springs. It seems to be basically a stopover for deeper exploration of the Outback. That's why we were there and only stayed for one night. Our tour company included this on our itinerary. It's very interesting if you get the unvarnished story, the indigenous experience here. So if you go, ask questions.

We visited the Telegraph Station at Alice Springs, there are nine structures here all in very good condition. The station has been set up well as a tourist destination and you enter the station beside a cafe/souvenir shop. We had a good look around Robb likes to read the boards and then pass the information on to me. We lucked out today because the Morse Code club spends a week here each year and it happened to be this week, we were fortunate enough to see a demonstration on sending messages through morse code and one of the club members gave us a brief but interesting history or this form of messaging through the years. There are some beautiful walks around here which seem to be very popular with the locals.

Went to a “dinner under the stars” experience at the Telegraph Station as part of a trip on The Ghan. Well-maintained history of the laying of the communication line between Adelaide and Darwin and then to the rest of the world was most interesting. The dinner itself was a letdown - a very mediocre meal - but the band performance and talk from the astronomer were interesting.