Close to the geographical heart of Australia, Alice Springs feels like a true desert town.
Pink-chested galahs wheel and screech overhead, and, lining the streets, gum trees give off the faintest smell of eucalyptus.
Even by Aussie standards, Alice Springs is casual: People dress down, and many drive well-equipped four-wheel-drive trucks that are as much a part of the uniform as T-shirts, shorts and Akubra hats.
By day, I visited Alice Springs Desert Park, with its extraordinary desert wildlife, and the city’s Aboriginal art galleries.
It was a reminder that Alice Springs — or Mparntwe to its traditional owners, the Arrernte people — is largely an Aboriginal town.
Persons:
Alice Springs, Alice, Springs
Organizations:
Hilton, Art, Papunya
Locations:
Australia, Papunya Tula, Central