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When planning a vacation, you wish to visit a place that offers you every comfort and great views. Australia is one such country that attracts thousands of travelers each year.

Australia Vacations are a real pleasure, with options to enjoy vigorous adventure and can have a great Family Vacation in Australia.

The country has everything to offer to a traveler, the vast beaches, the aboriginal spots, flourishing markets, natural and man made wonders. If you are a history enthusiast, the country offers one of the world’s oldest cultures for your exploration. Australia Vacations allow you the freedom to choose and enjoy the activities you want.

The aboriginal Australians have carried forward their culture which is around 5000 years old and you can experience it all here in this country. Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin and cairns are some of the cities that offer exquisite views as well as shopping places to the travelers. Sydney is pretty much a requirement on any list of Australia destinations.  Many guide books will favor a list of Australian destinations including: Newcastle, Byron Bay, Fraser Island, world-class diving round the Great Barrier Reef, Cairns, Darwin, Alice Springs, Marlborough and Hobart (in Tasmania).

When it comes to staying in the country, Australia accommodation offer immense comfort and luxury to the travelers. For the best staying experience, you can make reservation in the hotels that are located on the beach side. The Australian hotels located in the hustle bustle of the cities and the markets also make for great places to stay as you get a closer view of the life in the city.

Leisure activities in Australia is also interesting; with its colonial history, the country has an array of cuisine and art forms to offer. Wildlife in Australia is mind boggling in its diversity and therefore provides another avenue for exploring the mesmerizing country.

Every part of the country has something special to offer to the travelers, be it exotic locations or the special events that take place in the city like the marathons, flower festivals, cricket seasons, Hobart summer festival and the balloon fiesta.

Australia vacations should be a trip that you remember for the rest of your life. To make sure that your Australia vacations is everything that it should be there are a few places that you wont want to miss when you are on your Australia.

Australia tourist attractions will never let you be bored during your stay. One of the most popular Australia tourist attractions is a place called “Alice Springs”.

About Alice Springs
Alice Springs is the second largest city in the Northern Territory of Australia. Popularly known as “the Alice” or simply “Alice”, Alice Springs is situated in the geographic centre of Australia near the southern border of the Northern Territory. The site is known as Mparntwe to its traditional inhabitants, the Arrernte, who have lived in the Central Australian desert in and around what is now Alice Springs for more than 50,000 years.

There are six suburbs altogether in Alice Springs which are close to the Alice Springs town centre. Alice Springs is mostly residential.

The town of Alice Springs straddles the usually dry Todd River on the northern side of the MacDonnell Ranges. The region where Alice Springs is located is known as Central Australia, or the Red Centre, and is an arid environment consisting of several different deserts.

Temperatures
In Alice Springs, temperatures can vary by up to 28 °C (82 °F) and rainfall can vary quite dramatically from year to year. In summer, the average maximum temperature is in the high 30s, whereas in winter the average minimum temperature can be 7.5 °C (45.5 °F).

Alice Springs Attractions
The town of Alice Springs itself is very tiny compared to the cities of Australia on the coast but it has so much to see and do that it takes more than a day to explore everything. Alice Springs Desert Park is a true Australian Outback attraction and the sunsets over the park are famous.

While you are on your Australia vacations in Alice Springs you wont want to miss the famed Museum of Central Australia the Old Stuart Town Goal and at the Alice Springs Memorial Cemetery which is the final resting place of many of Australias famous citizens including Olive Pink and Harold Lasseter. One of the biggest attractions in the Alice Springs area is Uluru a giant but gorgeous rock.

Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park Watarrka National Park and Kings Canyon are another Australia tourist attractions which are close to Alice Springs.

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