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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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Australia visitor guide- Read for facts about Australia below.

* Area: 7.68 million sq km
* Population: 19.7 million
* Capital city: Canberra
* People: 92% Caucasian, 7% Asian, 1% Aboriginal
* Language: English
* Religion: 75% Christian, 1% Muslim, 1% Buddhist, 0.5% Jewish
* Government: independent member of the Commonwealth of Nations
* Head of State: Governor General Michael Jeffery
* Head of Government: Prime Minister John Howard
* GDP: US$418 billion
* GDP per capita: US$22,000
* Annual Growth: 4%
* Inflation: 2%
*Life expectancy for men is 75 years
*Life expectancy for women is 80 years

Australia climate:
Australia is temperate, most of the country receiving more than 3,000 hours of sunshine a year. In summer (December to March) the average temperature is 84°F (29°C). The hottest region is the northern two-thirds of the continent, which experiences humid and wet conditions in summer. Further south summer is warm with occasional hot spells and mild nights. Winter (June to August) averages 56°F (13°C) for the country as a whole, with warm days and mild nights in the northern areas, becoming cool and showery in the south (although there are still plenty of sunny days).

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Australia is the Worlds Largest Exporter of:

* Coal

* Wool

* Alumina

* Diamonds

* Lead

* Refined zinc ores

Other Exports Include:

* Veal
* Lamb
* Sugar
* Nickel
* Mutton
* Cereals
* Iron Ore

Principal Trading Partners Include:

Japan, ASEAN countries, South Korea, China, New Zealand, USA, EU