Alice Springs - a virtual oasis at the heart of Australia's Red Centre - is the home of the Royal Flying Doctor Service and the stopping-off point for one of Australia's great wonders, Ayers Rock/Uluru.

In the way of nightlife in Alice Springs, Lasseters Hotel Casino offers blackjack, keno, roulette and money wheel. Visit Chateau Hornsby Winery, the Northern Territory's first and only winery and vineyard and taste the wines of the Outback at the wine shed and enjoy lunch at the winery restaurant, or for something truly different try a bush barbecue under the stars using a camp oven kitchen.

Alice Springs is flanked by the MacDonnell Ranges. Eighteen kilometres to the west is Simpson's Gap, with Standley Chasm 40 kilometres to the west. Further on are safe swimming holes at such spots as Ormiston Gorge and Ellery Creek Bighole.