Central Australia is the great mystery!”, wrote the great Australian novelist, Xavier Herbert.

Explore the mystery… and the beauty and drama of this extraordinary part of the world at Alice Online.

Alice Online is named in honour of Alice Springs’ long heritage as a centre of communication. For thousands of years before the town was created and named, the area in which Alice is built was a meeting place for peoples from across the Central Desert Region. It was known as “Mbantwe, which means, roughly translated, “meeting place.’  In 1872, Mbantwe became the strategic centre of the Overland Telegraph Line, which linked Alice Springs to the world.

Alice Online recognises a new phase for Alice Springs in the  evolution of  communications, but also in the town’s role as a meeting place for people from all over the world. It has been created as a place where people can share their impressions and stories of Alice Springs and Central Australia,  past and present. We invite you to join us. Perhaps you have a story to tell about the town’s history, or an observation about what is happening in Alice and its environs right now.

Alice Online is open to differing points of view and welcomes open-minded and open-hearted debate. It’s a place where people can tell their own stories.

If you have something you’d like to share in Alice Online,  you can contact me by sending me a message: