Alice Springs
Alice Springs is the second largest town in the Northern Territory, situated in the centre of Australia near the southern border of the Northern Territory. The site is known as Mparntwe to the Arrernte people, who have lived in the Central Australian desert for thousands of years. Alice Springs has a population of 27,500 people, which makes up 12 percent of the Northern Territory\'s population.
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. In Alice Springs, temperatures can vary dramatically with an average maximum temperature in summer of 35.6 °C (96.1 °F), and an average minimum temperature in winter of 5.1 °C (41.2 °F).