Walks, Talks and Trails
Transport | Food drops | Guided Walks | Emergency Equipment | Camping Equipment | Websites of Interest | Publications of Interest
Links and Contacts
Parks and Wildlife Service
PO Box 1120
Alice Springs
NT 0871
Australia
Tel: +61 8 8951 8250
Email: larapinta.trail@nt.gov.au
Tourism Central Australia (Visitor Information Centre)
Tel: +61 8 8952 5800
Tel: 1800 645 199
Web: www.centralaustraliantourism.com
Email: visinfo@tourismca.asn.au
Tourism NT - Travel Site
Tel: 13 67 68 or +61 8 8951 8471
Web: www.travelnt.com
Email: info@travelnt.com
Companies offering Transport
Alice Wanderer
Tel: +61 8 8952 2111
Web: www.alicewanderer.com.au
Email: info@alicewanderer.com.au
Glen Helen Resort
Tel: +61 8 8956 7489
Web: www.glenhelen.com.au
Email: info@glenhelen.com.au
Tailormade Tours
Tel: +61 8 8952 1731
Tel: +61 1800 806 641
Web: www.tailormadetours.com.au
Email: tours@tailormadetours.com.au
Companies offering Food Drops
Alice Wanderer
Tel: +61 8 8952 2111
Web: www.alicewanderer.com.au
Email: info@alicewanderer.com.au
Glen Helen Resort
Tel: +61 8 8956 7489
Web: www.glenhelen.com.au
Email: info@glenhelen.com.au
Tailormade Tours
Tel: +61 8 8952 1731
Tel: +61 1800 806 641
Web: www.tailormadetours.com.au
Email: tours@tailormadetours.com.au
Companies offering Guided Walks
Into the Blue
Tel: +61 2 4787 6027
Web: www.intotheblue.com.au
Email: info@intotheblue.com.au
Peregrine Adventures
Tel: +61 1300 791 485
Web: www.peregrineadventures.com
Email: websales@peregrineadventures.com
Trek Larapinta
Tel: +61 1300 724 795
Web: www.treklarapinta.com.au
Email: info@treklarapinta.com.au
Walking Country
Tel: +61 8 8953 7045
Web: www.walkingcountry.com.au
Email: reservations@walkingcountry.com.au
Willis's Walkabouts
Tel: +61 8 8985 2134
Web: www.bushwalkingholidays.com.au
Email: walkabout@ais.net.au
World Expeditions
Tel: +61 1300 720 000
Email: adventure@worldexpeditions.com.au
Web: www.worldexpeditions.com
Companies offering Emergency Equipment
Central Communications (Satellite phones only)
Tel: +61 8 8952 2388
Web: www.centralcomms.com.au
Email: sales@centralcomms.com.au
EPIRB Hire (EPIRB, PLB & Satellite phones)
Tel: +61 2 9974 4733
Web: www.epirbhire.com.au
Email: info@epirbhire.com.au
XLCOM
Tel: +61 8 8955 5455
Web: www.xlcom.com.au
Email: info@xlcom.com.au
Companies offering Camping Equipment
Central Car Rentals
Tel: +61 8 8952 0098
Web: www.centralcarrentals.com.au
Email: info@centralcarrentals.com.au
Desert Dwellers
Tel: +61 8 8953 2240
Web: www.desertdwellers.com.au
Email: happycampers@desertdwellers.com.au
Lone Dingo
Tel: +61 8 8953 3866
Web: www.lonedingo.com.au
Email: lonedingont@bigpond.com
Websites of interest & other information
Alice Springs Bushwalkers Association
www.home.austarnet.com.au/longwalk/
Alice Springs Town Council
www.alicesprings.nt.gov.au
Bureau of Meteorology
www.bom.gov.au
Old Hamilton Downs Homestead
Tel: +61 8 8956 8613
Tel: +61 1300 660 095
Standley Chasm
Tel: +61 8 8956 7440
www.standleychasm.com.au
Tourism NT - Corporate Site
www.tourismnt.com.au
The Alice
www.thealice.com.au
- A Field Guide to Central Australia - A Natural History Companion for the Traveller
Penny van Oosterzee (1995) Reed Books - A Guide to the Geology and Landforms of Central Australia
R. Thompson (1991) Government Printer of the Northern Territory. - Bushfires and Bushtucker. Aboriginal Plant Use in Central Australia
Peter Latz (1995) IAD Press - Keeping Company - an inter-cultural conversation
Christine Franks and Barbara Curr (1996) University of Wollongong - Larapinta Trail
John Chapman and Monica Chapman (2007)
www.john.chapman.name\pub-lara.html - Lost from Our Landscape. Threatened Species of the Northern Territory
Edited by J. Woinarski, C. Pavey, R. Kerrigan, I. Cowie and S. Ward (2007) NT Government - Take a Walk in Northern Territory's National Parks
John and Lyn Daly (2007)
www.takeawalk.com.au - The Centre - The Natural History of Australia's Desert Regions
Penny van Oosterzee (1991) Reed Books - The Flaming Desert. Arid Australia - A Fire Shaped Landscape
Peter Latz (2007) NT Print Management - Wildflowers and Plants of Inland Australia
Anne Urban (1996) Paul Fitzsimons Publishers - Wildlife Identikit
Peter King and Gerry O'Neil (1995) Conservation Commission of the NT
