Events

Heritage Week - 8 to 19 April 2012

The Heritage Council encourages people to get involved in their community and organise an event during National Heritage Week. The Alice Springs Heritage Festival is a week-long celebration of local heritage.

RSL ANZAC Parade Ceremonies - 25 April 2012

Dawn Service begins at 6.15am at ANZAC Hill, followed by a traditional Gun Fire breakfast at the RSL Club. A parade of Service and Ex-Service persons march throught the town centre at 9.45am.

Contact
Web: www.alicespringsrsl.com.au

Bangtail Muster - 7 May 2012

The parade provides an ideal opportunity to promote different themes that bring the community together in a fun and family friendly atmosphere.The centrepiece is a parade of floats down Todd Mall organised by Central Australian business houses, service organisations and and basically anybody with a madcap sense of fun. The Parade starts at 10.30am adjacent to the Memorial Club and finishes at Anzac Oval. The story behind the Muster goes back to the old days when cattle were the main industry of the Centre. Stockmen would cut off the ends of the tails to record the number of cattle mustered.

Tattersall's Finke Desert Race - 8 to 11 June 2012

Held over the Queen's Birthday weekend in the second week of June, the Tattersall's Finke Desert Race is an off road racing event run between Alice Springs and Aputula Aboriginal community (Finke). The first race was run in 1976 and each year attracts 10,000 spectators along the 235km track to watch 300 bikes and 90 car competitors' race 'there and back'.

Contact
Phone: (08) 8952 8886
Email: admin@finkedesertrace.com.au
Web: www.finkedesertrace.com.au

Alice Springs Beanie Festival - 22 to 25 June 2012

The Festive focus is on determining the very best in beanie design, style and character in the following categories:
Beanie that Best Reflects the Spirit of the Land; Best Use of Colour in a Beanie; Best Use of Texture in a Beanie; Well Made Beanie; Craziest Beanie; Cutest Beanie; Most Sculptured Beanie; Best Tea Cosy and two, that's right, two special awards for Interesting or Unusual pieces.

Contact
Phone: (08) 8952 2615
Web: www.beaniefest.org

Govie's Muster - 6 July 2012

A fund raiser for the School of the Air. Live entertinment, BBQ, auctions and best saddle bum competiton held at the RSL Club, 7pm till late.

Alice Springs Show - 6 & 7 July 2012

Annual agricultural and horticultural show held over two days includes Grand Parade, sideshow alley, arts, crafts and plenty more. Great entertainment for all the family. Gates open 8am Friday and Saturday. Friday showday is a declared public holiday in Alice Springs.

Contact
Phone: (08) 8952 1651
Email: cass@alice-springs.com.au
Web: www.alicespringsshow.com.au

Camel Cup - 14 July 2012

If you're looking for a fun event not just for your family and friends, this is it. Not only do you get a good laugh just by watching the races (guaranteed that no two races are the same) you will also be entertained by fun and interaction between races, with lots of great local stalls.

The start of the race, with up to 15 camels, is confusing ... some off in good stride, others still grounded, some going backwards; it's a nightmare for riders and handlers, but spectacular for spectators - a camel in full stride needs the rider to hang on for dear life!

Contact
Email: info@camelcup.com.au
Web: www.camelcup.com.au

Old Timers Fete - 11 August 2012

The largest annual fete in Alice Springs, the Old Timers Fete, is a fun filled day with 'on tap' entertainment, second hand book stall, craft stalls, preserves and cakes (as only a mum can make them), food stalls and oodles of bric-a-brac. The day is the major fund-raising event of the Old Timers Village.

Henley-on-Todd Regatta - 18 August 2012

Watching seemingly sane people race in bottomless "eights", "oxford tubs", "bath tubs" and yachts through the deep coarse sand of the Todd River provides an unique spectacle amongst world sporting events. The multi-event program attracts many local and international participants from the audience who often finish up on world TV news paddling canoes with sand shovels and in "land lubber" events like filling empty 44 gallon drums with sand.

Contact
Email: alicesprings@henleyontodd.com.au
Web: www.henleyontodd.com.au

Ulysses Club 2014

Last Updated on Monday, 26 September 2011 11:53 Written by Kathy Monday, 26 September 2011 11:51

Ulysses Club meeting in Alice Springs