The Henley-on-Todd Regatta is a "boat" race held annually in the typically dry sandy bed of the Todd River in Alice Springs, Australia.
Competition at 51st Henley-on-Todd Regatta in August 2012
The first Henley-on-Todd in December 1962
Alice Springs is a town in the Northern Territory, Australia; it is the third-largest settlement in the Northern Territory after Darwin and Palmerston. The name Alice Springs was given by surveyor Wil
Henley-on-Todd Regatta
…The Henley-on-Todd Regatta is a "boat" race held annually in the typically dry sandy bed of the Todd River (Lhere Mparntwe) in Alice Springs, Australia. It began – and continues – cautiously as a joke at the expense of the original British colonisers and the formal atmosphere of the British…
View of Alice Springs from Anzac Hill, with MacDonnell Ranges and Heavitree Gap in the background
Todd River spring, the "springs" that give the town its name
The original Alice Springs Telegraph Station was built in 1872 to relay messages between Darwin and Adelaide.