When the water is flowing, which main river cuts through Alice Springs?

RickF

I am pretty sure it is the Todd River - famous for its 'Regatta' using boats with no bottoms - the crew's legs poke through and they run along the dry river bed! Apr 22 02, 11:04 AM

Jack Flash

It's definitely the Todd River. I visited the area a couple of years ago and can be absolutely certain about the name. Apr 22 02, 11:40 AM

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Held in the centre of Australia at Alice Springs, it's the sort of event that can motivate the most mature, conservative business people into the roles of 'Vikings' and 'Pirates' crewing battle boats bristling with mortars and high pressure water cannons. In 1962, and idea was taken up to hold a rowing and sailing regatta in Alice Springs, and the fact that the town was 1,500 kms from the nearest large body of water was never seen as a problem. So, to parody the annual boating regatta between Oxford and Cambridge Universities on the Thames, they named the event the Henley-on-Todd. 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. The Lockwood Henley-on-Todd is run entirely on a volunteer basis by the three Rotary Clubs based in the Alice. The entire proceeds, well over a million dollars raised over the years, allocated to local, national and international humanitarian projects. Apr 23 02, 8:22 AM

Jack Flash

As there is no natural reservoir to feed the Todd River it is totally dry for most of the time and many events are held in the empty riverbed. But when the river is running it is a mighty force indeed and the whole area is submerged. I'm not sure how often this happens but when it rains in that part of the world a lot of water falls onto the land and the Todd acts as a mjor drainage ditch for an incredibly large land area. Apr 23 02, 10:04 AM