What you won't find in Alice Town are traffic lights.

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Take a leisurely stroll through Alice Town, Bimini's main settlement that dates back to 1848, and you'll find a cozy collection of small shops, family-owned restaurants and bars, one bank and plenty of engaging conversation.

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The toll surpasses what was believed by ballooning experts to be the deadliest accident in the sport's 200-year history: In 1989, 13 people were killed when their hot air balloon collided with another over the Australian outback near the town of Alice Springs.

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The contrast is most vivid in a fringe of 18 settlements around Alice Springs known as the town camps.

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More to the liking of Alice, for reasons that are evident in its name, was the Ice Cream Cruise that putted around the town harbour for close-ups of boats, houses and birds.

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