Jackie cracked wise I thought Alice was busy Springing Australia.

When you mentioned this one to me, Jackie it was the first time I had ever heard it. Perhas because even here in NZ, the town is much more often referred to simply as Alice, and never as Alice Springs, Australia. Alice of course is in the dead heart, that 80% of Oz which inspired the famous question, "why do seagulls fly upside down over Australia?"