This hidden desert oasis home with a rustic cactus garden looks like it’s in the middle of Mexico – but it’s just outside Alice Springs

A one-of-a-kind home near a remote Australian town looks like it was plucked from the desert in Mexico with a facade and colourful exterior inspired by the Central American country. 

The desert oasis sits 10km south of Alice Springs in the suburb of Ross at the foot of the MacDonnell Ranges on a sprawling 5.7 acre block covered in cacti. 

Outside, the quirky home has a Hacienda-style exterior with an earthy stucco render, ornate wooden front door, flat roof and timber details. 

The theme continues inside as each room is a colourful display filled with quirky Mexican trinkets from the sombreros on the wall to the macramé wall hangings. 

Upon entering the home, guests are greeted with soaring ceilings and cool terracotta-tiled floors in the entryway which flows onto a formal dining area looking out to the desert gardens outside. 

The desert oasis sits 10km south of Alice Springs in the suburb of Ross at the foot of the MacDonell Ranges on a sprawling 5.7 acre block covered in cacti

A semi-circular family room is the hub of the home with an open-plan kitchen, lounge and dinging space featuring turquoise walls, and a Mexican-style white fireplace

Each room is themed decorated with a colourful display of quirky Mexican trinkets from the sombreros on the wall to the macrame wall hangings

A semi-circular family room is the hub of the home with an open-plan kitchen, lounge and dinging space featuring turquoise walls, and a Mexican-style white fireplace. 

The kitchen has a breakfast bar and an archway trimmed with colourful patterned tiles that leads into the walk-in pantry. 

Double glass doors open out to the entertainer’s backyard with a sparkling pool and a vibrant cobalt blue and sunny yellow outdoor kitchen that has built in seating all with nods to Mexico like the chiminea and timber poolside pergola. 

Double glass doors open out to the entertainer’s backyard with a sparkling pool and a vibrant cobalt blue and sunny yellow outdoor kitchen that has built in seating all with touches of Mexico like the chiminea and timber poolside pergola

Back inside, the wet areas feature hand-painted ceramic basins that were imported all the way from Mexico and one bathroom has a luxurious spa sitting underneath a glass brick window

There is also a home cinema with striking red walls, film posters and movie-style seating as well as a games room and a music room

Back inside, the wet areas feature hand-painted ceramic basins that were imported all the way from Mexico and one bathroom has a luxurious spa sitting underneath a glass brick window. 

There is also a home cinema with striking red walls, film posters and movie-style seating as well as a games room and a music room. 

The five-bedroom property has been put on the market with an asking price of $1,775,000.

Ross has not had enough sales over the past year so a median house price for the area cannot be determined however in Alice Springs it sits at $515,000.