Award seats to Alice (ASP) Fri 23 May from Oz gateway cities
It doesn't matter whether you're arriving in Australia on carriers from the OneWorld, Star Alliance or SkyTeam Alliances, there are non-stop flights to Alice from ADL/CNS/DRW/MEL/PER/SYD which would give you the option of having a night or two pre Ozfest at a different city to where you may have stayed previously.
I've had a look at Expert Flyer and there's currently plenty of "X" award availability into Alice. The 4-digit flgiht numbers below eg QF1949 CNS/ASP are operated by Qantas Link B717 so are all economy/coach.
The only flights into Alice offering a J cabin are ex Adelaide, Melbourne & Sydney & will have limited "U" class award availability due to these services being operated by B73H aircraft.
The flight availability below is for Friday 23 May 2014. Non-stop flights BNE/ASP operate on weekends only but there is "X" award availability on Sat 24 May BNE/ASP on QF1798 0820/1100.
Adelaide/Alice Springs (2.05 hrs) QF 723 1000/1205 (U2/X7)
Cairns/Alice Springs (2.25 hrs) QF 1949 1120/1315 (X7)
Darwin/Alice Springs (2.00 hrs) QF 1935 0710/0910 (X7)
Darwin/Alice Springs (2.00 hrs) QF 1939 1440/1640 (X7)
Melbourne/Alice Springs (2.55 hrs) QF 796 0845/1110 (U2 / X6)
Perth/Alice Springs (2.40 hrs) QF 1938 1215/1625 (X7)
Sydney/Alice Springs (3.15 hrs) QF 790 0940/1225 (X6)