The Bureau of Meteorology on Friday cancelled a severe weather warning for the Alice Springs district as the worst of the flooding passed without serious damage.
Many roads in Central Australia remained closed or were impassable after more than 300mm of rain in some areas since Monday.
Typically the region receives 286mm of rain in a year.
Alice Springs Mayor Damien Ryan said the rain was welcomed by people in the desert community.
"You wouldn't believe how green it is here after a few days of rain," he told AAP.
"You might as well have been tipping green paint out of the sky."
He said people in Alice Springs were leaving work to go to check out the Todd River, which normally is a dry river bed but began flowing on Thursday for the first time in over a year.
Mark Kersemakers from the Bureau of Meteorology said moderate flooding in the Alice Springs district, that had seen the Stuart Highway cut off, was easing.
"The worst of it would be over as far as the town goes," said Mr Kersemakers said.
But forecasters have said that the Victoria River, Barkly and north-eastern Alice Springs districts could still expect isolated falls on Friday and Saturday.
"These falls may lead to significant stream rises and localised flooding," a Bureau of Meteorology statement said.
Despite some sports grounds in Alice Springs being swamped, an AFL match between Adelaide Crows and Brisbane Lions would go ahead on Saturday, Mr Ryan said.
But he said it was unfortunate that many people from remote communities who wanted to see the match may be unable to get through the floods to get into town.
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