The Journey Begins

Welcome to the Blog of the Cracknell family. We hope that you enjoy travelling with us as we take a road trip around Austraila.



Thursday, July 8, 2010

Flinders Ranges, Wed 7/7/10: 4WD trek, we all made it to the top Flinders Ranges, Akapena track through Rawnsley Park station.

No surf but boards always there just in case.

Campsite at Wilpena, Flinders Ranges





Wilpena; Flinders Ranges National Park, S.A. Tues 6/7/10
Caught up with 4 Peninsula families from home. Jayco city!


Crossing the border into S.A. - Mon 5/7/10
Campsite at Morgan S.A.
Murray River ferry at dawn in Morgan, Tues 6/7/10.

Monday, July 5, 2010

Survived a chilly 2 degrees last night at our Murray River campsite unpowered. The locals thought we were mad. Had a look around Mildura then headed for SA. Got distracted in Renmark & forgot to fuel up. Then had a nerve-wracking half hour driving on empty in middle of nowehere. Won't do that again. Now back on banks of Murray, in Morgan, where it was minus 2 last night. Have opted for power tonight.
We made it to the Murry river! Camped the first night just out of Mildura and woke up to a very brisk morning with mist over the river.
















The campfire kept our toes warm as we baked potates in the coals.

Wednesday, June 30, 2010


Francis family farewell dinner


Car wouldn't start this week and we haven't even left yet! All OK again now(as far as we know). Lets hope we've gotten the tow truck experience out the way.










Sunday, June 20, 2010

Farewell Party

A big thanks to David and Sally, Maddy & Max, who did a great job hosting a farewell lunch for us. It was really a good excuse to get together with some of our Peninsula friends and have a good catch up before we go. Not long to go now - 13 more sleeps before we go..............

Be in touch down the road.