Murray mouth barrages

Submitted: Friday, Mar 05, 2021 at 17:18
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Just a query from the learned gentlemen & ladies on this forum.........is it possible to drive over the barrages at the mouth of the Murray, that is “follow the coast” from Meningie to Hindmarsh Island
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Murray
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Reply By: Member - Rod N (QLD) - Friday, Mar 05, 2021 at 17:25

Friday, Mar 05, 2021 at 17:25
In a word, No.
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Reply By: Stephen L (Clare) SA - Friday, Mar 05, 2021 at 18:11

Friday, Mar 05, 2021 at 18:11
Hi Murray

As above, they are all closed to the public with the exception of only 1

Mundoo Island is only accessible via the barrages and you must book ahead to camp and stay on the Island.

When you arrive, they will escort over the barrage and then you can stay at the site that they give you.Mundoo Island Details
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Follow Up By: GG7777 - Friday, Mar 05, 2021 at 18:55

Friday, Mar 05, 2021 at 18:55
Rod & Stephen
Thank you for the replies.
I had spotted the road marked on Hema maps and thought that would be interesting , but , didn’t really expect to be able to do it without some sort of “permit”, but as always it’s worth asking because someone might just know the way to alter it to be in your favour
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Reply By: Member - Warren H - Saturday, Mar 06, 2021 at 21:22

Saturday, Mar 06, 2021 at 21:22
As others have said, no.
I was lucky enough to do the trip in 2005 while scouting for some sites to install an experiment related to the effect of the drought and low water levels on the sediments. It's an interesting drive looking out over the lower Coorong. Perhaps a possible future limited access trip associated with Mundoo Is Station station stays. Colin Grundy of Mundoo Station ended up doing some work associated with installing and maintaining the experiment. The results of the experiment were an integral part of deciding whether the Lower Lakes would be flooded with seawater to ameloriate the low water level. Flooding with seawater would have in fact exacerbated the problem it was meant ot fix. The whole of the Lower Lakes were in a desperate state as a result of the millenium drought. I was priviliged enought to be a part of a large group of scientists, working with the SA govermment and the local community, defining the issues and helping devise management and ameloriation strategies.
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Follow Up By: Peter_n_Margaret - Saturday, Mar 06, 2021 at 21:54

Saturday, Mar 06, 2021 at 21:54
Brings back some great memories of my childhood.
My father was friends with (I think his name was ---) Peter Grundy, probably Colin's grandfather, in the mid to late 50s. I reckon we drove across the old barrage which was north of the "new one" and camped on Mundoo a few times.
As a kid I built a canoe (in my bedroom) and I circumnavigated Mundoo Island in that canoe. There are some wonderful wetlands to the north and east of Mundoo.
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Reply By: Member - Warren H - Saturday, Mar 06, 2021 at 22:13

Saturday, Mar 06, 2021 at 22:13
Colin was telling us about a hovercraft his father had fabricated in Adelaide with the idea of getting around the property when it was too wet for vehicles. It was big to take fencing gear and I think a beast. Apparently it took a lot of skill to operate, it could clear a fence. It was sitting in the shed with a broken fuel pump.
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Follow Up By: GG7777 - Sunday, Mar 07, 2021 at 20:38

Sunday, Mar 07, 2021 at 20:38
Gentlemen
Your reminisces make me even more envious of those people who have been there.
One of the best things about this forum is the knowledge and memories that the people on it have. How so many people who travelled in the 60s and 70s in conditions and on roads so different to today, can recall circumstances from those eras amazes me.
Thank you everyone for sharing your knowledge
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Reply By: Peter_n_Margaret - Tuesday, Mar 09, 2021 at 19:51

Tuesday, Mar 09, 2021 at 19:51
A story from the 50s.
We were driving towards the barrage and then noticed a near new cream Mercedes sedan coming diagonally across the paddock towards us. It was Peter(?) Grundy. We stopped for a chat and noticed 3 sheep in the back seat. My father asked "How come they were in the car?" Peter Grundy replied "They paid for the car, they deserve to ride in it sometimes".
Wool was a pound a pound.

On another occasion we were at our camp on the edge of the water and heard an inboard powered boat, approaching very slowly. Eventualy it came into view and it was towing a very large barge with a tent pitched on it. The punt at Morgan had been replaced with a new one so they bought the old one and towed it back to Mundoo to shift sheep and cattle from one island to another.
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