Pastoral paradise: Mundoo Island farmer Colin Grundy is happy he has drought proofed his fourth generation farm at the mouth of the Murray River in South Australia. Source: WeeklyTimesNow

Unique: Two pelicans at Mundoo Island watched by Angus cattle. Picture: Brake Mark Source: The Weekly Times

NOT many farmers can boast frontage to the Murray River and the Southern Ocean.

But Colin and Sally Grundy are not your average farmers.

Were the last farming property on the Murray where the river meets the sea, Colin said.

Were the largest commercial farming enterprise in the area and because were spread over four islands, we approach the property like a cattle station.

Said Sally: Were between 2800 and 3200ha, but weve never actually sat down to work it out, but Id say roughly 3000ha. Our land area varies with the tide, wind, erosion and lease tenure.

Welcome to Mundoo Island on the tip of South Australias magnificent Coorong a farming enterprise named for the largest of the four islands, on which the Grundys graze 500 Angus breeding cattle and 275 Dorper sheep.

Accessed by Hindmarsh Islands bridge, and then a restricted barrage to Mundoo, their relative isolation means they also run farm tourism tours and camping.

Yet as spectacular as the surrounding half-fresh, half-salt water environment is, and as pioneering and remarkable as the propertys history has been, the Grundy story is a bittersweet one.

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