{"id":70420,"date":"2023-01-30T07:06:23","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T20:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=70420"},"modified":"2023-01-30T07:06:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T20:36:23","slug":"louth-island-solar-mb2808","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/louth-island-solar-mb2808\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Powered Eco Resort For SA’s Louth Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It may not look like much at the moment, but Louth Island in South Australia could soon be home to an eco-resort.<\/p>\n

Louth Island (Aboriginal name: Yarudu) is a 135-hectare island located in Louth Bay in South Australia’s Spencer Gulf. It’s just 3 kilometres from the mainland and is around 18 kilometres from Port Lincoln.<\/p>\n

The island was named by Captain Matthew Flinders in 1802. Grazing of sheep began in began early last century and a bit of guano (bird poop) mining has also occurred on the island.<\/p>\n

As things currently stand, much of Louth Island is covered with introduced grasses and weeds. African Boxthorn has also been proliferating since a reduction in grazing – which I know from personal experience (and many punctures) can be challenging to get rid of.<\/p>\n

The good news is a bunch of bird species frequent the island. Among them, Fairy Penguins are known to breed there as do Hooded Plover, which are a threatened species. The island is also free of rabbits, rats, mice, cats, foxes and other introduced species.<\/p>\n

In terms of existing buildings, there’s not\u00a0 much – a lean-to shed, a working shearing shed and associated stockyards built back in the 1950s, and some ruins.<\/p>\n

The island was purchased in 2021 by Che Metcalfe. Assuming a green light from the powers-that-be, Mr. Metcalfe intends transforming Louth Island through his Ika Shima eco resort project. It will consist of:<\/p>\n