Power

Power to the people

There are normally two ways of providing electricity to an island resort.

The first way is to connect to the mainland power grid through an undersea cable. South Stradbroke Island is separated from the east coast of Australia by a stretch of sea called the Broadwater. Even at its widest, it's less than three kilometres from shore to shore so a cable connection is easily possible.

The second way is to build an industry-standard diesel power station on the island and burn fuel shipped from the mainland.

And there's the third way, Couran Cove Resort way.