If the idea of a luxury retreat on a private island owned by a wealthy telco entrepreneur doesn’t already have you thinking about the James Bond of it all, the trip out to starkly beautiful Louth Island in South Australia’s Spencer Gulf certainly will.
A short ride in a shiny black Mercedes van from Port Lincoln airport brings you to the Louth Bay Compound where your transport to the island awaits. It’s a strange hybrid-looking vehicle called essentially a canopied boat with wheels on legs, which takes you from the compound, over a sand dune and then into the water on the other side where the wheels retract, the boat’s outboard motors fire up and you start speeding through the astoundingly clear waters towards Louth Island, a golden
