Mr Phillips (left), Commission deputy chairman Kim Barrow (centre) and Mr Redman inspect the progress of headworks at the park.

A WEST Australian waterfront caravan park is powering on to ensure guests enjoy their stay.

Electricity supply issues have plagued the picturesque two-and-a-half star Denmark Rivermouth Caravan Park, 414km south-east of Perth, in recent years.

But a Royalties for Regions grant is helping park proprietor Noel Phillips to safeguard power supplies for caravanners.

He has gained Regional Grants Scheme funding through the Great Southern Development Commission for the cost of headworks necessary to improve the 45-site park's power supply.

"In 2008, we experienced numerous power outages, with two of them lasting over 30 hours," Mr Phillips said.

"We needed an upgrade of powerlines from the town supply to the park. A back-up generator will cater for any power outages and the transformer will be renewed and upsized to cater for the growth of tourism in our park."

Blackwood-Stirling MLA Terry Redman said the park, which operates on land vested in the Shire of Denmark, was allocated $107,000 in the first round of Regional Grants Scheme funding.

This was a contribution towards the substantial headworks component of the $306,000 project.

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