Sailing, Kayaking, Fishing, Horse Riding, Swimming Pool, Dancing, Golf Course, Bowling, RSL, Hotel, Motels, Caravan Parks, Marina, Shopping Centre, Woolies, IGA, Ambulance, Dentist, Medical Centre, Gym with all sorts of classes, Live Music, Dolphins
Tin Can Bay is located on a narrow sheltered inlet 218 kilometres north of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Tin Can Bay had a population of approx 1,918.
It is a popular holiday destination and launch pad to the aquatic playground of the Great Sandy Strait - a pristine waterway protected by World Heritage listed Fraser Island. The area is a Ramsar Convention Wetland of International Importance. Other recreational facilities include hotels, holiday units and caravan parks, with houseboats and yachts for hire and a marina. Active sports facilities include an 18-hole golf course, two bowls clubs, tennis courts and an outdoor swimming pool.
We also have several good restaurants, cafes, take aways, beaches, house boats, walking trails, daily feeding the wild dolphins, yacht club, marina, sailing, sailability, model aeroplane club,chandlery, slipways, public jetty, IGA, Woolies, various shops, library, skating park, swings, BBQs, etc. It's a wonderful place to be... a yachties' paradise too...
From Wikipedia:
Tin Can Bay is a town in south east Queensland, Australia. The seaside town is located on a deep but narrow sheltered inlet in the Gympie Local Government Area, 218 kilometres north of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Tin Can Bay had a population of 1,918.
It is suggested that the town's name derives from the indigenous word, "Tuncanbar", thought to refer to the dugongs that frequent the inlet. European settlement began in the 1870s as the point where logs would be floated to the timber mills at Maryborough. Tin Can Bay later became, and still remains, an important fishing port, with a focus on prawns as well as recreational fishing. There is an excellent public boat ramp into Snapper Creek with boat-washing facilities and ample trailer parking.
Tin Can Bay is the nearest town to the Australian Army's Wide Bay Training Area and a vehicular ferry operates at nearby Inskip Point providing access to Fraser Island.
The seaside town is a popular holiday destination and launch pad to the aquatic playground of the Great Sandy Strait - a pristine waterway protected by World Heritage listed Fraser Island. The area is a Ramsar Convention Wetland of International Importance. Other recreational facilities include hotels, holiday units and caravan parks, with houseboats and yachts for hire and a marina. Active sports facilities include an 18-hole golf course, two bowls clubs, tennis courts and an outdoor swimming pool. The Tin Can Bay Country Club [1] is the main recreational focus for residents and visitors serving Tin Can Bay, Cooloola Cove and Rainbow Beach areas of Cooloola Shire, Queensland, Australia.
An important tourist feature is the regular arrival of wild Indo-Pacific dolphins which usually appear early mornings next to the Norman Point boat ramp. These dolphins can be hand fed under close supervision.
Each September the town hosts the Tin Can Bay Seafood Festival [2], a day of family fun, with entertainment, novelty competitions such as mullet throwing and prawn eating, helicopter joy flights over the bay, seafood and market stalls. Other events throughout the year include the Bay to Bay Yacht Race, Dragonboat Regatta, Cooloola Coast Flower Show and the Foreshore Family Carnival from Boxing Day to New Year's Eve.
For more information visit the official tourism website for the Gympie Cooloola Region Gympie Cooloola Tourism.
References:
Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Community Profile Series : Tin Can Bay (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
"Tin Can Bay". Walkabout Australian Travel Guide. Fairfax. Retrieved 2007-05-25.
The Bay to Bay trailable yacht race is an annual sailing event held on the Queen's Birthday long weekend each year, in the Great Sandy National Park. The race is sailed from Tin Can Bay, at the southern end of the Great Sandy Strait, and Hervey Bay, at the northern end, with an overnight stop on Fraser Island.
The race is Queensland’s largest yacht race and the second largest in Australia, although it is limited to between 200 and 250 competitors for navigational safety. Because of the shallow depth of some sections of the course, the event is limited to trailer sailors of both mono and multihull types.
TIN CAN BAY YACHT CLUB
http://www.qla.yachting.org.au/db/Clubdisplay.asp?ID=56464&Action=Display
www.qla.yachting.org.au
- Tags:
- Tourism, Attractions, Sightseeing
- Category:
- Attractions, Things to do