Tin Can Bay, Queensland

Tin Can Bay, Queensland

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Tin Can Bay
state = qld


caption =
lga = Gympie Regional Council
postcode = 4580
est =
pop = 1,918
pop_footnotes =
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Gympie
fedgov = Wide Bay
dist1 = 218
dir1 =
location1= Brisbane
dist2 = 72
dir2 =
location2= Gympie
dist3 = 52
dir3 =
location3= Gympie

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.Census 2006 AUS|id=UCL355600|name=Tin Can Bay (Urban Centre/Locality)|accessdate=2007-10-28]

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.cite web
url = http://www.walkabout.com.au/locations/QLDTinCanBay.shtml
title = Tin Can Bay
work = Walkabout Australian Travel Guide
publisher = Fairfax
accessdate = 2007-05-25] 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.

Other recreational facilities include hotels, holiday units and caravan parks, with houseboats and yachts for hire. 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 [http://www.tcbcc.com.au] 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 boat ramp. These dolphins can be hand fed under close supervision.

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