Tin Can Bay Travel Guide
Tin Can Bay accommodation, Tin Can Bay activities and attractions, Tin Can Bay maps, transportation to and around Tin Can Bay - the ALL NEW Jasons Tin Can Bay Destination Travel Guide is your complete visitor guide for Tin Can Bay. The seaside township of Tin Can Bay is located in a prime position, jutting out into the bay that takes its name from the original Aboriginal name of Tuncanbar. The bay provides easy access to the Great Sandy Strait, and has a transport barge running frequently to and from
Fraser Island.
This tranquil part of the Fraser Coast is renowned for its wildlife, with fish, dugong, turtles, dophins, mangroves, sea grass pastures, wild flowers and birdlife in abundance. As well as being a departure point for trips to the World Heritage-listed Fraser Island National Park, it is a pleasant spot to get away from it all, with opportunities for camping, bush and beach walking, bird watching and boating. This is a fisherman's paradise, with a great variety of fish, including bream, flathead, whiting, mackerel, tailor and mangrove jack as well as sand and mud crabs.
Population
1800
Climate
Subtropical
Summer: 22 – 27°C
Winter: 14 – 20°C
Rainfall: 1450mm/year (wettest months December - May)
Major Attractions
Fraser Island, tours and camping holidays, fishing, bushwalking, swimming, bowls, tennis, golf, dolphin feeding, Rainbow Beach, Cherry Venture shipwreck.