TIN CAN BAY
Tin Can Bay is famous for the
Dolphins. Feeding and in summer swimming with the Dolphins. 
Tin Can Bay is also a retirement town.
Nice worthier, services and a tourism industry that ticks along.
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.
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.
Tin Can Bay has a War Memorial near
the ‘centre’ of the town.
Churches are of the modern era.
The Tin Can Bay Hotel is a social
magnet for locals.
To catch the Dolphins a 8.00am invitation is in
place for all visitors.
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