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.