The Great Sandy Marine Park includes Hervey Bay, Great Sandy Strait, Tin Can Bay Inlet and the waters off the east coast of Fraser Island, and extends from Baffle Creek in the north to Double Island Point in the south as they say. Here visitors get to enjoy the beautiful sandy beaches and rocky shores, mangroves and seagrass meadows, reefs and sheltered channels, rivers, creeks and estuaries and a wealth of wildlife like whales and turtles, dugong, fish, corals, birds, sharks and so much more, it's paradise found. The Great Sandy Marine Park offers camping facilities, canoeing and kayaking, fishing and powerboating, snorkeling, scuba diving and swimming, just beware of crocodiles and marine fish. Come exploring and enjoy all that this beautiful park has to offers, it's an unforgettable experience.READ MORE

Dolphin Safaris takes you on a fabulous personalised day trip tour to hand feed rare Indo Pacific Humpback dolphins. Tours depart in lovely, comfortable air conditioned vans, and head for the awesome Queensland coastal districts of Tin Can Bay and Noosa. Dolphin Safaris visits the Barnacles Dolphin Centre in Tin Can Bay where they have a resident pod of 9 Humpbacks which are river and esturine dolphins and their diet consists of squid, fish and crustaceans. If you are holidaying in the Brisbane area, you might like to give Dolphin Safaris a call and take an unforgettable once in a lifetime journey with us.READ MORE

The Black Cockatoo Cafe in Tin Can Bay, Queensland, Australia is fully licensed with great location on the main road, contemporary decor and sea views. Meals are complemented with herbs from their own courtyard garden, and they source the best and freshest local seafood straight from trawlers and serve only the freshest of quality local produce. There's an extensive wine list, and experienced baristas and they are open for breakfast, lunch and dinner with exquisite menus from steaks to lamb rump, pasta, great breakfast choices and light meals and sandwiches for lunch. The Black Cockatoo Cafe also caters to functions and events, and is a stylish and unique venue perfect for weddings and other intimate functions with a menu tailored to you.READ MORE

Tin Can Bay Marina is your gateway to the Great Sandy Strait and offers award winning facilities from a great location and accommodation for purchase in the Marina Villas with absolute waterfront setting. Services here are many and they have berths for rent and sale, there's also a 30 tonne travel lift, fuel including diesel and ULP, dry cradle storage, trailer boat storage, spray booths, mechanical, out board and diesel services and engineering, shipwright chandlery, upholstery and boat trimming, Myport wireless internet available and much more. The Marina Bar and Grill offers fantastic meals and drinks right on the water's edge and are open from breakfast through dinner, there's bait, ice and fishing tackle at the chandlery which is well stocked, plus the marina does used boat sales from the brokerage office. There's a laundry, state of the art security, showers and rest rooms, houseboat hire, fishing charters and more, come for the whole experience, close to shopping.READ MORE

Tin Can Bay Houseboats offers fun, fishing, swimming on their fully equipped houseboats which come with linen, crockery, cutlery, cooking utensils, TV and radio, fridge, freezer, icebox, hot and cold running water, even a BBQ and dingy with outboard motor. The are located in a magnificent World Heritage Area at the bottom end of the Great Sandy Straits Marine Park, and here there's an abundance of wildlife including dolphins, turtles, sea eagles, pelicans, dugong and the popular Fraser Island dingo. Tin Can Bay Houseboats come with very simple and easy to use controls, and no license is required, they offer a full brief on operations and tips on fishing and crabbing, and boat sizes from 6 to 12 people. They also have half day, daily and extended hire of modern open Fishing Boats from the Tin Can Bay Marina with a special for houseboat users in place.READ MORE

The Tin Can Bay Tourist Park is said to be the best in the bay, and accommodation options include powered slab sites in quiet secluded settings, powered grass sites, en-suite sites, studio cabins and deluxe cabins. There's a beautiful in ground swimming pool, a camp kitchen and laundry, reception and tour desk offer ice and gas refills, and they have bikes available for hire. Enjoy the local wildlife and the perfect base to stay for the wild dolphins, the marina and beach, the golf club, bowls club, seafood, cafes, restaurants and water activities. The Tin Can Bay Tourist Park is a pet friendly park, and all accommodations are set in a relaxing atmosphere with surrounding bush whether you choose to camp or stay in one of the cabins. It's also just a short stroll to the shops and waterfront where you can feed the rare Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins.READ MORE

The Tin Can Bay Yacht Club is located at Norman Point, Tin Can Bay and offers a relaxed atmosphere by the water as well as club racing, regattas, special events, discover sailing programs and cruising. The Tin Can Bay Yacht Club bistro offers great meals, and are open for breakfast, lunch, dinner, coffee and cake, and the Wide Bay Bar has a wide selection of Australia's favourite beers, spirits, cask and Australian wines and more, and members' discounts apply. There is also Hardstand secure dry boat storage available and membership is required, and with reciprocal rights to other clubs allows those members' use of the facilities and to participate in club events as if they were members of Tin Can Bay Yacht Club. Come enjoy all that they have to offer, learn a new skill with their training fleet and participate in racing, regattas and other fun social events.READ MORE

Unreel Charters departs Tin Can Bay or Carlo Point Rainbow Beach and takes you through the wide bay bar in favourable conditions out to the best fishing grounds which takes about 60 glorious minutes by boat. Their fishing trips are fully catered for with morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea, and they provide soft drinks along the way, fish with live bait including scads or slimy mackerel, also locally caught fresh squid and mullet and pilchards for the best fishing adventures ever. Unreel Charters caters to smaller groups in a smaller more versatile boat, and they fish with small bait balls and can manoeuvre into where the big fish feed, their emphasis is on quality rather than quality and trophy fish is the name of the big fishing game. They encourage you to use your own gear, but if you don't have will supply.READ MORE

The Healing Room in Tin Can Bay, Queensland, Australia welcomes you to the joys of healing with aromatherapy massage for relaxation, and you're in the best hands with your Reiki practitioner and sound and massage therapist. Offering connective Vibrational Healing, Meditation, Ionic Foot Spa Detox and massage, and aromatherapy massages with essential oils with Jojoba cold pressed base oil. The Healing Room also offers Sound Massage Therapy, Connective Healing sessions, Chakra Balancing, Reiki and Meditation, come get back into balance and connect with your true self, learn to meditate and relax and let your cares and worries float away as they say, it's all here.READ MORE

Sandcastle Motel in Tin Can Bay, Queensland, Australia is the perfect place to stay in the area, with friendly hosts, 24 self contained, air conditioned rooms, and welcomes singles, couples and families. Rooms have tea and coffee making facilities, family rooms with interconnecting doors, free WIFI and there's a swimming pool for relaxing and refreshing dips, they also have secure parking for your car, boat, jet-ski and four wheel drive vehicle. Sandcastle Motel is ideally located close to marina and popular dolphin feeding area, and just a leisurely stroll from restaurants, takeaways, shops and the supermarket. Come for a fabulous stay, there are safe bike tracks, nearby parks, playgrounds, a picnic area with electric barbeques, nature, wildlife and bird watching, it's all here.READ MORE