Dolphin Ferry Cruises runs daily between Carlo Point at Rainbow Beach and Tin Can Bay, Queensland, Australia and you are taken to the dolphin feeding area for a never to be forgotten experience, where you get to feed and interact with live dolphins on the Tin Can Bay Inlet. They also offer breathtaking sunset cruises at days end, and a cruise to the Great Sandy Strait, so bring a picnic lunch and come marvel at the wildlife, on the way you might even spot dolphins, dugong, turtles, sea snakes, sea birds and more. Dolphin Ferry Cruises take you on a tour of discovery, come learn about the hidden wonders of this area, the magic and the vastness, it's a once in a lifetime experience.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

Lee Fishing Company in Tin Can Bay, Queensland, Australia are specialists in fresh and frozen seafood products, and have been in operation since 1951, and can even supply a range of different varieties of raw and cooked prawns, crabs and bugs. They are a fully integrated operation which incorporates catching, processing and marketing, of their quality Fresh and Frozen seafood, and they distribute throughout Queensland, Interstate and Internationally. They have a fleet of licensed trawlers which fish the east coast of Queensland and the Torres Straits, unloading forthnightly or monthly, and it is then processed and packaged further. Lee Fishing Company products include many prawn varieties, crabs, crayfish, bugs, squid, octopus, cuttlefish and scallops, and they meet the highest standard of quality.READ MORE

Tin Can Bay Photography Tours and Outdoor Workshops offers low cost assistance to visitors to help with improving your nature and landscape photography, for brilliant holiday photos and help with the workings of your camera. The workshops and tours show to use and understand the benefits of natural outdoor lighting along with some important composition guidelines, and take home some lasting memories and images to share with family and friends. Tin Can Bay Photography Tours and Outdoor Workshops share with you knowledge and tips that has been handed down through the ages by classic artists as they say, and are still used by professional photographers to this day.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 Boat Hire offers vessels for hire weekdays and weekends, they are here to make your day perfect out on the water and even supply bait, tackle and safety vests. All you need to do is bring good weather, they take care of the rest, and they welcome families and fishermen to enjoy their quality, well appointed boats. They take the hassle out of having your own boat parked unused at the marina most of the year, the repairs and maintenance and everything that goes with it, hire one of their pontoons, bowrider, catcher, or poly boats whenever you like, they also have Hobie Outback fishing kayaks which are pedal powered for a hands free operation. Tin Can Bay Boat Hire also stock scooters and accessories and they stock quality brands of fishing tackle and bait which can be ordered on-line soon, what are you waiting for.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

Tin Can Bay Motel is a quiet, friendly pet friendly retreat in Tin Can Bay, Queensland with air conditioned rooms, a swimming pool and BBQ and free WIFI. There's parking for your car, boat and trailers and they are ideally located close to Rainbow Beach and the Great Sandy National Park. Set in peaceful surrounds and close to the Tin Can Bay waterfront, there are 12 rooms available with kitchenettes, crockery and cutlery, fridge and microwave and more, and the swimming pool is surrounded by trees, plants, flowers and birds. Tin Can Bay Motel also has kayaks available for loan and there are self service laundry facilities and luggage storage, come for the perfect stay in quiet tranquility close to dolphins in the wild, waterfront dining, the Cooloola National Park, the beach and much more.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

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