Tin Can Bay Real Estate
Malcolm Smerdon
Holiday Accommodation
, House and Land Sales,
"on
the Waterfront" Tin Can Bay Queensland Australia
"What's in a name?"
Below : Photo of Tin Can Bay and Tin Can Bay Inlet.
The name Tin Can Bay is derived from "tinchin" or
"tidhin" name for the species of mangrove in Yugumbir language spoken
by the Aboriginals at that time.
Others say that Tin Can is a word derived from the word "tinken" a vine with a large ribbed leaf which grew on the beaches here. The area was also known as TUNCUNBA - BA meaning "Place of " TUNCUN" meaning "Dugong" or "Plenty of tucker".A white lad that came with the Aboriginals about a hundred years ago was "Zachariah Daniel Sparkes Skyring" he was one of the first permanent residents in the area, he later called the town "Tin Can Bay". Zachariah was born on 13th. July, 1861 and died on the 4th.June, 1957.
Click on this great photo to
enlarge:
Schnapper Creek Tin Can Bay just after
sunset,a tranquil boat harbour.
Below: Schnapper Creek on a
morning spring tide.
The town is located on the mainland opposite the southern end of
World Heritage listed Fraser Island, which is only a few miles away and adjacent
to Cooloola National Park. The closest cities to Tin Can Bay
are Gympie and Maryborough. Tin Can Bay and its protected waterways are renown
for there fishing, crabbing and boating and its friendly Dolphins that come into
Schnapper Creek most days to be fed by the holiday makers and the locals alike.
Tin Can Bay is located in a prime position jutting out
into the bay, a great place to holiday and too nice of a place to leave.
Population
approx 2000. 
Pictured below is the Tin Can Bay School Complex opened in
1999 and caters for all children up to the P10 level.
Photo taken at the Crab Creek picnic area at Toolara, the Pelicans love to be fed.
For your holiday or to invest or retire at this unique
town
contact Malcolm Smerdon at Tin Can Bay Real Estate.
or email us here's our address just click on it and type your message then click
send. malcolms@spiderweb.com.au
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