The Dolphin Feeding Experience: South East Queensland is filled with many sights and interesting places to visit and Tin Can Bay is one of them. Tin Can Bay is a very pretty place, with its main attraction being the early morning dolphin feeding. It is one of only three places around the whole of Australia, where you can officially hand feed the dolphins in the wild. Tin Can Bay is protected waters and the boating is super, you can cruise the waters of Tin Can Bay by charter boat or bring your own. There are house boats as well to hire (here’s an idea a group of six or eight people get together and hire a house boat for 2 or 3 days and have a blast) Tin Can Bay Houseboats is situated at the bottom end of the Great Sandy Straits Marine Park. Our vessels are situated within E finger at the Tin Can Bay Marina, which is in Emperor Street, Tin Can Bay.

Fraser Island is situated to the north and Rainbow Beach is situated to the south of Tin Can Bay. Discover the unspoilt beauty of this unique Marine Park that spans over 350square kilometers of natural waterways. You be skipper and cruise the Great Sandy Straits with your own crew. These Sub-tropical waters are your highway to the holiday of your life time, in this vast area of National Park and wilderness.

This magnificent World Heritage area provides an abundance of wildlife, so be sure to keep a lookout for dolphins, turtles, sea eagles, pelicans, dugong and the popular Fraser Island dingo. The world famous mud crab is a gourmet’s delight and can be easily caught from your houseboat with crab pots (supplied).

Dolphin Feeding: If you are interested in feeding the dolphins you should head to Barnacles Bait and Cafe, which is located at the end of the Tin Can Bay Marina. Feeding starts at about 8am and continues until approximately 11am (unless the dolphins decide to leave beforehand). The dolphins that you will see at Tin Can Bay are Pacific Humpback Dolphins, which are slightly different in shape to the well known Bottlenose Dolphins.

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