Thursday 11th February 2021
Today we woke up on sunrise around 630am after a good night sleep. We packed up our van and headed off.
We stopped in at a town call Kabong. There was a must see collection of rocks, minerals and fossils by Mr John Steenbergen.
There was over 5000 specimens to view. Wow, wow, wow!!
We didn’t have a chance to visit the Gold museum in Gympie as Madeline couldn’t stay still. So we moved on to our next location at Tin Can Bay.
Tin Can Bay
We arrived at our site at Tin Can Bay Tourist Park. We set up the van and had some lunch.
We went for a stroll down to Crab creek to check out some fishing spots.
We played at the park and took some photos.
We then drove up the Esplanade to the marina and boat ramp. After a quick look we went to another playground and spent 1 hr on the equipment.
We returned to the caravan and played with playdoh, Madeline’s arts and crafts and ran around the van site.
Photo: from Queensland.com
History
Originally the town was named Wallu but in 1937 the name was changed to Tin Can Bay. The name came from the Aboriginal word “tuncan” that refers to the dugongs the mammals but also a word that refers to “vine with large leaves.”
The town started expanding in population by the time of 1922 there were several houses and holiday homes around the area.
In 1933 a school opened in February 1934. 1954 saw the opening of its first fish market and this attracted the trawling industry in the year of 1957 and shortly after that year Tin Can Bay became a fishing village and has remained so.
Tomorrow
We stay in Tin Can Bay for 3 nights, tomorrow will be our first full day here. We will explore more of the town and likely more of the playgrounds in this beautiful part of Queensland.
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