Tin Can Bay – Cooloola Cove

A 6:30am rise due to the van heating up, forced us to relocate to the beach and under some shady tree to relax by.

Sat around enjoying the fresh cooling breeze. Steve continued his new book and I caught up on blogs. It’s a really pleasant spot. Lots of large yachts relaxing in the protected inlet of Tin Can Bay. Its lovely. Have been listening to much thunder. Sounds like storms around but none to be had. Really hot day and reading a book by the water under a shady tree is the only place to be on a day like this!

Midget had a ball. She kept cool by swimming around as the tide came in and looking endlessly for fish. Walking round and round in circles and then when she tired of that, she came and laid on her cushie under the shady tree or sunbaked, then repeated it all again.

We stayed till 5pm when the world famous Tin Can Bay Yacht Club opened for business. This is the cheapest yacht club in Australia. With a $10 joining fee and $40 annual fees for full, yes, FULL membership, it’s a steal!

What a great place. We’d read about it in Cruising Helmsman and its always stuck in our minds. We’ve always wanted to come here. Steve was elsewhere at the time and I was waiting around so struck up a conversation with a guy there on his own. He was recently retired to Tin Can Bay and was the soon to be Commodore of the Kayaking section of the yacht club. We enjoyed hearing about all his stories of the town and how he came to be here. He had lead an interesting life, least of all for being a Vietnam vet, but had found his peace in Cooloola Cove, just 5 minutes up the road.

Steve eventually joined us and we stayed for a few round and a few more. Then Brodie invited us back to his place for a BBQ. We took him up on his very kind offer and had a most enjoyable evening at his house. We camped in his driveway after a restless and rather sleepless night in the still and hot weather that is up here.