Continuing south on our journey home, we had a rendezvouz with Uncle Jack and Lyndal in Tin Can Bay, yes we like it here. We are heading south, J & L are heading north to Mackay, to go out on son petes' 40 foot cruiser for a spot of reef fishing, lucky buggers. We set the meeting place at TCB yacht club, very classy, neither of us have a yacht, but who cares? We enjoyed coffee and cake at the dolphinarium, and casually enquired as to how Tin Can Bay got its unusual name, well there are two theories, one is, that in the early days the mail came by boat and was floated up river in a tin can, well thats' a bit of a stretch, the other theory, that we like is the local
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