Tinnanbar

Geography

Tinnanbar is bounded by the Great Sandy Strait on the north and east and by Kauri Creek to the south. The town is located on the north coast, while the east coastal strip is protected as the Great Sandy Conservation Park. The marine areas and tidal flats of the conservation park has populations of dolphins, turtles and dugongs. It is an important roosting area for migratory wading birds and a nesting area for the false water rat. The Great Sandy Marine Park is off-shore along much of the coastline at Tinnanbar. The only access road to the town is Tinninbar Road, which connects to the Maryborough-Cooloola Road.

Most-observed species

• Willie-wagtail

  Rhipidura leucophrys (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  1,117
• Silver Gull

  Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) · Aves
  1,010
• Masked Lapwing

  Vanellus miles (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  975
• Welcome Swallow

  Hirundo neoxena Gould, 1842 · Aves
  872
• Far Eastern Curlew

  Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  799
• Bar-shouldered Dove

  Geopelia humeralis (Temminck, 1821) · Aves
  795
• Mangrove Honeyeater

  Gavicalis fasciogularis (Gould, 1854) · Aves
  782
• Brown Honeyeater

  Lichmera indistincta (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) · Aves
  758