The Tinchi Tamba Wetlands Reserve Boat Ramp is a well-kept two-lane concrete ramp just off Wyampa Road in Bald Hills, with easy access to the Pine River and the tidal and freshwater wetlands around it. Picnic areas, barbecues, a playground and plenty of parking are close by, so it draws boats, kayaks and canoes as well as people fishing or watching the wildlife. Council lists a single ramp, pontoon and floating walkway at Deep Water Bend; the state register records two lanes, 55 bays, toilets and water and rates it usable on all tides.
From the ramp the Pine River runs a few kilometres east under the Hornibrook and Houghton highway bridges into Bramble Bay, with the Redcliffe peninsula to the north and the Brisbane River mouth to the south; upstream it narrows into the North and South Pine rivers. Six knots applies near the ramp, the moorings and the bridges. Bream, flathead, jack and mud crabs in the river; the wetlands are a bird sanctuary. Locals report car break-ins here at night.
Barungwarra on the South Pine is the small alternative; Dohles Rocks on the north bank is the City of Moreton Bay ramp. Marine Rescue Queensland Brisbane monitors VHF 16.
A note on these photographs
The photographs above are from Wikimedia Commons and are used under their Creative Commons licences; each caption gives the year, because the facility may have changed since.
- Bald Hills Single Boat Ramp (7162021270), 2010 - Brisbane City Council, CC BY 2.0
- Bald Hills Boat Ramp Pontoon (7161933022), 2010 - Brisbane City Council, CC BY 2.0
