Catch A Crab at Birds Bay Oyster Farm

Photo opportunities with mudcrabs
Catch a Crab boat cruise
Trap and cook fresh Tweed mudcrabs
Pelican Feeding
Yabby pumping
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About

Catch a Crab Tours offer the chance to experience the nature of the scenic Tweed River.

Catch a Crab is a must-do river cruise activity for visitors to the Gold Coast and the Tweed and offers both tour-only and meal packages. On each Catch a Crab tour, you'll see for crab trapping demonstrations, the mud crabs are cooked fresh onboard the boat. You can also hand-feed friendly wild pelicans, pump for yabbies tide permitting and try your hand at fishing.

Visit their own working oyster farm lease where the Sydney Rock oyster is grown and shucked fresh daily. Learn how an oyster grows and travels from the farm to your plate!

At The Oyster Shed waterside cafe, the chef prepares fresh seafood dishes using only the best ingredients and the freshly shucked oysters.

For a tasty tour on the river, full of great experiences, adventures, and flavours, ensure that you include a Catch a Crab visit in your holiday plans!

What's Available

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Available Tours

Yabby Catching on the sandbanks

Catch-A-Crab

Set on the banks of Terranora Lakes, Birds Bay Oyster Farm is the departure point for the multi award-winning Catch-a-Crab cruises, cruising on the Tweed River with activities of pelican feeding, yabby pumping, fishing, trapping for mud crabs and crab show (all equipment supplied). The Oyster Farm is part of the seafood experience, pickup up freshly shucked oysters to accompany a luncheon feast of famous Queensland mud crabs. A selection of itineraries and lunch menus are available, ranging from two to four hours duration. All equipment for activities, fishing rods and bait supplied. Morning tea included. The calm waters of Terranora Inlet are abundant in bird and marine life providing an excellent opportunity for photos.

From $95 to $150 per person

Reviews & Ratings

Karina M

Karina M

Google review

The weather was exceptional. We all enjoyed the informative and fun tour from catching crabs, feeding pelicans and fishing, to learning about how oysters harvest. We chose a weekend, at the end of the school holidays so it wasn’t overly busy. My 85 year old father to my 6 year old grand daughter all had a great time. Not too long. A great way to spend the morning and a delicious lunch afterwards. Only negative was that we weren’t informed by our booking provider, not Catch a Crab, that even though they are situated in NSW, they run on the QLD time zone. We are local people who would highly recommended this tour.

Where you'll be

11-17 Birds Bay Drive

Tweed Heads West NSW 2485