Nelly Bay is a suburb of Northern, Queensland and
is about 1118 kms northwest of QLD's capital city of
Brisbane. In the 2011 Australian census the
population of Nelly Bay was 1,055 when there were
530 Females and 525 Males living there. The
median age for people living in Nelly Bay was 43.
Nelly Bay is a village on Magnetic Island, and a
suburb of the City of Townsville, Australia.
A tourism hub on the island, it is especially
significant as the site of the ferry terminal, which
links it to Townsville. Nelly Bay is also home to
Magnetic Island's largest infrastructure
development, Magnetic Harbour, also known as
Nelly Bay Harbour. The development consists of a
new ferry and barge terminal, with an emergency
services helipad, retail services, a marina[5] and
multi-storey residential dwellings.