Located north of the Darwin CBD, the suburb of Fannie Bay is named after the bay located to the suburb's west. It was named by George Goyder after Fanny Carandini, a popular opera singer during the late 1800s. ¹ The area's traditional inhabitants are the Larrakia people. ²

Attractions include the bay the suburb is named after, Dudley Point Lookout, Sunset Beach, disused World War 2 guns and related infrastructure, the Cyclone Tracy Memorial Sculpture, the Fannie Bay Gaol museum, Fannie Bay Race Track, Fannie Bay Oval, which is to the Port Darwin Football Club, a monument to Ross Smith, captain of the Vickers Vimy, that on 10 December 1919, was the first aircraft to fly from England to Australia in less than 30 days.

Population:

2875 ³

Postcode:

0820

Location:

4 km north of Darwin CBD

Main Roads:

East Point Rd (unnumbered), Ross Smith Av (unnumbered) and Dick Ward Dr (unnumbered)

Radio Stations:

DAB+:
ABC Classic, ABC Country, ABC Jazz, ABC Kids Listen, ABC News Radio, ABC Radio Darwin, ABC Radio National, ABC Sport, Classic Rock Digital, Double J, First Nations Digital, Hot 100, iHeartCountry Australia, Mix 104.9, SBS Arabic, SBS Chill, SBS PopAsia, SBS Radio 1, SBS Radio 2, SBS South Asian, Territory FM, Triple J, Triple J Unearthed and Vision Australia Radio

FM:
ABC Classic (107.3 MHz), ABC News Radio (102.5 MHz), ABC Radio Darwin (105.7 MHz), Darwin's 97 Seven (97.7 MHz), Faith FM (87.6 MHz), Hot 100 (100.1 MHz), Kix Country (92.3 MHz), Mix 104.9 (104.9 MHz), Palmerston FM88 (88.0 MHz), SBS Radio (100.9 MHz), Territory FM (104.1 MHz), Triple J (103.3 MHz) and XStream Radio Darwin FM 915 (91.5 MHz)

AM:
ABC Radio National (657 kHz), RadioTAB (1242 kHz) and Yolngu Radio (1530 kHz)

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Fannie Bay:

View of the cycleway and Fannie Bay, 2003.

Image © Jamie Scuglia

Fannie Bay:

View of Fannie Bay from the Darwin Sailing Club, 2003.

Image © Jamie Scuglia

Fannie Bay:

Corner of Ross Smith Av and Elizabeth St, Fannie Bay, 2003.

Image © Jamie Scuglia

¹ NT Government, NT Place Names Register, Place Names Register Extract, Fannie Bay.
² Larrakia Nation, About, The Larrakia People.
³ Australian Government, Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census All persons QuickStats, Suburbs and Localities, SAL70097, Fannie Bay.