Download coordinates as: Gregory River is a coastal rural locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia.
[3] Greta Creek flows into the bay and forms the north-western boundary of the locality (20°11′00″S 148°25′00″E / 20.18333°S 148.41667°E / -20.18333; 148.41667 (Greta Creek (mouth))), while the Gregory River (the watercourse) also flows into the bay and forms the north-eastern boundary of the locality (20°09′44″S 148°25′47″E / 20.1621°S 148.4297°E / -20.1621; 148.4297 (Gregory River (mouth))).
[5] Most of the locality is low flat land 5 to 20 metres (16 to 66 ft) above sea level, but the south-east of the locality where the Gregory River rises is mountainous terrain rising to 806 metres (2,644 ft) above sea level.
[5] It was named in July 1820 by Lieutenant Phillip Parker King of HM Colonial Cutter Mermaid, after the Swedish botanist Jonas Carllson Dryander who was librarian for Sir Joseph Banks.
[13] There is a small network of cane tramways in the south to the locality to transport the harvested sugarcane to the Proserpine Sugar Mill.