[1] The locality is bounded to the east by Trinity Bay (part of the Coral Sea) and to the south-west by the Great Dividing Range.

[3]Most of the unprotected land is in the north of the locality around the valleys of the Mowbray River and its tributary Spring Creek.

The Captain Cook Highway passes through the locality from south to north, hugging the Trinity Bay coast for much of the way.

[16] Mowbray River State School opened on 20 May 1925 under head teacher Alexander Larcombe Edwards.

[18] With fears of a Japanese invasion in 1942, many families evacuated and by March 1942 with only 2 students enrolled, the school was closed.