The Normanby flows north from north Queensland's Wet Tropics mountains (Cedar Bay Range, Windsor Tableland) to the Princess Charlotte Bay on Cape York Peninsula.

In this photo the River is about 100 m ASL. Here's a photo of it 100 km north-west as it approaches the coastal plain in Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park: https://pbase.com/donfranklin/image/150620940