In this river two fine sheets of water were found, and called Lake Frances and Lake Mary.
An ineffectual attempt was then made to go westward, but lack of water compelled them to desist.
Landsborough now returned to the depot by way of the Gregory, and, on arriving there, learnt that Walker had been in and had reported having seen the tracks of Burke and Wills on the Flinders.

Landsborough thereupon resolved to return by way of the Flinders, instead of going back by boat.

They had very little provisions, but by reducing the number of the party, they managed to subsist on short allowance.

On this second trip, he followed the Flinders up, and was rewarded by being the first white man to see the beautiful prairie-like country through which it flows.

He named the remarkable isolated hills visible from the river Fort Bowen, Mount Brown and Mount Little.