It is enough to state that on Sunday, the 27th of September, the telegraph line was reached at a point some distance to the north of the Peake station.

Thus safely concluded an expedition that makes a mark in our geographical history, although it was accompanied by no notable discovery.

Central Australia had now been crossed in the same zone that had turned back the explorers from the east, and the fact that Forrest got through, equipped with only the ordinary outfit of horses stamped him as a leader of unusual foresight and judgment.
Forrest's last expedition was rather a survey than a journey of discovery.

In 1883, in company with several other surveyors, he landed at Roebuck Bay, and examined a large portion of the Kimberley Division.

He proceeded from Roebuck Bay to the Fitzroy River, which his brother had lately explored, and examined the intermediate country as far as St.
George's Range, reporting that it consisted mainly of rich elevated grassy plains with abundance of water.