Roper Bar Crossing
Campground
Contact
Roper Highway, Limmen, Northern Territory.
Description
The Roper Bar is 180km along the Roper Highway and well known as a great place to catch Barramundi. It is where Leichhardts expedition of 1845 crossed the Roper River which was named for John Roper, a member of this party. The bar was built in the early 1900s as part of the supply route for the Overland Telegraph line. Roper Bar Crossing was also the site of an old Police Station.
Features
Location
Lat: -14.714772 Lng: 134.508178