Roper Bar

Roper Bar is a small remote locality on the Roper River in the Roper Gulf region of the Northern Territory, about 300 km southeast of Katherine. It is known as the historic river crossing on the Roper Highway and as a popular barramundi fishing destination. The settlement includes a store, camping area and boat ramp, serving travellers, anglers and visitors accessing Limmen National Park and surrounding savanna wetlands.

Visitors can expect a remote outback river setting on the wide Roper River with a low-level crossing, boat ramp and open savanna surroundings. The area consists of a general store, caravan and camping ground, and river frontage used for fishing and boating. There are no urban facilities; the landscape is flat floodplains, paperbark wetlands and river channels with abundant birdlife. Visitors typically come to fish, launch boats, camp, and use Roper Bar as a stopover or access point for Limmen National Park.