Roper Bar and The Lost City

The Roper river is majestic! When you make your way through hot dry country and you come across an expansive river seemingly out of nowhere, it’s truly amazing. Imagine how those explorers felt crossing this river right here at Roper Bar! Imagine how they felt afterwards getting to the escarpments some 200 metres high with no obvious way down. It is the stuff of legends back in the day of expeditions and early exploration and we’ve become fascinated by it all.
Another 150km on rough roads took us to the Southern Lost City in Limmen National Park. The camp facilities have been burnt out by an out-of.control ‘environmental’ burn it seemed but that’s good because no campers either. The walk around this natural rock formation is phenomenal. Andrew says in fact the best walk he’s ever done. Huge rock formations have been created by the weather over time and we walk amongst great towering pillars , majestic flowering gums, rocky outcrops with views to distant lost cities. We camp under the stars, by the light of the moon and wake to the first bird calls and slivers of light. Perfect. No vans. No buses. Nobody! BlissRead more