Day 135 to 138 - at Longreach Waters

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After a dip in the Mataranka Hot Springs, we headed further south with a plan to find and investigate Longreach Waters, a huge long waterhole (a couple of kilometres maybe). This place had been separately recommended to us twice previously as a bird watchers paradise. We were keen to check it out.

We were told that Longreach Waters was approximately ten kilometres down a sandy track with the turnoff just near Elliot.

We eventually made it to Elliot and the turnoff is indeed right on the cattle grid on the northern side of the town.

The track is sometimes a bit corrugated but was very sandy in a few places which might be tricky in a big heavy bus. However, we managed to navigate through the sandy patches OK and eventually arrived to a lovely stretch of water lined with trees and with plenty of birds.

We loved it as soon as we saw it and knew we'd be staying a few nights.

We chilled out barely moving from our mobile bird hide parked right next to the lagoon!

We were thrilled when the only Jabiru walked past (but we didn't get a close photo). Spoonbills, Egrets and Ibis were regular visitors each day.

Four days passed before we decided we needed to move on. We had a train to catch!

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Photos

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Our first view of Longreach. Staggeringly Beautiful.

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Great Egret

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Breakfast for a Royal Spoonbill

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Spoonbills often fished in pairs or in threes

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Are you talking to me?

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The mobile bird hide.

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Pacific Heron

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A fleet of Pelicans

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"You're in my lake" says one Spoonbill to another

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The elusive Jabiru

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Our last night at Longreach.