Nankeen Night Heron (12/22)

CICONIIFORMES: Ardeidae

Nycticorax caledonicus  

An immature Nankeen Night Heron on the banks of Coopers Creek.

Coopers Creek has a history of holding us up.

We camped on its banks once when a fourteen kilometre stretch of a Queensland road was under its waters and we enjoyed wading a kilometre into the creek.

This time we were travelling the Birdsville Track and the creek had closed the main track. Just as we arrived at the ferry, it was taken out of service for a couple of hours whilst a faulty engine was replaced.