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Himantopus himantopus
Adult Black-winged Stilts are a "large black and white wader with long orange-red legs and a straight black bill. It has black on the back of the neck, a white collar and a red iris.[(the one at the back)]" Juveniles, or "[y]oung Black-winged Stilts lack black on the back of the neck and have grey-brown wings and back, speckled with white. They have a smudged grey crown, which extends down the back of the neck as the birds get older." (Birdlife Australia)
Wading around in the water at the Waste Water Wetlands.
They are often at these wetlands and when the ducks all take off, these birds might take off - to the other side of the water - and just carry on.
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Yeah they do! They are lovely birds :)
I've also spotted this species at Sydney's Homebush Bay. They're lovely birds, and they certainly get around.