For those who struggle with identifying shorebirds, here is the pdf.doc to the Australian Shorebirds Identification Sheet produced by WWF. This is a fantastic booklet with great illustrations and annotations for each species (the illustrations are better than most field guides, especially Morcombe's). I always have one in my birding backpack...
That is great thank you very much, very helpful.
Dale Huonville, Tasmania
Further to this - BirdLife have just released a Shorebirds app (iphone only atm) - its totally free. You can get it at the itunes store.
Thanks for the link, will come in very handy.