Swing bridge by Cleopatra Pools track. Duck swooped in and landed on the bridge. Then followed us along the track to the pools approx 750m then back again to the junction of the bridge. It became very aggressive and attacked me on the legs by pecking and hanging on to my legs and thumping with is webbed feet. We thought maybe there was a nest close by but didnt see any other ducks or ducklings. We didnt feed it.
We had just arrived at Bark Bay Hut and one flew about a meter over my friends shoulder then up into the high trees. We heard/saw at least one more as we were leaving the next morning at about 8am
Meet this whio up the Cleopatra's pools walk. About halfway along we saw it in the stream, hunting under rocks. Once it saw our group it climbed up onto the path and walked with us all the way to the pools, where it jumped back in to the stream and resumed normal looking foraging in the rocks. Was completely unconcerned by all the people about.