Macquarie University has a number of nice natural areas where animals can enjoy themselves, such as a gorgeous lake. These areas encourage the animals to come and live on campus.
It is very common to see ducks on campus. They are in most of the parks if you look at the right time of day. But, now that it is Spring, the ducks are starting to breed, so soon the campus will be overrun with ducklings!!!
It is actually quite unusual for the parent ducks to allow a person to get so close to the ducklings, but I manage this every year (animals like me... not really sure why). I love sitting near them and watching other people try to get too close. The ducks will charge the person to keep their babies safe : ) Very amusing.
These ducklings turned a relatively bad day for me into a great one!