Bindi Irwin has shared a touching post on Instagram that remembers her late father, Steve. This comes 14 years since his untimely death.
Crikey, who’s cutting onions here?
Bindi Irwin, who melted hearts when she got married in a COVID-Safe wedding earlier this year and then announced baby news with hubby Chandler Powell, has once again got us reaching for the tissues.
Already 14 years have passed since the shattering news that Steve Irwin had passed away in 2006, with the cause of death a stingray barb.
Young Bindi has matured now and taken over her father’s legacy as a Wildlife Warrior, and was honoured last year in TIME Magazine’s 100 Next list, alongside brother Robert.
“You’re always in my heart,” she posted to her Instagram page. The photo depicts her as a youngster opposite her father, collecting seashells at the beach. Actress and fellow animal lover Emma Perry commented on the post with “Oh, my heart” and same girl, same.
Bindi Irwin was just an eight-year-old when her father died. The former Crocodile Hunter’s television series was broadcast worldwide, and was even made into a movie in 2002. In terms of other movie and popular cameos, he appeared as an elephant seal in Happy Feet, danced with the Wiggles in Wiggly Safari, and was famously part of the Australian government quarantine adds that advocated for bio security safety for returned travellers.
Americans loved him in the States, and he was a top tourist promoter for Down Under, with Australia Zoo voted the Top Tourist attraction for 2002. Of course, it was his conservation efforts that stand out the most with he and wife Terri forming the Steve Irwin Conservation Foundation, known today as Wildlife Warriors. Education was the main goal in helping audiences understand why endangered species needed to be protected.
“I believe that education is all about being excited about something.…That’s the main aim in our entire lives is to promote education about wildlife and wilderness areas, save habitats, save endangered species, etc. So, if we can get people excited about animals, then by crikey, it makes it a heck of a lot easier to save them,” he said.
Daughter Bindi has more than made a mark as an Irwin in her own right, but her post is a sweet reminder of where the passion for endangered species and wildlife comes from.
I’m not crying, I swear.
