Steve Irwin (crocodile hunter) dies..........

[Nutsy]

She does need to let it go and I know she has been holding it together for the chidlrens sake. But you'd think now that the memorial is over she would be able to let go.

All I hope is that Bindi does grow up too soon and lose her childhood now that her Dad has gone.. I hope she doesn't feel she needs to take over some of the things he did. She is a very mature little girl, BUT.. she is still a little girl and needs to have a proper childhood.

Being around Adults all day, every day of your life does make you grow up much quicker than other children, but she still needs to have that childhood.

 

[Poohbear123]

 

[PenskeSth1]

Is it just me, but does anyone else think Terri seems to have aged since Steve's passing.. just in that pic, I know she's quite upset, but she just looks to have aged in the last couple of weeks.

Might just be me...duno.

It is amazing what a loss to a loved one can do to a person emotionally and Physically. She has so much to deal with, not only the loss of her closest friend and soul mate but her childrens father. I am sure she is worried about Bob also, he isn't young and loosing a son has got to be extremely hard on him. Plus she had to plan Steve's private funeral service, plus a Public memorial service. Perhaps now that all the formal stuff is behind her, she can start focusing completely on herself, the children and all that is important to her.

 

[mickey4ver]

While anyone in her position would look sad, tired, stressed etc....I think she looks especially drained and almost traumatized. We all think of how much we love our spouses, kids, parents etc., but I really think what those 2 had was something really kindred and too deep for any of us to understand ......very sad indeed. I hope she is able to overcome the sadness and grief and have a full life and enjoy watching their children grow. It is just all so sad, but again, what a wonderful tribute to father, husband, son and brother.

Thanks Nutsy for all the updates and info........I've always for years and years said Australia is one place I would love to visit.

 

[Buckalew11]

It is amazing what a loss to a loved one can do to a person emotionally and Physically. She has so much to deal with, not only the loss of her closest friend and soul mate but her childrens father. I am sure she is worried about Bob also, he isn't young and losing a son has got to be extremely hard on him. Plus she had to plan Steve's private funeral service, plus a Public memorial service. Perhaps now that all the formal stuff is behind her, she can start focusing completely on herself, the children and all that is important to her.

I am worried about Bob also. I just think he will die from a broken heart.
I think Terri is very, very pretty. She is just a natural beauty in my eyes and although she does look sad and very tired to me, I thought she looked very good--even in her sadness.
I think they did share something few people ever share, a special bond, and I hope in time, she will heal from her loss. I think if there were ever soulmates, it would be them!

 

[Nutsy]

It is amazing what a loss to a loved one can do to a person emotionally and Physically. She has so much to deal with, not only the loss of her closest friend and soul mate but her childrens father. I am sure she is worried about Bob also, he isn't young and loosing a son has got to be extremely hard on him. Plus she had to plan Steve's private funeral service, plus a Public memorial service. Perhaps now that all the formal stuff is behind her, she can start focusing completely on herself, the children and all that is important to her.

I really really feel for Steve's Dad. This is his second loss in about 6 yrs and I think too with Steve being born on his Mum's birthday it would be extra hard for Bob snr.

That poor guy has fronted the media so many times and I'd really love to be able to give him a great big hug and tell him just how sorry we are.

I think Terri is very fortunate to have so many people around her who care... eveyone up there, be they staff or blood relatives are just one big family. It's good that she is not grieving alone through all this. I just hope she leans on some of them and is able to let some of the burden go, so she can then make a move toward the future with her children.

 

[Nutsy]

Croc park named after Irwin

From correspondents in New Delhi

September 21, 2006

INDIA'S southern state of Kerala today announced that a crocodile park there would be named after Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, a report said.



Kerala's Communist Chief Minister, V S Achuthanandan, told reporters in Thiruvanthapuram that the reptile park in Neyyar town would be dedicated to Irwin, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.

The idea to have the park named after Irwin was suggested by Kerala's forest minister, Benoy Viswom, last week, the report said.

 

[Tiggerlover91]

Here is a link so you can watch the memorial service:

http://mp3.news.com.au/bcm/irwin-funeral.html

Oh my.... Those words from Bindi, the feeding of the elephants, and his truck's final drive did it for me. I shouldn't watch something like when I'm already emotional. They all did a fabulous job! What an amazing man!

 

[Tiggerlover91]

oh my.....heartbreaking, and Terri just looks drained. Little Bob has not an idea what's happening, and Bindi looks like she's saying her final goodbye but of course not wanting to.

 

[Nutsy]

Last time we were up there Steve had the elephants and he was joking around with them.. really have a blast... lifting the tail of one and making a joke about it's rear end and the Elephant just stood there and took it all.

Had you been lucky enough to be sitting where they brouught them in and took them out and were sitting in the front row, you got to feed them bananas.. I wa wishing we had sat over there and not where we were.

We did however have a python brought around for us all to get a birds eye view of.. that was creepy as I have a real fear of snakes and it was coming along the row in front of us.. the guy beside me was beside himself with excitement as was my youngest DS.. but I was sitting there cringing.. my toes were curled up in my shoes and I was sitting way back in the seat and very straight.. I was not cool, calm and collected.

On the way out we got to pat some other creature.. my kids we egging me so I did it, but oh it felt so not nice.. no backbone, so when you touched it, it's back just kinda sunk...creepy.

 

[Tiggerlover91]

I think it just all hit me so hard because I work in a zoo and I fell in love with so many of those babies instantly. So seeing Steve and his passion just warmed my heart. I just lost it with the elephants and Bindi and Bob Sr. feeding them! It's that TOM for me, so of course anything and everything can and will make me cry, but this memorial helped me to see how truly special Steve was. I'm just sorry I didn't watch more of his shows while he was alive. I hope Terri and her family can have time to themselves now. Terri just needs to let it all go and cry her heart out if she hasn't already. Her soulmate is gone, and it's an empty feeling I'm told that just truly never goes away.

 

[Nutsy]

Mourners make a tribute to Steve Irwin in the snow at Thredbo, as they farewell both the Crocodile Hunter and the snow season

 

[Nutsy]

A Steve Irwin fan leaves the zoo after his service.

 

[Nutsy]

Bindi comforts her mother, Terri

 

[Nutsy]

Bindi told the service she had the best daddy in the world and that she would miss her father every day.

 

[WDW Poly Princess]

I'm worried for Bindi, too- a lot of young girls who grow up in the public eye end up going through a lot. Hopefully the strong foundation her father built will keep her as grounded as she seems to be so far!

Poor Terri did look exhausted, which is to be expected. Think of how awful you look (or at least I do!) after crying, and then multiply that by two weeks. Poor girl! I was actually feeling really bad for Wes when I watched the memorial- Terri had her kids there to cuddle, but Wes looked really alone. Is he married? And poor Bob- no parent should have to bury their child.

 

[Nutsy]

A floral tribute to Irwin

 

[Mom2Angels]

She does need to let it go and I know she has been holding it together for the chidlrens sake. But you'd think now that the memorial is over she would be able to let go.

All I hope is that Bindi does grow up too soon and lose her childhood now that her Dad has gone.. I hope she doesn't feel she needs to take over some of the things he did. She is a very mature little girl, BUT.. she is still a little girl and needs to have a proper childhood.

Being around Adults all day, every day of your life does make you grow up much quicker than other children, but she still needs to have that childhood.

You don't know what goes on behind closed doors, she probably already has let go........ why would you assume she hasn't?

 

[Tiggerlover91]

You don't know what goes on behind closed doors, she probably already has let go........ why would you assume she hasn't?

 

[Nutsy]

Psychologist voices Bindi Irwin concerns

Too much pressure is being placed on Bindi Irwin to follow in her father Steve's footsteps, a child psychologist warns.

The eight-year-old is being touted as the next Crocodile Hunter after bravely telling the world at Irwin's memorial service on Wednesday: "I don't want Daddy's passion to ever end."

Newspapers ran headlines describing Bindi as "the future of the dream" and "the little wildlife warrior".

Irwin's friend and manager John Stainton has predicted Bindi's fame could eclipse her father's within five years.

But Alison Garton, a professor of psychology at Western Australia's Edith Cowan University, said such statements put too much pressure on Bindi.

"She's obviously a very poised and mature eight-year-old, but I think some of these public statements are probably a bit extreme in this point in time," Prof Garton said.

"She's only eight and she probably doesn't even understand properly what it means not to have Daddy around anyway."

Irwin, 44, died after being struck in the chest with a stingray's barb while filming on the Great Barrier Reef on September 4.

Bindi, who is home-schooled, will return to work in two weeks to finish a 26-part series for the Discovery Channel in the US, which her father was shooting footage for when he died.

Prof Garton said Bindi probably felt she wanted to carry on her father's legacy after being intimately involved in his work all her life.

There were dangers in putting too many expectations on children, she said.

"They either feel they've got to live up to these expectations or fail, and that can be pretty devastating," she said.

"Or else they rebel and say 'sorry, this is not for me'. It's a rare child that would actually live up to those expectations and thrive in them."

But cultural studies lecturer Dr Karen Brooks, from the University of the Sunshine Coast, said Bindi would simply be continuing what she had already been doing.

"Bindi lived an exceptional life - it was different to a lot of other young people, and I think what we see as extraordinary and incredible expectations are probably within her world of reality," Dr Brooks said.