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

[lucas]

Thanks for the updates, Nutsy. Lately I have been thinking about the 1 year mark coming soon.

 

[Nutsy]

Yup, I know what you mean. It's getting close and yet it seems like it was just very recent that it happened.

 

[Nutsy]

Actually, something else that was in the paper this morning, was that the family, staff and friends of Steve are not focusing on the day Steve died. They intend to hold a public celebration of his life at the zoo on November 15 -Steve Day. It will include family entertainment and activities and wildlife warrior shows.

 

[Nutsy]

THE best mate of Steve Irwin says he feels as if the Crocodile Hunter is still with him, almost a year after his death shocked the world.
Wes Mannion told The Courier-Mail that Irwin's presence still looms large for him.
"I've never really lost anyone close to me, ever," he said.

"Someone said that they're always there and I've gone 'yeah, sure' but as time goes on you realise they really are there.
"It's just so strong. You make a decision and you just feel someone is there.

"It's not a weird thing like a pat on the shoulder and a whisper in your ear.

"You just feel them there and you feel you're two people rather than one."
Irwin's family will mark the first anniversary of his death next month in private during a camping break in remote Lakefield National Park in north Queensland.
It was the last place they were all together before Terri took their daughter Bindi, 9, and son Robert, 3, on to Tasmania for wildlife commitments while Irwin stayed on in the north to complete documentary filming obligations.
Terri and her children flew out on Monday to join the scientific team doing crocodile research in the wilderness area.

The team includes Irwin's father Bob Irwin.
Mannion, an Australia Zoo director, said that rather than focusing on the day Steve died, his family, staff and friends intended to hold a public celebration of his life at the zoo on November 15 - Steve Irwin Day.

It will include family entertainment and activities and wildlife warrior shows.
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22223605-5005941,00.html#

 

[IwasatWDWforamonth]

thanks so much for sharing this with us

 

[dizneydiva2005]

Thanks for sharing. We love watching Bindi's new show, but it's sad... I hope one day to be able to watch and not feel the loss of her father. I just hate that they are growing up with their Dad. He was such a special person. They are lucky to have such a great mom- and a great place to grow up!

I've thought about the 1 year ann. coming up- bums me out.

 

[Nutsy]

Bob Irwin named grandfather of the year

Bob Irwin, the 67-year-old father of the late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, has been named Queensland's grandfather of the year.

But in typical family fashion, his work in the wilds of north Queensland meant he wasn't able to accept the award in person.

Mr Irwin is working at the family's conservation reserve at Cape York, so his award was accepted today by his son-in-law Frank Muscillo.

Mr Muscillo said his son James, 18, along with his famous cousins Bindi, 9, and Bob, 3, had been spending time on the reserve with their grandfather.

Mr Irwin had taught James how to trap crocs, Bindi how to tell the difference between a croc nest and a bush turkey nest, and Bob how to fish.

"Like Steve, Bob feels that nothing is more important than family," Mr Muscillo said.

"I know his grandchildren will look forward to joining their Poppy for trips into the Australian wilderness for years to come."

Queensland Father's Day Council chairman, the Reverend Allen Male, said the passion for wildlife Mr Irwin had passed on to his children and grandchildren was being felt worldwide.

Steve Irwin died last September when a stingray stabbed him in the chest while he was filming a documentary on Batt Reef, off the north Queensland coast.

In 1970, Melbourne-born Bob Irwin and wife Lyn - who died in 2000 - set up the Beerwah Reptile Park on the Sunshine Coast.

In the mid-1980s, son Steve left the park and disappeared into the wilds of north Queensland to catch and relocate saltwater crocodiles that threatened remote communities.

When Steve's parents left the park in the early 1990s, he and his new American wife Terri took over and eventually teamed up with producer John Stainton to make a series of documentaries.

The Irwins are now recognised as icons of the global conservation movement.

 

[Nutsy]

From wildlife warrior to catwalk model

Bindi Irwin takes to the catwalk with a reptilian friend in Las Vegas at the launch of her fashion range.

THE shorts and T-shirt are for sale, the python isn't. The jury is still out on the child.

The incredible life of Bindi Irwin — wildlife warrior, television personality, tourism ambassador, columnist, nine-year-old — took another quantum leap away from conventional notions of childhood on Sunday when she took to a Las Vegas catwalk to promote her clothing line.


Appearing just a week before the anniversary of the death of her father, "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, Bindi and her minders are hoping to crack America's $US34 billion ($A41 billion) a year children's clothing market with her Bindi Wear International fashion line for babies to 10-year-olds

The latest venture by Bindi — dubbed the Shirley Temple of the wildlife conservation movement by The New York Times — adds to a slew of projects launched by Team Irwin since the Crocodile Hunter's death on September 4 last year. In addition to her series Bindi the Jungle Girl, on ABC TV, Channel Nine will screen the one-hour special My Daddy the Crocodile Hunter on Saturday.

The program includes previously unseen footage of Bindi working with her father on his last research trip before he was fatally speared by a stingray.
Her weekend performance at the world's largest trade fair — barefoot and draped in a two-metre carpet python in front of 500 fashion buyers — was typical of the precocious youngster, giving ammunition to both sides of the seemingly worldwide argument over whether she is a preternaturally well-adjusted little girl or the victim of child exploitation.

The Save Bindi brigade — yes, you can buy the T-shirts although they don't come endorsed by the Australia Zoo — would point to Irwin the Younger's relentless blitzkrieg in the US this year that has seen her on talk shows, addressing Washington's National Press Club and performing for children with her backing dancers, the Crocmen.

The pro-Bindi lobby would counter that no child could fake enjoyment so convincingly and that she helped write the T-shirt slogans for her clothing line, the profits of which go to environmental causes.
There's "Green is the new black", "Extinct stinks" and "Save me, plant a tree".

Created by Queensland-based designers Melanie Finger and Palmina Martin, the fashion line — dubbed "clothing with a conscience" — has previously only been on sale at the Australia Zoo.

With Las Vegas as the launching pad, the brand, much like Bindi herself, is going global.

■Bob Irwin, the 67-year-old father of Steve Irwin, has been named Queensland's grandfather of the year by the Queensland Father's Day Council.

 

[lucas]

Hi Nutsy!

Thanks for the updates. I know there will be more as the anniversary is getting close.

What a nice award for Bob Sr. to win!

 

[Nutsy]

Hi Nutsy!

Thanks for the updates. I know there will be more as the anniversary is getting close.

What a nice award for Bob Sr. to win!

Hi ya Lucas

Yeah it is nice for Bob snr to win Grandfather of the year. I must say that I'm not at all surprised either. I reckon he's very deserving of the award.

As to news on the Irwins with the upcoming anniversary of losing Steve, yeah no doubt there will be heaps in the papers and on tv about them.

 

[Nutsy]

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/indepth/section/0,,5008740,00.html


Ok, the above is a link to an article in yesterdays paper.

Read and Remember

 

[Nutsy]

Steve Irwin - the Sunshine Coast remembers

Nowhere was the loss of Steve Irwin felt greater than right here on the Sunshine Coast. We remember.


http://www.thedaily.com.au/photos/galleries/2007/aug/31/steve-irwin---sunshine-coast-remembers/
This Tuesday marks one year since the Sunshine Coast lost its favourite son – the mighty Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin.

Millions of people around the world were shocked by the wildlife warrior’s death, after he was stabbed in the chest by a stingray while filming a documentary in far north Queensland.

But nowhere was the grief more heartfelt than on the Sunshine Coast, where hundreds left tributes outside the Irwins’ Australia Zoo at Beerwah and more than 5000 attended a moving, televised memorial at the zoo’s Crocoseum.

See our original multimedia tribute and shorter tribute set to a song written by Col Buchanan a day after Steve's death. More pictures and a new tribute will be posted on Monday.

To mark the anniversary of Steve’s death, the Sunshine Coast Daily will publish a free glossy tribute magazine called Memories of Steve.
This special publication will feature dozens of photographs, including special images supplied by Steve’s family and friends at Australia Zoo, plus some great memories of the man himself.

Don’t miss the Memories of Steve tribute magazine, free inside the Sunshine Coast Daily on Tuesday, September 4.

The Daily is keen to hear from anyone who attended the memorial to Steve Irwin held at Australia Zoo's Crocoseum.

Please emailamy.remeikis@scnews.com.au with your contact details if you would like to share your story.

You can also share your memories of Steve at our Your Say Today blog.

LOSS OF A NATIONAL ICON:
September 5, 2006: Stingray barb proved fatal blow for Steve
September 5, 2006: Steve at the happiest time of his life
September 6, 2006: Friends vow to continue Steve's work
September 14, 2006: Crocoseum to host big farewell
September 15, 2006: Steve's fans brave cold night for tickets to memorial
September 21, 2006: Buckets of tears shed
September 21, 2006: Bye, Crickey
September 27, 2006: Terri struggling with the loss of her prince
September 28: Honouring Steve's way
October 17, 2006: Bindi enjoying being back in the spotlight
January 5, 2007: Family relieved as Irwin death tapes trashed
July 3, 2007: Bindi following in Dad's footsteps
July 14, 2007: Irwin statue gets green light

 

[lucas]

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/indepth/section/0,,5008740,00.html


Ok, the above is a link to an article in yesterdays paper.

Read and Remember

FANTASTIC link to several great articles! Thanks for posting.

Animal Planet is having a week long tribute to Steve and they are calling the week: "Crocs Rule!" In fact, tonight I watched his movie and several specials about him.

Here is some info from Animal Planet's website about the week long tribute:

http://animal.discovery.com/tv/crocs-rule/about/about.html

Animal Planet will honor the wildly popular and exuberant wildlife conservationist during Crocs Rule!, a special week of prime-time programming from September 1-6, 2007.

Crocs Rule! Week spotlights Irwin's life and greatest projects. But just as importantly, it updates viewers on the conservation research carried on by wife Terri and the philanthropic endeavors she leads on behalf of animals worldwide. It also contains the best and most intriguing of Irwin's specials that highlight the legacy he leaves behind.

Ever the great Aussie character while still promoting wildlife conservation, Irwin began an annual research project that was filmed for Animal Planet called Secrets of the Crocodile. Containing never-before-seen footage of Irwin and his intense research efforts on behalf of the enigmatic reptile, this revealing report will make its world premiere on Tuesday, September 4, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT).

An extended premiere hour-long version of Crikey! What an Adventure airs the following evening.

Visit their EPISODE GUIDE to see what airs when.

 

[Nutsy]

FANTASTIC link to several great articles! Thanks for posting.

Animal Planet is having a week long tribute to Steve and they are calling the week: "Crocs Rule!" In fact, tonight I watched his movie and several specials about him.

Here is some info from Animal Planet's website about the week long tribute:

http://animal.discovery.com/tv/crocs-rule/about/about.html

Animal Planet will honor the wildly popular and exuberant wildlife conservationist during Crocs Rule!, a special week of prime-time programming from September 1-6, 2007.

Crocs Rule! Week spotlights Irwin's life and greatest projects. But just as importantly, it updates viewers on the conservation research carried on by wife Terri and the philanthropic endeavors she leads on behalf of animals worldwide. It also contains the best and most intriguing of Irwin's specials that highlight the legacy he leaves behind.

Ever the great Aussie character while still promoting wildlife conservation, Irwin began an annual research project that was filmed for Animal Planet called Secrets of the Crocodile. Containing never-before-seen footage of Irwin and his intense research efforts on behalf of the enigmatic reptile, this revealing report will make its world premiere on Tuesday, September 4, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT).

An extended premiere hour-long version of Crikey! What an Adventure airs the following evening.

Visit their EPISODE GUIDE to see what airs when.

Cool!! Must check to see if we are getting it here as well.

 

[Nutsy]

This is in one of our magazines this week. How on earth anyone could think that Terri would hook up with John Stainton is beyond me.....



TERRI IRWIN'S LOVE SCANDAL WITH JOHN STAINTON
On the one year anniversary of his death, Steve Irwin's widow Terri is devastated over claims she's found love again with his best mate John Stainton. The hurtful rumours come as she prepares to remember Steve's life in private with Bindi and little Bob. Terri and John refused to comment on the claims that were tabled in an American newspaper, but friends say the accusations have deeply wounded an already fragile Terri.

 

[Nutsy]

On September 4th 2006 the world lost a hero, Steve Irwin.


http://au.blogs.yahoo.com/new-idea/6088/remembering-steve-irwin/?view=photos&photo=0


The link is to pics of the Iriwins and an article on Steve

 

[lucas]

This is in one of our magazines this week. How on earth anyone could think that Terri would hook up with John Stainton is beyond me.....

I agree - how sad.

 

[Nutsy]

Steve Irwin our greatest ambassador, says Beattie

WILDLIFE campaigner Steve Irwin was arguably Queensland's greatest cultural ambassador to the US, says Premier Peter Beattie.He was paying tribute to the late Crocodile Hunter in state parliament on the first anniversary of his death.
A year ago the world-famous conservationist was fatally speared in the chest by a stingray barb, while filming a documentary off far-north Queensland.

Mr Beattie said the government had recognised Irwin's contribution to the state in a number of ways since his death.

It named the main road through Beerwah, the site of the Irwins' Australia Zoo, Steve Irwin Way.

The government also named a tourism award in his honour - the Steve Irwin Ecotourism Award, now part of the annual Queensland Tourism Awards.
Mr Beattie said Irwin had great commitment and passion.

"The spirit of Steve Irwin lives on in many ways," he said.

"I again pay tribute to his energy, joy and commitment to conservation and wildlife, and acknowledge all those who continue his work today."

 

[Nutsy]

Bindi keeps Steve Irwin's legacy alive


BINDI Irwin's star has continued to rise in the wake of her father's death a year ago.Even before the tragedy she was already a celebrity in her own right and family and friends said she would have continued to carve her own niche in the spotlight whether or not her famous father was alive.

Making appearances in Irwin's television documentaries since the moment she was born, Bindi enjoyed the novelty of seeing herself on screen and used to refer to them as a toddler as "The Bindi Show".

Nowadays the new Bindi show has taken on a life of its own as the nine-year-old prances the world stage with her own "jungle girl" documentaries, a kids' exercise DVD, Bindi and The Croc Men singing-and-dancing gigs, high profile interviews and - just last week - modelling at the Las Vegas launch of her own fashion label, Bindi Wear International.

She has actually had her own label since she was a baby, called BindiWear which had been sold exclusively at Australia Zoo stores and even won the Qantas kids section at the 2002 Retailers Association of Queensland Fashion awards.

Rapidly becoming an icon and role model for a whole new generation of young wildlife warriors, her celebrity status almost rivals that of her father among wide-eyed youngsters who keep scrapbooks of her life and know every word and choreographed move of her song performances.

While the huge media exposure has brought its critics, it was actually Irwin himself who predicted not long after she was born that Bindi would follow in his footsteps saying she was "incredibly insightful" and "a lot smarter than I was".

From the moment she could pick up her first baby Burmese python, Bindi also showed she had her father's natural affinity with animals.
"She's remarkably gifted with animals," said mum Terri when Bindi was just two.

"Her dad's got the gift and she's got the same gift - whether its koalas, camels or crocodiles."

Family friend and manager John Stainton said he always believed Bindi would carry out her father's mission in life.

"I'm sure Bindi will follow in her father's footsteps like the true wildlife warrior that she is," he said.

Certainly any fears that the Irwin legacy would fade have now proved well and truly unfounded as Bindi's star shoots to supernova status.

With her elfin looks and bubbly personality, she has managed to draw some of the zoo's biggest holiday crowds on record.

Singing and dancing, Bindi proved at her show's launch last January she had both the voice and the "it" factor to wow a whole new generation of Irwin fans.

Not many youngsters who haven't even reached double digits can politely talk their way through minefield of personal questions in front of the cameras for a television interview, before cart-wheeling onto centre stage to lead four buffed blokes in yellow t-shirts for an energetic 20 minutes of singing and dancing to
the applause of more than 5,000 people.

If there was ever any doubt that the show might not take off, it was dispelled within minutes as hundreds of children swarmed down from their Crocoseum seats to form a mini-mosh pit copying Bindi's every move.

Critics moaning that Bindi had been thrust prematurely into the spotlight following her father's death only had to see the pure joy on her face as she rushed into the stands later to hug her proud mother Terri to realise it was just the therapy the grieving family needed.

Following in her father's footsteps was always something Bindi was going to do from an early age - stingray tragedy or not.

Even before she was born, mum Terri pledged they would be taking the new baby everywhere with them from day one to film documentaries and carve her own niche in the wildlife world.

"The little varmint will be coming everywhere with us," the Oregon-born Terri promised. "We won't be absent parents."

She was as good as her word with Bindi and later her younger brother, Robert, rapidly becoming seasoned jet-setters.

Bindi has inherited her father's natural ability to handle wild animals and although she might not have his over-the-top exuberance, she has an undeniable perkiness, poise and down-to-earth charm which quickly wins over fans.

Her impeccable good manners are a credit to her parents and they are not just something she turns on for public appearances. Staff who have grown up with her at Australia Zoo quite simply love Bindi to bits and will not brook even the slightest suggestion that she could be spoilt or precocious.

That now-bright spotlight is something Bindi can expect to be sharing sooner rather than later if the youngest member of the Irwin clan is anything to go by.

Up until now, apart from his widely-publicised and best-forgotten crocodile feeding debut at the tender age of one-and-a-bit months with his famous dad, young Robert Irwin - better known as Baby Bob - has stayed mostly in the background.

But not any more. With his mop of blond hair, easy grin and cut-down khakis three-year-old Robert is proving he's a real chip off the Crikey block with his hilarious antics in a film clip which screens at the zoo's daily show.

As an impossibly cute Steve mini-me, Robert is filmed in various poses with birds, a crested iguana, baby wombat, a dingo, baby alligator and a fake poisonous snake complete with all his dad's famous catch-phrases from "Crikey, isn't she gorgeous" to "Don't try this at home."

 

[Nutsy]

Celebrate Irwin with Khaki Day

A CONSERVATION charity set up by the late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin wants the world to set aside November 15 to help carry on his work.

The Irwin-family owned Australia Zoo on Queensland's Sunshine Coast was today quietly remembering the death of Mr Irwin, 44, who was killed on September 4 last year after being speared in the chest by a stingray barb while filming a documentary off far north Queensland.

The Irwin family is spending the first anniversary of his death at a private location in the United States.

Bindi, 9, recently launched her international modelling and fashion career in Las Vegas.

Steve's father Bob Irwin, who started Australia Zoo in 1970, has also sought solitude and will spend the next two weeks at the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve, near Weipa on Cape York Peninsula.

An Australia Zoo spokeswoman said there would be no special events or media interviews today at the request of the Irwin family.

"It's just a normal day at the zoo," the spokeswoman said.

But a web-driven campaign will move up a gear in the next few weeks to help support the Wildlife Warriors Worldwide charity the Irwin family founded.

Launched publicly in April 2006, the charity sets out as its grand plan of conserving the planet's wildlife.

About $1.3 million was donated in the first three weeks after Irwin's death and it was hoped November 15 would give the fund further impetus.

"We're just highlighting the fact that on November 15, we are celebrating Steve's life by marking that as Steve Irwin Day and for Wildlife Warriors, that will actually be our major fundraising initiative for the year," the spokeswoman said.

"There are basically two things there - Khaki Day and the Backyard Campout.

"Essentially, Khaki Day is to engage workplaces to wear khaki to work and to donate to Wildlife Warriors.

"Backyard Campout is appealing to families, school groups and community grounds to camp out in their backyards and connect with their natural environment and again, to collect for Wildlife Warriors and increase support for our existing wildlife projects."

The campaign already has gained interest from around the world with participants registered in the United Kingdom and the United States.

In Queensland's parliament, Premier Peter Beattie paid tribute to Irwin today, calling him one of the state's greatest cultural ambassadors.

It has also named the Steve Irwin Ecotourism Award in his honour and the main road through Beerwah, the site of Australia Zoo, Steve Irwin Way.

Mr Beattie said Irwin had great commitment and passion.

"The spirit of Steve Irwin lives on in many ways," he said.

"I again pay tribute to his energy, joy and commitment to conservation and wildlife, and acknowledge all those who continue his work today."