Nutsy
<font color=green>Only drinks Cappuccino<br><font
- Joined
- Mar 23, 2002
'Steve Irwin Way' unveiled
THE road past Steve Irwin's beloved Australia Zoo will be renamed in the first step of a plan to preserve the legacy of The Crocodile Hunter.
The Premier of the State of Queensland, where Steve Irwin lived, announced Glass House Mountains Road, at Beerwah, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, will be renamed Steve Irwin Way by the end of the year in honour of "Queensland's most well-known ambassador ever".
"Steve Irwin and his family have put Beerwah on the map and I can think of no more fitting tribute than to rename the road that runs past Australia Zoo in his honour," the Premier, Peter Beattie said.
"The declaration of Steve Irwin Way is the first step in helping to build a lasting memorial to Steve Irwin's work.
"And I look forward to working with the family over coming months to find other ways to recognise Steve Irwin's work and Steve Irwin and help ensure his legacy continues."
Mr Beattie said naming a new state forest or park after Mr Irwin, or renaming an existing one, were possibilities but the government would consult the family before anything was decided.
He said Terri Irwin, who lives at the zoo with children Bindi, eight, and Bob, two, was touched by the announcement.
Mr Beattie said Australia Zoo was and would remain a "significant magnet" for tourism with around one million vehicles using the road to visit the zoo each year.
He said the name would appear on signage and maps but, in a technicality, the road would remain formally gazetted as Glass House Mountains Road.
Irwin was killed in a freak diving accident where his heart was pierced by a stingray's barb earlier this month.
His life was commemorated last week at a public memorial service at the family's zoo last week.
Terri Irwin with American TV interviewer Barbara Walters
THE road past Steve Irwin's beloved Australia Zoo will be renamed in the first step of a plan to preserve the legacy of The Crocodile Hunter.
The Premier of the State of Queensland, where Steve Irwin lived, announced Glass House Mountains Road, at Beerwah, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, will be renamed Steve Irwin Way by the end of the year in honour of "Queensland's most well-known ambassador ever".
"Steve Irwin and his family have put Beerwah on the map and I can think of no more fitting tribute than to rename the road that runs past Australia Zoo in his honour," the Premier, Peter Beattie said.
"The declaration of Steve Irwin Way is the first step in helping to build a lasting memorial to Steve Irwin's work.
"And I look forward to working with the family over coming months to find other ways to recognise Steve Irwin's work and Steve Irwin and help ensure his legacy continues."
Mr Beattie said naming a new state forest or park after Mr Irwin, or renaming an existing one, were possibilities but the government would consult the family before anything was decided.
He said Terri Irwin, who lives at the zoo with children Bindi, eight, and Bob, two, was touched by the announcement.
Mr Beattie said Australia Zoo was and would remain a "significant magnet" for tourism with around one million vehicles using the road to visit the zoo each year.
He said the name would appear on signage and maps but, in a technicality, the road would remain formally gazetted as Glass House Mountains Road.
Irwin was killed in a freak diving accident where his heart was pierced by a stingray's barb earlier this month.
His life was commemorated last week at a public memorial service at the family's zoo last week.
Terri Irwin with American TV interviewer Barbara Walters
