Credit: Courtesy of Robert Irwin/Instagram
A Long Legacy
Bindi celebrated her late father’s 62nd birthday in February 2024. “Happy Birthday, Dad. Your legacy will live on forever,” she wrote via Instagram. Alongside the post, she included a few sweet family photos over the years, as well as moments with Steve in his element as The Crocodile Hunter.
“Steve’s love for you will live on forever too. ❤,” Terri wrote in the comments section.
Robert also honored his father with a touching video tribute via Instagram, which showed footage from his childhood that told the story of Steve’s history and love for motorbikes.
“For me and my sister, we’d get on, hold on the handlebars, dad would take us around to the morning park checks and we’d get an ice cream,” he recalled in a voice over message. “Some of my fondest and earliest memories were on that bike, and after dad passed away the bike sat sitting for quite some time. But I got it back up and running recently and now it’s my job to get the motorbike every morning and do the same park checks around Australia zoo.”
He continued, “Let me tell you what, every time I start that thing it brings back so many memories and I absolutely love it. Every time I get on that bike and ride around the same path of the Australia Zoo that he did, it means so much that this piece of machinery that he loved and used everyday keeps on running. I take good care of it, but I still take it off road every opportunity I get. I reckon dad would have wanted it that.”
Robert ended the video by saying he feels “lucky” to continue his father’s legacy, noting that for those who come to the Australian zoo, they’ll likely “hear him before they see him,” just like Steve back in the day. “Not much has changed,” he added.
“It’s a meaningful day to share this special story… on Dad’s birthday,” Robert captioned the heartfelt post. “It makes me so proud that his legacy lives on.”
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