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NOTHING was going to spoil Bindi Irwin's ninth birthday party and certainly not some crocodile flatulence. But then as the daughter of the late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, Bindi's ninth birthday bash at the family's Australia Zoo on the Sunshine Coast today was always going to be different. The star of the birthday show was, not unexpectedly, a crocodile - the 500kg monster dubbed Graeme who performed death rolls on cue for Bindi's mother Terri and zoo director Wes Mannion, who had been Steve's best friend. Noticing bubbles in the water as the croc swam into the arena, Terri had...

I didn’t know that the late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin’s daughter Bindi was such a media star. However, at a recent press conference at the National Press Club, the charming eight-year-old was asked: You’ve been doing all these interviews, right? All week long...How do reporters compare to like poisonous snakes? Bindi’s absolutely adorable response (video available here courtesy of our friend at Ms Underestimated): Um. I don’t want to offend anyone here. Okay? I really don’t want to offend anyone, but, um…Okay, so please, nobody be offended…I think I like poisonous snakes!

SOMETIME on Christmas Day, Terri Irwin will have a quiet word with her husband. "I'll just tell Steve how much we love him and miss him and how much we wish he were here with us," Terri said. "But I'll also let him know that he is still very much a part of our Christmas Day and very much a part of our family." It has been three and a half months since the death of Steve Irwin from injuries caused by a stingray barb, and as the Irwin family faces its first Christmas without him, Terri is determined to...

In the three weeks since Steve Irwin, the Australian "Crocodile Hunter," died suddenly at age 44 from a rare stingray attack, FReepers have poured out their hearts to show their great love for Irwin's infectious enthusiasm and passion for his work; his devotion to his family, his country, his friends and the public at large; and his one-of-a-kind brand of wildlife education and entertainment. His widow, Terri, and his 8-year-old daughter, Bindi, will be on U.S. television Wednesday night in an interview with Barbara Walters on ABC. His 2-year-old son, Bob, is a little too young to make an appearance...

A ONE-HOUR interview with US news "queen" Barbara Walters will be a cleansing experience for Steve Irwin's widow Terri, a close friend of her husband has said. Mrs Irwin and her eight-year-old daughter Bindi are due to talk to Barbara Walters in Brisbane for a one-hour special to be aired on America's ABC television network next Wednesday. Ms Walters is reported to have arrived in Brisbane this morning. Channel 9 will also broadcast "an exclusive Australian interview" by Ray Martin with Mrs Irwin and Bindi next Wednesday. Mr Irwin's long-time friend and manager John Stainton today said the interviews would...

TOO much pressure is being placed on Bindi Irwin to follow in her father Steve's footsteps, a child psychologist warned today. The eight-year-old is being touted as the next Crocodile Hunter after bravely telling the world at Irwin's memorial service yesterday: "I don't want Daddy's passion to ever end." Newspapers today 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...

"My Daddy was my hero - he was always there for me when I needed him. "He listened to me and taught me so many things but most of all he was fun. "I know that daddy had an important job. He was working to change the world so everyone would love wildlife like he did. "He built a hospital to help animals and he bought lots of land to give animals a safe place to live. "He took me and my brother and my mum with him all the time. We filmed together, caught crocodiles together and loved being...

STEVE Irwin's daughter Bindi has told a packed memorial service that her dad was her hero and she did not want her father's passion for wildlife to ever end. The little girl told mourners at Australia Zoo - and an international television and internet audience in excess of 300 million - that "my Daddy was my hero". "He was always there for me when I needed him", Bindi said. "(But) most of all he was fun". "I know Dad had an important jo - he was working to change the world so we everyone would love wildlife like he did",...

A SPARE seat will be left beside Steve Irwin's widow and children tomorrow, as a special way to remember the Crocodile Hunter during his memorial service. Irwin's manager and long-time friend John Stainton has refused to reveal too many details about the service, but he has confirmed there will be a spare seat for Irwin beside his wife Terri and their children, Bindi and Bob. "There will be one seat alongside of the family for Steve because he loved the Crocoseum, he built it," Mr Stainton said. "His Australia Zoo cap that he always wore watching all the shows with...

TICKETS to Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin's memorial have been snapped up in just 15 minutes, leaving hundreds empty-handed. Irwin fans camped overnight outside several ticketing outlets in Queensland overnight for free tickets to Wednesday's memorial service. Three thousand tickets were snapped up at Australia Zoo and ticket outlets at Maroochydore and Brisbane. At the front of the queue in Brisbane was 34-year-old beauty therapist Melissa Power, who had lined up for more than 25 hours to secure tickets. "It's unbelievable," a teary Ms Power said once she had the tickets in her hand. "I haven't slept and am so over-emotional...

TERRI IRWIN, the widow of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin today spoke for the first time about the loss of her "soulmate" in a freak accident off the north Queensland coast.In a statement read by her father-in-law Bob Irwin today, Mrs Irwin described her late husband as as her "soul mate" and thanked the community for their "overwhelming outpouring of love, support and prayers". Bob Irwin today announced the details of a memorial service for the larger than life conservationist and television personaility. It will be held at Australia Zoo on Queensland's Sunshine Coast next Wednesday.Irwin, 44, died last Monday when...

IT was the best Father's Day present Steve Irwin could have asked for – a moving tribute from his eight-year-old daughter telling the world how she loved him "very, very much." In Irwin's last magazine interview, Bindi told the September edition of marie claire in it's Father's Day special just how much her dad meant to her: "I love that he's funny, he's entertaining and he's always there when I need him most. "I'm proud to have a dad like that, who takes on conservation issues around the world. "I love him very, very much." For Irwin, the rare father-daughter...

Steve Irwin 1962–2006 Steve Irwin and Bindi in 'Daddy's Girls' Sept 2006 When marie claire approached Steve Irwin to appear in this month’s Daddy’s Girls feature – a tribute to famous fathers and their daughters – we were told he would be only to happy because he would “walk over hot coals for Bindi”. Such was the closeness of their bond that Steve said of his eight-year-old daughter, “We hang out together, we play together, we work together. The sun rises and sets with my daughter Bindi, it really does.” Bindi, meanwhile, told us she would most likely make her...