Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter, Is Dead

[Liz]

You're welcome, Ellen! I wish I'd caught that interview on the Today show, but I missed it. I'm with you though in that I've always preferred Steve to Jeff. I just loved Steve's enthusiasm and zeal!
Jeff is much lower key. But everyone's different, and that's what makes the world go round.

 

[angelwngs]

I understand
Jeff said, on one of the talk shows, that the film should be showed where Steve pulled the barb out..:sick:
That would be terrible for the family to relive over and over again....

I heard Jeff say exactly the opposite on TV when asked whether he thought the video should be shown. He said he would not want to watch it, that it would be too painful to view and that the decission to show it should totally be left up to Steve's family. I remember thinking that he handled a stupid media question about a video of the death of a friend of his quite well.

 

[Floh]

Irwin family says the last goodbye

STEVE Irwin was farewelled by family and friends yesterday after a private service on the Sunshine Coast.

A close friend said a service was held at the Caloundra Gregson and Weight funeral home chapel and crematorium at 2pm.

It is believed the service was a prelude to Irwin, 44, being buried at his beloved Australia Zoo.

The friend said Caloundra City Council officials this week gave the Irwin family permission to bury the Crocodile Hunter on family land near Australia Zoo.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20383525-2,00.html

Caloundra City Council officials this week gave the Irwin family permission to bury the Crocodile Hunter on family land near Australia Zoo.


I'm grateful officialdom allowed this to happen.

 

[dingo]

Sounds like that may be the plan, to have his final resting place at the zoo...I had that thought all along, that it would be very appropriate and perhaps Steve had already told Terri that's what he would want.

Considering Steves occupation Im supposing he and Terri had discussed the what ifs...
Im also reading that the organisers of the public farewell are having trouble finding a big enough venue.Suncorp Stadium has been mentioned..but even that might not be large enough.
Steve will have a send off like Australia has never seen before.

 

[dingo]

I hope Brockie didnt offer to drive Steve to their last destination.http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=141770

 

[2luvmy]

I don't know if this has been posted but, "The best of Steve Irwin" is on animal planet right now. They just got done with the birth of Bindi Sue.

 

[englishleigh]

Just found this...www.steveirwin.com And there is a whole section about each member of the family...http://www.crocodilehunter.com.au/crocodile_hunter/about_steve_terri/index.html
The section about Bindi is so sweet...lots of her writings and things.

 

[Floh]

Terri & Steve: the way they were.

Crocodile Hunter's sheila

When Oregon animal lover Terri Raines first saw Steve Irwin feeding a crocodile at Australia Zoo, it was, she once said, love at first sight.
"Wow, I bet he's taken," she thought.
Irwin was similarly smitten but put it differently. "I hadn't seen any sheila for a couple of years, I'd been out in the scrub catching crocs. And she turns up and... I'm standing there going woohoo," he told television interviewer Andrew Denton.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3792599a1869,00.html

 

[narlacat]

That interview with Denton was the best.
Talk about laugh.

I am so glad Steve got to be buried on his own land, now he will always be there....at Australia Zoo.

 

[narlacat]

Irwin family to hold public memorial.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/irwin-family-say-no-to-state-funeral/2006/09/07/1157222241324.html


Pity you didn't live closer Dingo, you could jump in with us

 

[dingo]

Irwin family to hold public memorial.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/irwin-family-say-no-to-state-funeral/2006/09/07/1157222241324.html


Pity you didn't live closer Dingo, you could jump in with us

Yeah Narla Im a bit too far away sadly......Im sure its going to be a hugh send off for Steve.
Im hoping it will be televised.
He had his private service held around a campfire..how fitting .
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=143296

 

[Liz]

Thanks for the links. Unless I'm reading it wrong, it doesn't sound like it's going to be televised, as I was hoping.


From the nine.msn link:

Steve Irwin's friend and manager, John Stainton, said the memorial service would be a "celebration" and they had already received calls from some of Mr Irwin's entertainer friends volunteering their time.

"Steve would not have wanted us to have everyone around crying and saying how sad it was," he said.

But he said it was not going to be a "television event".

Instead it would be "balanced" and something Mr Irwin himself would have enjoyed.

Glad to finally see something from Wes. I was really getting worried about his noticable absense, knowing he was so very close to Steve.


Did anyone get to see the surfers' tribute to Steve today? It was way cool.

 

[BeeBee]

I don't know if this has been posted but, "The best of Steve Irwin" is on animal planet right now. They just got done with the birth of Bindi Sue.

I watched that today too. Him bringing the camera crew with him and getting to see Bindi Sue born was great. I think I watched about 4 hours of it today.

 

[dingo]

Thanks for the links. Unless I'm reading it wrong, it doesn't sound like it's going to be televised, as I was hoping.


From the nine.msn link:




Glad to finally see something from Wes. I was really getting worried about his noticable absense, knowing he was so very close to Steve.


Did anyone get to see the surfers' tribute to Steve today? It was way cool.

Hi Liz..Im hoping when they say not a television event they mean not staged...more like lets do it and see what happens.I think his family would like all his fans to be able to celebrate his life....hoping so anyway.
I seen the surfers doing a tribute to Steve....very touching......They were trying to form the shape of Australia but settled for a circle instead

 

[narlacat]

Dingo and Liz, weren't those surfers cool!
I think they did well, you could see what they were trying to do lol

I'm starting to freak out about the crowds...crowds do my head in a little....wonder how many people will be there?

 

[dingo]

Suncorp Stadium holds 50000 people...so I think they are expecting quite a crowd.

 

[narlacat]

Thanks Dingo, wasn't sure how many that stadium could hold..

 

[Floh]

Ignorance in all it's glory, this is surely not something Steve Irwin would have wanted! :banghead:

Stingray killings may be Irwin revenge

Since his death authorities say as many as 10 stingrays have been found dead on Queensland beaches.
Two stingrays were found today at Deception Bay, north of Brisbane, with their tails cut off, while up to eight stingrays were found in similar circumstances yesterday on Dundowran Beach, near Hervey Bay.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20398737-1702,00.html

 

[narlacat]

Omg, what idiots.
Steve would have wanted us to kiss that stingray, not go around killing all it's rely's.
Morons.

 

[southcitymom]

Wow, how ironic...it's the exact opposite of what he spent his life saying to people. Such a shame!!