I always remember one doco he did early in the piece where he was travelling at night up a river in a tinny, he spied a python in a tree and grabbed hold of it then proceeded to tell the viewers how lovely they were and really harmless when the bugger latched onto his arm with one big bite and he calmly kept on talking about how they can get a bit cranky at times with a three foot snake attached to him. The next shot we see is Steve talking about croc's with most of his lower arm bandaged.
this man made the work "crickey" his own. I used to say it all the time... long before steve was saying it on TV and now i feel just the slightest pang of guilt in saying it... whats with that?
When My son and I went to the UK earlier in the year. Nearly everyone we know asked my son to say with the Steve Irwin enthusiasim "Crickey look at the teeth on that. If he was to bite me I'd be dead." to put on their ring tones. He was muched loved all over the world not just here.
went to Australia Zoo Saturday. Dropped off some flowers etc. It was so impressive and very moving. Thousands of flowers, cards, signed shirts, poems, toys and yes a great croc made out of egg cartons. As much there as for Diana. Yes, he was a great bloke.
his passion, energy and positive influence will be sadly missed
