flerchinger

My 5 year old daughter was crazy about animals. She would always watch the Animal Planet and became Steve Irwin’s biggest fan. We planned a trip to Australia (from our home in Idaho)to include Australia Zoo partly as a 6th birthday present. Her birthday is in Sept but we planned the trip for Dec 1st to maximize our chances of seeing her hero. (Dec 1st was Bob Irwin’s 3rd birthday celebration at the zoo). I planned a Crocodile Hunter birthday party for her. The week before her birthday was the tragic death of Steve. She was devastated. We had an incredible trip to Australia anyway, beginning in mid-November. Australia Zoo was almost our last stop. As we sat in the bleachers of the Crocoseum and Terri, Bindi and Bob came out we all began to cry, including my husband. It was a moving experience and brought our whole family closer together and closer to their family and the whole of Australia. We can’t wait to go back.