The Crocodile Hunter’s life will be remembered today in Australia four years after his death.
Australia Zoo on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast will celebrate the life and legacy of Steve Irwin who died after he was stabbed in the heart by a stingray barb while filming one of his famous nature documentaries off far north Queensland’s coast on September 4, 2006.
His widow Terri and family decided the year Irwin died to make the anniversary of the 44-year-old’s death a private day and established November 15 as Steve Irwin Day for the public.
The zoo’s gates open extra early at 8am local time with an official opening of Steve Irwin Day at the Crocoseum at 10.30am local time.
The day will include performances from Australian pop singer Shannon Noll and presentations from Terri, daughter Bindi and son Robert.
Australia Zoo was founded by Steve Irwin’s parents in 1970 at Beerwah, north of Brisbane and has grown to become one of Queensland’s major tourism attractions.