Robert Irwin is utilizing the birthday of his late father, Steve Irwin, to share a private and touching story about how he nonetheless connects with the late conservationist.
Thursday marks Steve’s birthday, and in a tribute, his 20-year-old son shared the story of Steve’s Honda 100 bike in a candy video on Instagram.
Noting that the trip was Steve’s “main mode of transportation around Australia Zoo,” Robert shared throwback footage of the late Crocodile Hunter using across the zoo the place Robert nonetheless works together with his older sister, Bindi Irwin, and different members of the family.
“For me and my sister every morning we’d get on, hold onto the handlebars, Dad would take us around on the morning park checks, and we’d get ice cream,” Robert recalled. “Some of my fondest and earliest memories were on that bike.”
After Steve’s tragic loss of life in 2006, Robert shared that the bike stayed put in a storage for years, however now he rides it.
“Now it’s my job to get the motorbike started in the morning and do the same park checks around Australia Zoo,” Robert mentioned. “Every time I start that thing, it brings back so many memories and I absolutely love it.”
As for the way he maintains the bike, Robert added, “I take good care of it, but I still take it off road every opportunity that I get. I reckon Dad would have wanted that.”
Noting that it means lots for him to proceed his father’s legacy, Robert shared that identical to his dad, company to the Australia Zoo can now hear him earlier than they see him because of the bike.
“It’s a meaningful day to share this special story… on Dad’s birthday. It makes me so proud that his legacy lives on,” Robert captioned the clip.
Robert wasn’t the one Irwin member of the family to honor Steve on his birthday. Bindi additionally shared a sequence of photographs, writing, “Happy Birthday, Dad. Your legacy will live on forever.”
And Robert’s spouse, Terri Irwin, posted a video of her late husband, writing, “Happy Birthday! Missing my Action Man. ❤️.”
ET lately spoke with the Irwin household to debate holding Steve’s legacy alive. Bindi shared that her practically 3-year-old daughter, Grace Warrior, whom she shares along with her husband, Chandler Powell, refers to Steve as “Grandpa Crocodile.”
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