Terri Irwin, Bob Irwin, Bindi Irwin and the Dalai Lama at Australia Zoo pose with a koala at Australia Zoo Jat Beerwah, Australia. He was living in a 240ha property Wattle Camp between Kingaroy and Murgon in Queensland, surrounded by forest and national park.īindi first claimed she hadn’t spoken to her grandfather since his departure from Australia Zoo while on the red carpet of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTA) in 2015 - seven years after his resignation. While Terri, Bindi and Robert continued to build upon the behemoth brand that is the Irwin family name, Bob began living a solitary existence.
In that time, he founded and operated his not-for-profit organisation, the Bob Irwin Wildlife & Conservation Foundation. "‘The problem I had was that the management and I didn’t agree on certain aspects of Australia Zoo after Steve’s passing.’ "īob reportedly hasn’t spoken to Terri, or grandchildren Bindi and Robert, since his departure from Australia Zoo. “The problem I had was that the management and I didn’t agree on certain aspects of Australia Zoo after Steve’s passing … because most times I went into Australia Zoo, I would have a different sort of opinion with somebody … or I may have an idea and it would not be listened to.” “I just felt that it was better for everybody concerned if I left Australia Zoo and Judy and I and all our friends were able to continue Steve’s work the way I believe it should be done,” he told Australian Story in 2008. This was where a then eight-year-old Steve Irwin found his love for crocodiles and other reptiles while helping maintain the zoo.īindi Irwin breaks down as she reveals her deepest regret about her father’s deathīut shortly after the statement, in a rare interview for the recluse, Bob confirmed the rumours of the rift and detailed why he thought best he step away from the wildlife dynasty. He designed and built the Beerwah Reptile Park on the Sunshine Coast, which opened in 1970. Over time, his part-time hobby turned professional. Later, the park would be significantly expanded to cover 76 acres (31 ha).” Bob Irwin is largely responsible for the way the Irwin family name is synonymous with Australia’s wildlife conservation efforts. “With makeshift marsupial ‘pouches’ slung over the backs of chairs and snakes stashed everywhere. “The family home was itself a mini zoo and wildlife hospital,” Steve recalled on his website. Who is Bob Irwin?īob is largely responsible for the way the Irwin family name is synonymous with Australia’s wildlife conservation efforts.īorn in Melbourne in 1939, he was a plumber whose passion for rescuing and rehabilitating local wildlife really took off when he moved to Queensland with his wife, Lyn, and their three children - Steve, Joy, and Mandy. Here’s how the family feud has played out. Since handing over the reins to the wildlife park, Bob has remained largely out of the picture when compared to the public prominence of the rest of the Irwin clan.įast forward more than a decade and one of Australia’s favourite families is still seemingly at war with itself. The recently turned 82-year-old has been estranged from the family for years.įollowing Steve’s untimely and tragic death in 2006, Bob’s relationship with his daughter in law, Bindi’s mother Terri, deteriorated so significantly that it culminated in his resignation from Australia Zoo in 2008. The last time Bob was pictured with his family - over the past 14 years relationship has deteriorated. The social media post had a glaring omission.īob Irwin, the pioneering plumber who began building the Beerwah Reptile Park when his son - Australia’s acclaimed ‘Crocodile Hunter’ Steve Irwin - was just eight years old, was left out of the accolades.
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