Steve Irwin has just died. (This isn't a joke.) Apparently he was stung by a stingray in Queensland, on the Reef earlier today. The newspapers are only reporting brief details - obviously too early for more than that. But it seems certain that's what's happened.
He was never a big deal here. More of a joke because he was soooo ocker and more like a piss-take Australian than a real one. But I know in the US he was pretty big - whenever people heard I had holidays in Queensland, they could never understand why I didn't go to his wildlife park.
Anyway, he had slowly become more widely liked here in the past few years (apart from the whole baby crocodile thing). It's really sad. I'm surprised - I'm actually quite sad about this. Who'd a thunk it?
see: http://www.theage.com.au/
He was never a big deal here. More of a joke because he was soooo ocker and more like a piss-take Australian than a real one. But I know in the US he was pretty big - whenever people heard I had holidays in Queensland, they could never understand why I didn't go to his wildlife park.
Anyway, he had slowly become more widely liked here in the past few years (apart from the whole baby crocodile thing). It's really sad. I'm surprised - I'm actually quite sad about this. Who'd a thunk it?
see: http://www.theage.com.au/
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