A Bird-Bath and Steve Irwin
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382107)
Rockingham, Australia
January 6, 2017 2:26am CST
One of my recent posts showed a golden lady poised to dive from a pole in a lake. This is at the entrance to Laurance's Wines near Cowaramup in Western Australia. I am going to do a slideshow of this winery as I have enough nice photos to make it worthwhile.
In the meantime I thought I'd post this sculpture of three cockatoos sitting on a bird bath. The sculpture is dedicated to Steve Irwin, the 'crocodile hunter' who, it seems, was better known overseas than he was in his own country.
Whatever Australians might have thought of his showmanship, he was certainly devoted to Australia and its fauna. Personally, I blame him for half the world thinking Australia is full of deadly creatures - and I'm only half joking. However I did like the bird bath.
Do you remember Steve Irwin and did you watch his TV shows? His daughter, Bindi, was in the US version of Dancing with the Stars. Various myLot members would sometimes mention her performances.
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@blitzfrick (2890)
• United States
6 Jan 17
I would always race on by when I saw his show as I surfed the channels. Here in the US we have all those alligators in Louisiana. I went to a crawdad festival with a neighbor and at the festival, along with crawdads, barbecued alligator meat was offered. I didn't eat any of those foods, but sure enjoyed the Cajun music!
That's a lovely sculpture! Will you post your slide show on YouTube? I'd love to see it.
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@allknowing (153530)
• India
6 Jan 17
I have read a lot about Steve Irwin and have also watched him in action.
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@allknowing (153530)
• India
6 Jan 17
@JudyEv He made his presence globally but sad that he had to die that way.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
6 Jan 17
he was loud and arrogant and often seemed to provoke animals who were otherwise not in attack mode but he was always fun to watch
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
6 Jan 17
@JudyEv the film he did was rubbish - a real monument to his vanity
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@JudyEv (382107)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Jan 17
@arthurchappell I don't think I ever saw his film. If I did, it was forgettable. 
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
6 Jan 17
I always thought he was a tad off center and if he was normal he'd still be alive.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
6 Jan 17
@JudyEv I think his lovely daughter inherited his ways...maybe she has learned how to stay safe.
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@JudyEv (382107)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Jan 17
@AbbyGreenhill She has done really well. She had at least one children's TV show of her own in Australia.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
6 Jan 17
I used to watch his show, he was well known in the US. Love the birdbath.
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@JudyEv (382107)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jan 17
@fishtiger58 He was much more flamboyant and flashy than many Aussies could cope with comfortably. We're usually a bit more understated whereas he was full on and many thought him a bit of a joke. Sad but true.
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
7 Jan 17
I knew Steve Irwin best because he did a few episodes on The Wiggles which my twins were huge fans of. I think we owned a video tape of the Wiggles with Irwin.. and Bindi was on that show too, she was like 3 years old or something.
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
9 Jan 17
@JudyEv I'm sure she has. I have not followed..
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@JudyEv (382107)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Jan 17
I didn't know that. Bindi seems to have grown into a lovely young lady from what I've heard.
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
6 Jan 17
Beautiful photo of that fountain and the dedication to him. He was one heck of a guy. Always in one program or another that are replays from before. Its almost always about Crocs or Aligators but that is what he got people interested in.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
9 Jan 17
@JudyEv
No I know a bit too. About the wild life how much variety there is of it and the various parts of it towns and Cities and also about the Aborigine too.
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
6 Jan 17
Love Steve Irwin we have always loved watching him with his "crikey that´s a big one" when he said that I always used to smile.
We have a Spanish Vet that goes there too he is called "Wild Frank"
We also like The Bondi Beach Vet.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
9 Jan 17
@JudyEv
Yes he goes to Australia to colaborate with others working there with wild animals. Perhaps only we over here get to see him as such not sure about that though.
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
7 Jan 17
Australia isn't full of deadly creatures? Hehehe
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
8 Jan 17
@JudyEv bwahahahaha, ok then
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
6 Jan 17
Certainly I remember Steve Irwin. Remember how Crocodile Dundee (Paul Hogan) made America think all Aussies carry big knives.
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@JudyEv (382107)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jan 17
@JohnRoberts She was pretty classy wasn't she? I have a rose named after her. It's pretty too.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
9 Jan 17
@JudyEv My interest in Australia grew out of the wave of movies from the late 70s. I was never into Crocodile Dundee or Croc Hunter but Olivia Newton-John!
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@41CombedaleRoad (5966)
• Greece
6 Jan 17
A very striking bird bath. I don't recall anything about Steve Irwin however.
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@JudyEv (382107)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Jan 17
He was very flamboyant - always up to his armpits in mud and crocodiles.
@JudyEv (382107)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Jan 17
He was certainly a larger-than-life character wasn't he? His daughter seems a lovely young lady. I haven't seen anything lately about the rest of the family.
@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
7 Jan 17
Yes I remember him, Tony watched sometimes. I love the birdbath, are those blueberry bushes in the background?
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@JudyEv (382107)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Jan 17
No, they're grape-vines. He was more popular in the US than in Australia.
@teamfreak16 (43596)
• Denver, Colorado
6 Jan 17
I only watched once in awhile, but you're right, he was very popular here.
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@Brittnyrose (1444)
• Aberdeen, North Carolina
9 Jan 17
I remember that show. It's been along time since I've seen it. I enjoyed watching. It was exciting to me.
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