Bindi Irwin all grown up. Supplied: ABC TV Source: The Daily Telegraph
Annette Sharp, The Daily Telegraph, reports
She was the khaki-clad kid with the bright eyes, chipmunk cheeks and well-articulated vowels who a nation took to its heart when her father was tragically killed by a stingray.
Now, six years after the death of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, his pride and joy, daughter Bindi, has blossomed into a bush rose.
Just weeks shy of her 14th birthday, the teenager recently packed away her trusty khaki work shirt to pose for a national magazine looking every bit the sophisticated young celebrity.
With a new TV series in the works, the only daughter of Steve and Terri Irwin is back to doing what she has done since birth -- promoting Australian wildlife and the Irwin family business.
Raised in the public eye since her birth was captured on camera in 1998, the youngster has been a national and international favourite since toddling into the back of camera shots while her father wrestled crocodiles in Queensland.
While promoting the latest Irwin production, kid's TV series Bindi's Bootcamp, which premieres on ABC3 tomorrow -- her second solo series since her father's death -- Bindi this week revealed herself to be a considered young woman with a sensible head on her shoulders.
With her long hair crimped, a minimal blush of makeup on her face and her puppy fat nought to be seen, she is growing up a credit to her parents, particularly to the single mother who has raised her and her eight-year-old brother Robert since her father's untimely death.
Asked if she has a boyfriend, Bindi said she was not yet ready for a serious beau.
"I have friends that are girls and friends that are boys -- why complicate things? I'll wait a couple of years," she told Woman's Day.
Home-schooled at Australia Zoo, the animal sanctuary made world famous by her eccentric and fearless father, Bindi and 'Bob' remain focused on their father's conservation message.
"I'm very passionate about it and I've been doing it since I was first hatched," she said.
"I want to tackle bigger issues and keep going."
Images of eight-year-old Bindi delivering her "My Daddy was my hero" eulogy at Irwin's 2006 funeral were seen by 300 million viewers.
She has spoken of how mother Terri would replay The Crocodile Hunter to help them with their grief.
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