Robert tells Terri ‘I QUIT!'

With her daughter ready to give birth, the Irwin matriarch is turning to her son for help – but he’s eyeing off a different path

Ever since Bindi Irwin was born, Terri Irwin assumed her daughter’s destiny would be to help her parents run Australia Zoo.

But as with all best-laid plans, life – and, tragically, death – has got in the way of Terri’s grand vision.

At the age of 56, and a widow after the terrible loss of her husband Steve in 2006, the mum-of-two had been secretly hoping she could start slowing down and pass the animal rescue reins to her 22-year-old daughter – especially since it’s been a rough year financially and emotionally due to the pandemic shutting the business’ doors for more than two months and curtailing visits from overseas tourists.

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