Bindi Irwin opens up about Steve's secret health battle
Bindi Irwin has opened up about her "whirlwind" life with her late father Steve Irwin before he tragically died.
Speaking to Sarah Grynberg on the A Life of Greatness podcast, the wildlife warrior said her family's life was a "hurricane of adventure and wonder because of dad" before he passed away when she was juts eight years old.
Bindi also candidly revealed that Steve suffered "terrible insomnia" which caused him to wake up in the dead of night.
"He had terrible insomnia. I mean, he just never slept," she said.
"He would wake up at 2am and by the time everyone else's workday has started, he'd put in a full day's work," she said.
Steve Irwin's incredible work ethic was recently discovered in the Australia Zoo offices when staff were clearing out a cupboard before a renovation, which Bindi was quick to vouch for.
"People may not realise that he had such a scientific mind," she said.
"I was looking through his journals and he would just write down, I mean, thousands, it's not an exaggeration, but thousands of pages worth of information and facts and studies and findings."
She said "by the time everyone else's workday has started, he'd put in a full day's work, and he would spend that time because the world is dark".
"He would spend that time researching and studying. And that's where these journals came from."
The wildlife warrior then opened up about her journey with grief, recalling when Steve passed away in 2006.
"I remember when I was little and dad had just died, every adult that I saw would say to me: 'Time heals all wounds.' And I remember thinking, as an eight year old: 'What in the heck does that mean?' Why do people keep telling me like, one day I'll forget about this?" she said.
"It actually made me a little bit scared," Bindi said, adding that she now knew "that information is wrong".
"So firstly, don't say that to an eight-year-old. Time changes your grief. Time changes things and your perspective and everything," she continued.
"But I know firsthand that the grief and the sadness and the feeling of loss from losing dad. That feeling is just a part of me. It's like a scar on your heart."
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