Bindi Irwin has come a long way since courageously stepping in front of a crowd of mourners to pay tribute to her late father Steve at his memorial service almost seven years ago. It was a September day in 2006 when a khaki-clad eight-year-old Irwin trotted on stage, told the world how much she loved her daddy and vowed to continue his wildlife conservation work. Later this year that little girl turns "the big 1-5" and appears to be well on track with her ecological mission. "G'day, g'day, this is Bindi," Irwin says breezily over the phone from her home at Australia Zoo on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, sounding every bit like her father's daughter. "Hey, did you know we have a crocodile here called Lucy?" Irwin is on the phone to talk about her starring role in the new family adventure movie, Return to Nim's Island. In the sequel to the 2008 film starring Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster and Gerard Butler, the fast-talking eco-warrior is in her element as the eponymous Nim, a feisty young girl who is battling to save the remote island she lives on with her father from development.
Source / Read More: The West Australian