Stonefish Hunt led to Irwins Death September 7, 2006
Posted by Andy Carroll in : Accidents, News, OceanDiving , trackbackI guess the whole world now knows that Steve Irwin, the famous crocodile wrestling aussie, was killed whilst scuba diving with Stingrays on the Great Barrier Reef. Steve wasn’t supposed to be diving with stingrays however, but was on the hunt for stonefish, as part of a documentary. Unfortunately, as there were no signs of the stonefish, he decided to swim with stingrays instead. A real shame. This from news.com.au;
“So I took a dive and for the first time in living memory, they weren’t there, I couldn’t believe it,” he said yesterday.
“If I found them, Steve would have concentrated on them and not gone after the rays.”
The next day Irwin’s quest was dealt another blow by bad weather and they stayed on the boat discussing their plans, including a report of “a lot of stingrays” in the shallows of Batt Reef, about 32 nautical miles offshore from Port Douglas, north Queensland.
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