The Krokodile Hunter – Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Krokodile_Hunter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Irwin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crocodile_Hunter
In Kingsland, Krokodile Dundara has brought your Wizard to what he claims is the Dream Water. After defeating Bushwackers sent by Dandara’s nemesis, the Krokodile Hunter, Dundara escorts you in the Outback via his secret tunnel. Once in the Outback you are given a little adventure of fighting Goannas and meeting a Kanga-guru. It is then that you discover Steve the Krokodile Hunter has stolen the “Dream Water”.
You battle the Krokodile Hunter to save Wallaru from his nefarious plans. After defeating the Krokodile Hunter the Emu-Riders arrive and kidnap him. Once the Emu-Riders show up, Dundara reveals himself to actually be a performer named Paul. He and his business partner Steve give tourists a taste of Wallaru and fake Dream Water. Dundara asks your Wizard to find and rescue Steve the Krok Hunter.
Stephen Robert Irwin (February 22, 1962 – September 4, 2006), known as “The Crocodile Hunter”, was an Australian zookeeper, conservationist, television personality, wildlife educator, and environmentalist.
Irwin grew up around crocodiles and other types of reptiles and was educated regarding them by his father, Bob. He achieved international fame in the late 1990s from the television series The Crocodile Hunter, an internationally broadcast wildlife documentary series that he co-hosted with his wife, Terri. The couple also hosted the series Croc Files, The Crocodile Hunter Diaries, and New Breed Vets. They also co-owned and operated Australia Zoo, founded by Steve’s parents in Beerwah, Queensland. They had two children, Bindi and Robert.
In late 2006, Irwin died from an injury caused by a stingray while filming an underwater documentary in the Great Barrier Reef. His death became international news and was met with expressions of shock and grief by fans, the media, governments, and non-profit organizations. Numerous parks, zoos, streets, the vessel MY Steve Irwin, the snail species Crikey steveirwini, and the asteroid 57567 Crikey have been named in his honor. The Irwin family continues to operate Australia Zoo.
The Crocodile Hunter was a wildlife documentary television series hosted by Steve Irwin and his wife, Terri. The show became a popular franchise due to Irwin’s unconventional approach to wildlife. It spawned a number of separate projects, including the feature film The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course and two television spinoffs: Croc Files and The Crocodile Hunter Diaries.
The series was presented on Animal Planet, becoming the network’s highest-rated series at the time, and was in international syndication on networks worldwide. The series aired 64 episodes during five seasons, from 1997 to 2004, two years before Irwin’s death, with a pilot episode in 1996 and 13 specials into 2007.
With a nearly 11-year run, the series is the second longest-running program of any Discovery Communications network, behind MythBusters.
The current list of all the (known) Wallaru references are located here.
Although I am well versed in Pop Culture references but I do not claim to have caught them all. Let me know your favorites in the comments and if I’ve missed one you caught, let me know so I can add it to the list.
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