I love hiking, paddle boarding and listening to the Veronicas.
— Bindi Irwin
If you treat animals how you want to be treated, you're a lot better off.
I have spent my entire life living in a zoo, which is pretty crazy. Not many kids get to say that, and it took me until I was about three years old to realize that we didn't just come to the zoo every day, that we actually lived here.
It's so easy to be there when it's all sunshine, but it really takes strength and courage to be there for each other during the dark times.
Every day is a new journey for me, and I feel like, in my lifetime, I've been blessed to experience such a lot.
I get to be a teenager like every other teenager, but I have a passion and a great goal in life.
It's so easy for 16-year-olds, including myself, to say, 'I just wish I were an adult.' But we can't wish our lives away. When we're adults, we'll say, 'I wish I were 16 again.'
I try so hard to be true to myself. I hope I can help other girls realize that they don't have to do things just because everyone else is doing them.
My best friend was a magpie goose, and my magpie goose would follow me around, and we'd dance in the zoo together. Then I'd be covered in mud!
I like cups of tea and reading books and poetry and old people things.
I'm a big advocate for young girls dressing their age.
I think that people always say when people pass away that time heals all wounds. And that's probably the biggest lie. It's not true. I think we all need to remember that it is always still tough, and it's like losing a piece of your heart.
I have never joined the Facebook world because, to be truthful, social media scares me to death. It is kind of crazy how huge that world is, so I have never joined Facebook, but I do have Instagram and Twitter.
It's human nature that if you get 20 positive comments and one negative one, you're going to focus on the negative. We all do that. It can be something that drags you down. It's easy to get bogged down with it, but I try to concentrate on the good things.
I'll always feel most comfortable in khaki surrounded by animals, but it is really fun to try different styles.
It's every little girl's dream to have an exact look-alike doll. It's amazing.
I'm trying to get across the message that don't be afraid of animals, they're just put on this earth to help the environment and everything like that.
In the morning, my alarm clock is a chorus of lemurs yelling!
With Dad, he was the ultimate wildlife warrior, and we admired him more than anything.
I'm so excited to be carrying on in Dad's footsteps and making sure that everything he worked so hard for continues for the generations to come.
I know I can count on my mum and brother to be there for me through good and bad times.
When you lose a loved one, you come to these crossroads. You can take the path that leads you down the aisle of sadness, or you can say, 'I'm never going to let this person's memory die. I'm going to make sure everything they worked for continues.'
I'd just like to carry on in Dad's footsteps. I think that Dad's spirit and passion lives in every single one of us.
I want to encourage other young girls not to grow up too soon. Just enjoy the now.
I kind of think of my life as this incredible hurricane of so many adventures. We can all make a difference, and we can all be courageous and believe in ourselves.
Living in a zoo means it wasn't always sparkly dresses, but I would still dress up. I had this pink sparkly dress and fairy wings, and I'd put those on and then go and dance in the zoo.
I guess, growing up at Australia Zoo and getting to travel all over the world, I have this great outlook on life, and that's what I hope I inspire other kids to have.
I am used to wrangling crocodiles.
Dad is and always will be my living, breathing superhero.
I want to carry on in my dad's footsteps and make sure his message lives on forever. I feel like that's why I've been put on this planet - to get my message across.
You can't jump on a croc or climb a tree if you're not in khaki, but I do like different clothes and playing around with it a bit.
I know that Daddy had an important job. He was working to change the world so everyone would love wildlife like he did. He built a hospital to help animals, and he bought lots of land to give animals a safe place to live.
My Dad was such an incredible person, and you have the option of just curling up in a dark corner and letting it all go or you have the option of standing strong, sticking together and carrying on what he lived and died for. And I think that's what's so important - to be able to carry on where he left off.
I want to make him the proudest dad to have me and I want to show everybody and nearly be as good as him because he was the best.
My neighbors are crocodiles and tigers and giraffes.
We literally live right in the middle of the zoo, and it means that every day is a new experience and so much fun.
I live in a town called Beerwah, right in the middle of Australia Zoo. It's not hustle and bustle and busy, so that's helpful. We travel all over the world, but I've always been able to come home and run around in the middle of the Australian outback.
As I'm getting older, I'm really learning unconditional love and loyalty are extremely important.
I think seizing the opportunity and making the most of your time is very important, and loving life.
I'm very lucky to have such a beautiful family.
There can be a lot of pressure on girls to dress the way they wouldn't normally dress: on social media, at school, among friends.
Dad was that one person who, no matter what he did in life, he just took it by storm, and he was so passionate and just really lived in the moment. Whatever the opposite of a procrastinator is, that was him... and I think I kind of inherited a little bit of that.
What shaped me the most would probably be when my dad passed away. For the rest of my life, I'll kind of feel like he's gonna come home.
The way I choose to dress, I want to influence other people around me, I suppose.
I'm trying to carry on my dad's legacy, and it is tough.
Mom and Dad are truly my heroes. And I have to say, so is my little brother Robert. He's 11, and he's just the most amazing boy. He's so much like Dad sometimes, it's a bit scary.
My favourite thing in the world is going out to get Chinese food, then coming home and renting a movie.
Tea makes everything better.
My Daddy was my hero. He was always there for me when I needed him. He listened to me and taught me so many things. But most of all he was fun.
I don't want Daddy's passion to ever end. I want to help endangered wildlife just like he did.
