IN STEVE'S FOOTSTEPS

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It is exactly one year later to the day, and Terri Irwin is driving the same dirt outback road with her kids, Bindi and Robert, in the back but without Steve in the driver's seat. It is a mission she has to undertake now on her own and is documented in the touching new special In Steve's Footsteps.

In Steve's Footsteps is the story of Terri's first time at the helm of the landmark crocodile research work that Steve started many years ago and whose last trip finished only days before he died on September 4, 2006. The special picks up with Terri running the rough and tough Lakefield Crocodile Camp, which Steve developed into a well-oiled machine — a virtual assembly line of crocodile research. Her challenge is daunting because she has to find and catch 30 crocs in 30 days. She needs to prove that she can pick up the challenge and continue Steve's work, but many questions linger. How hard will this be without Steve? How will Terri measure up? What is it going to be like going back to the same campsite she left a year ago when they said goodbye? The answers lie at the end of the dusty outback road.

In Steve's Footsteps is also a story of Steve's father, Bob, and how he has taken on a stronger role of leadership than ever before by passing on the Irwin-family croc knowledge to Terri and the kids. The program also explores the work of Professor Craig Franklin and his cutting-edge crocodile research technology, which Steve helped to propagate and nurture. And finally, In Steve's Footsteps looks at how Steve's children, Bindi and Robert, are growing up into the world of their dad and learning more and more skills from their mother and grandfather.