Originally posted by: Darth Solo
Yeah, my kids watch him every day on discovery kids here in the UK. How come he want as big as a celeb in Australia then?

As an Australian, I would say that he is perhaps a little less popular here than he is in the US. Strangely enough, we only got the first season of his show on free-to-air TV, and then nothing. When I was in the US, I saw him on Animal Planet all the time. But everyone in Australia knows him, for sure - and we even imitated him from time to time, on TV shows and in day-to-day joking around.

But he was pretty much the face of Australian tourism, and while we were sometimes annoyed that our whole country had come to be associated with his exaggerated 'ocker' accent and generally crazy antics, we were also proud to have a daredevil tough-ass representing us as well. He has done a lot to raise awareness of wildlife around the world, educating people about the dangers of the bush. He has also done a world of good for Australian tourism, and he did seem like a really top bloke. News of his death has dominated the media over the last day and a bit, and people all over the country are mourning his death.