I thought this was just idle office rumour, until a Brisbane Courier Mail article confirmed it: International celebrity Steve "The Crocodile Hunter" Irwin died earlier today at Batt Reef, Port Douglas (about an hour and a half's drive from where we live).

I was never a fan of Steve's but I doubt anyone had seen a celebrity of his energy and passion in a long while; the fact that he devoted it to the world about him made him even rarer.

I'm still hoping that a mistake's been made somewhere.