 He moved with his parents as a child to Queensland in 1970, where he attended Landsborough State School and Caloundra State High School.Irwin described his father as a wildlife expert interested in herpetology, while his mother Lyn was a wildlife rehabilitator.After moving to Queensland, Bob and Lyn Irwin started the small Queensland Reptile and Fauna Park, where Steve grew up around crocodiles and other reptiles.