Bindi Irwin spent her honeymoon ‘with the animals’ at Australia Zoo

Bindi Irwin and Chandler Powell spent their honeymoon” taking care of the animals” at Australia Zoo, where the couple live with Bindi’s family.

Bindi Irwin and Chandler Powell spent their honeymoon” looking after the animals” at Australia Zoo.

The 21-year-old conservationist and her husband live on the site of the zoo with Bindi’s family, and after getting married on the zoo’s grounds in March, the couple have been unable to follow through with their original honeymoon strategies – which would have seen them travel the world together – because of the pandemic.

Bindi discussed: ”Our honeymoon certainly wasn’t what we had originally planned. It was an incredibly stressful time as Australia Zoo was flung into lockdown and we had no idea if or when our doors would be open again.

”It was heartbreaking and scary for all of us … I’m really glad that we were able to get married when we did. It feels so much better to tackle the world together as husband and wife.”

Rather, the newlyweds spent their honeymoon figuring out how to ” take care of [the] animals and zoo team”, but 23-year-old Chandler still handled to find time to include a romantic touch to their time together.

Bindi informed Us Weekly magazine:”When Chandler surprised me with a picnic in the place we were supposed to get married … I was overcome with emotion. Chandler is always my constant in life. No matter what is going on in the world, he reminds me to find the sunshine in every day. He’s incredible and I feel very blessed to call him my husband.”

On the other hand, the child of the late Steve Irwin just recently stated she will not be taking Chandler’s surname, because she wishes to keep the memory of her father – who passed away in 2006 when he was pierced in the heart by a stingray barb whilst filming a documentary – alive.

She stated: ”I’ve kept Bindi Irwin. I think that for me personally, after Dad passed away it was really important for me to feel close to him, and having his last name means so much to me.”

In fact, Bindi hinted that Chandler might even take her surname to formally become an Irwin instead.

She included: ”Chandler has become an Irwin now. It has become a part of me. Everyone has their own ideas, but the nice thing is that it’s 2020 now, anything works!”