He’s Bindi Irwin’s younger brother and budding wildlife photographer.
And it looks like Robert is growing up fast as the 13-year-old is said to have fallen for fellow wildlife enthusiast Tess Poyner.
According to Woman’s day magazine, the pair met at the Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year awards held in Adelaide in August.
Meet Robert Irwin’s new sweetheart! Budding wildlife photographer Tess Poyner has stolen the 13-year old’s heart as sister Bindi is ‘over the moon’ about the reunion
The publication further claims that zoo insiders have revealed the pair are well on their way to becoming an item.
In September Robert invited the Narooma High School student to stay with him for a week at Australia Zoo.
On September 25th, Robert uploaded a picture of himself with Tess to his Instagram account and captioned the post:
Smitten! In September Robert invited the Narooma High School student to stay with him for a week at Australia Zoo
Heaps of fun wrangling lace monitors with one of the best lizard catchers on the planet at Australia Zoo. Helped this gorgeous goanna that was having trouble getting through a fence!’
A day later, Tess uploaded an image of them photographing together along with a gushing post:
‘Photographing at the most magical place in Australia. Here at Australia Zoo, I was super lucky to meet just about every animal up close and personally.
Together: On September 25th, Robert uploaded a picture of himself with Tess to his Instagram account
‘From koala cuddles, giraffe kisses to jumping and rolling through bushes to catch water dragons.
‘I had so much fun with the best photographer, herper and buggie driver on the planet! Thank-you so much for such an amazing week.’
Fans were equally enthused about the pairing saying the duo are ‘very sweet’ and are a ‘cute couple’.
Meanwhile according to Woman’s day Bindi is ‘over the moon Bob’s taken the first step to finding his soulmate.
‘She couldn’t be happier for her little brother,’ they added.
Over the moon! According to Woman’s day Bindi is ‘over the moon Bob’s taken the first step to finding his soulmate