Bindi Irwin, Chandler Powell reunite over Christmas

BEERWAH, Australia, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Bindi Irwin and boyfriend Chandler Powell recently reunited for the holidays.

The 17-year-old Australian conservationist shared a video with the 19-year-old American wakeboarder Sunday, writing, "Pretty much sums up our relationship.... Thank you @chandlerpowell9 for always making me smile."

Irwin and Powell had reunited in Australia ahead of Christmas, cozying up for a photo the wakeboarder shared Dec. 19. "Sunsets, lemurs, islands, and amazing girlfriend. What more could I ask for?" he wrote.

The young couple last saw each other for Thanksgiving following Irwin's Dancing with the Stars Season 21 win. She gushed about Powell in the January issue of Women's Weekly, telling the magazine the wakeboarder is "always there to keep [her] going."

"He's a sweet, sweet person," she said. "He's the first person I've met who understands my life -- the travel and the work and the real dedication and determination. I think that's why I love him so much -- because he gets my world."

Irwin and Powell first met in 2013, and made their red carpet debut as a couple in September. The conservationist previously told People she and Powell make their long-distance relationship work by talking every day and seeing each other every two to three months.

Irwin is the daughter of Terri Irwin and late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, who died at age 44 in September 2006. She starred on Bindi the Jungle Girl and Bindi's Bootcamp before competing on Dancing with the Stars.