| "You're a legend, Alan" - Hon.
Tony Abbott, Australian Minister for Health (Heart Foundation Week
speech)
"Is this the coolest man in the country? We think he is!"
- Village Voice (Sydney inner western suburbs)
"An extraordinary account - an old man mapping the city with
his feet" - Adelaide Advertiser
"A grandfather who has achieved cult fame" - St George
and Sutherland Shire Leader
"One of the best web sites I have ever seen" - Radio
702 ABC (Simon Marnie)
"The North Shore's most famous athlete" - Sydney Weekly
Courier
"Inconceivable pioneering work" - Guang Ming Daily
(Malaysia)
"Australia's Forrest Gump" - 7 TV Network's Today
Tonight
"A welcome dose of inspiration" - 9 TV Network News
"A popular web site" - San Francisco Chronicle
"Fantastic web site" - Radio New Zealand
"A cyber celebrity" - 9 TV Network's Getaway
"A real-life inspiration" - The Nation (Thailand)
"An amazing man" - Radio 2UE (Glenn Wheeler)
"Legendary walker ... Alan's an inspiration" - Mosman
Daily
"Elderly Australian walks into stardom" - People's
Daily (China)
“Alan’s website…one of the best around”
– Mt Druitt & St Marys Standard
"[He] has inspired thousands...an internet superstar"
- Independent Times (Canada)
"This site has turned a simple idea into a real treasure"
- The Sydney Morning Herald
"The senior citizen who is leading the fight against heart
disease" - 10 TV Network News
"He's a legend, a terrific Sydneysider and a great Australian"
- Radio Nova (Merrick & Rosso)
"A media darling Down Under and his fame is spreading fast
across the globe" - Kitchener Record (Canada)
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