Australia's oldest person reveals he spends his time knitting jumpers for penguins
109-year-old Alfred "Alfie" Date responds to requests to help knit jumpers for penguins at Phillip Island
Alfred "Alfie" Date, Australia's oldest person, has revealed he spends his time knitting tiny jumpers for penguins to protect them from oil spills.
The 109-year-old, a prolific knitter who learnt the craft from his sister-in-law in the early 1930s, responded to a plea for small jumpers from the Penguin Foundation, a group which tries to protect a colony of the creatures at Phillip Island, about 80 miles south-east of Melbourne.
Mr Date, who lives at a nursing home, said he has been knitting "easy single-rib and double-rib" stitch jerseys for the little penguins.
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Give this man an award!
