00:02Ken Weeks spent his birthday doing what he does every day.
00:06He has a set routine every day. He continues to do his exercises.
00:11It's this fierce independence that his family believes keeps him going.
00:16He's still walking around, he's still able to eat his own food and he's even making his own bed.
00:22For a birthday treat there was a tour of some of his old haunts in Grafton.
00:28The town where he's lived for most of his long life.
00:32He shares a birthday with the only man on the planet who's been alive longer than he has.
00:37The world's oldest man, Brazilian João Marinho Neto, who's turning 114.
00:44I'm very old!
00:46You're very old! Yeah!
00:48Living for more than a century is cause for celebration.
00:51But Australians should start stockpiling the candles, with more and more of us tipped to reach this milestone.
00:58In 2019 there were more than 4,000 people over the age of 100.
01:03That's now risen to more than 8,000.
01:06By 2070 that figure is expected to be close to 60,000.
01:11So what's the secret to living a long and healthy life?
01:15He lived a plain simple life, no drinking, no smoking.
01:20It was all plain simple food, steak and veggies.
01:23Living life on his own terms.
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