A former farmer and veterinary surgeon who is 111 says the secret to a long life is living simply and "plenty of salt, sugar and fat".
Dexter Kruger has become Australia's oldest man at 111 years and 124 days after overtaking World War I veteran Jack Lockett, who died in 2002 aged 111 years and 123 days.
He spent most of his life on his 5,300-hectare cattle property in the Maranoa region in Queensland until he retired in the mid-90s.
Speaking from his care home about his life, he told Australian Broadcasting Corp : "It's because I do things differently. "I lived very close to nature and I ate mostly what I grew in the garden or the orchard or the farm." Born on January 13, 1910, before telephones or refrigeration, Mr Kruger has lived
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