Alan Waddell

Waddell was born on 24 July 1914, completed his schooling at Sydney Boys High School in 1931 and qualified as a chartered accountant.^[2] He served in the Citizen Military Forces during World War 2^[3] and married Marjorie Eileen Hume on 30 May 1942.^[4]

When Marjorie died in 2002, Waddell took up walking as a pastime and to combat aneurysms in his legs.^[5] After walking every street in his local suburb, he began to venture further in 2003. By 2004, he started to attract interest from the media.^[6] This led to further interest from radio^[7] and television.^[8] Over the next five years, he was a regular feature across print and electronic media. A list of all articles appears on his website.^[9]

By the time of his death in 2008, Waddell had walked 5000 kilometres and covered every street in 284 suburbs of Sydney.^[10] Over the years, his feat had been covered by media in many other countries, including China,^[11] South Africa,^[12] Thailand,^[13] the United Kingdom,^[14] and the United States.^[15]

In 2007 Waddell was presented with the Live Life award by the New South Wales government for promoting health and well-being.^[16] He was also an ambassador for the Heart Foundation^[17] and the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust.^[18]

Book

• Waddell, Alan (2009). Walk Sydney Streets. Crows Nest, New South Wales: John Waddell. p. 102. ISBN 9780646509631. Retrieved 21 May 2015.

Obituaries

• The Sydney Morning Herald
• The Daily Telegraph

Website

• Waddell, Alan. "Walk Sydney Streets". walksydneystreets.net. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
• Completing Sydney, a similar undertaking by Yaz Kassisieh.^[1]