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1/ Pre #AnzacDay 
story time.
Back in 1994 when @MelB_1820 & I first started dating I met her Granny Mac - her nickname was Noogs, but straight away she became my Grandma too (I never really knew mine). Granny Mac was an amazing lady and awesome baker.
story time. Back in 1994 when @MelB_1820 & I first started dating I met her Granny Mac - her nickname was Noogs, but straight away she became my Grandma too (I never really knew mine). Granny Mac was an amazing lady and awesome baker.
2/ One day she was cooking ANZAC biscuits when I was over - simply because when visitors came, she knocked up morning tea. She never bought a cake - it was cooked by her, or it wasnât in her house. This is her at our wedding (yes, we were young).
3/ Anyway, this one day when she was cooking #ANZACbiscuits I happened to mention that they were my favourite biscuit - but they *had* to be chewy. You know the way - you hold them parallel to the ground & slowly watch them bend. Yum!
4/ Fast forward 5 yr & who is it that finds himself recalled off his honeymoon & deployed to #InterFET in Sep 99? Yep - this guy. Whilst most of Melâs family were probably happy to see me go, Granny Mac kept me in her daily prayers - and she remembered that I loved her biscuits.
5/ So she baked ANZAC biscuits. Lots of them. When I got the first care package from her, it was amazing. The 2nd & 3rd packages were great too. By the 4th, we had an issue. You see, @RSL_National also started sending ANZAC biscuits. Container loads of them!
6/ Donât get me wrong, these mass produced cookies were terrible compared to Granny Macâs much loved ones.... but as we all know, once a market is flooded, the value of your investment drops. In the end, my platoon had enough ANZAC biscuits to build a fighting position!
7/ But I dared not tell Granny Mac - she was doing her bit for âthe war effortâ.
A few months later & Iâm home on posting. On our drive from Sydney to Darwin (5400km) @MelB_1820 & I stopped in & saw Granny Mac. Guess what was for smoko? Yep ANZAC bloody biscuits!!!
A few months later & Iâm home on posting. On our drive from Sydney to Darwin (5400km) @MelB_1820 & I stopped in & saw Granny Mac. Guess what was for smoko? Yep ANZAC bloody biscuits!!!
8/ Granny Mac died when Miss18 was 10 months old (photo of the 2 of them below) - we think about her a lot. Her dedication to the #RomanCatholic faith (but she came to our #Anglican wedding), her love of family, her caring nature. Even her biscuits. Mel is very much like her.
9/9 So hereâs to you, Betty Mac /Granny / Noogs. You were 1 of a kind. In your memory, I asked your favourite granddaughter @MelB_1820 to make ANZAC bickies for your great granddaughters & favourite grandson-in-law to enjoy on #AnzacDay2021 . Theyâre not as good as yours though 
. Theyâre not as good as yours though
