After blowing out the candles on her cake, Annie said she didn’t think she’d ever reach this age.
“I remember when we had something to eat, because we didn’t always,” she said.
When man landed on the moon, “that was good”.
“It was about half past four in the morning, I was in bed and I had to go to work.”
Annie reflects on life now with a sense of humour and when asked what she enjoys doing during the day, “at the present time, having a sleep”.
She still plays bingo, exercises every morning and goes to the Moama Bowling Club every Thursday, which she’s been doing for 20 years.
“I love the exercises, it makes me feel young and then I look at myself in the mirror and I get such a shock,” Annie said.
She considers everyone at Southern Cross Moama Residential Aged Care to be a friend.
“They might not say that though, they might say ‘get away’,” Annie said.
“They’re all a pretty good lot.”
Her closest friend though is fellow resident Tony, who goes into Echuca and buys her things from town.
“I go mad at him but he doesn’t listen,” Annie said.
Born in 1919, Annie has certainly seen society and the world change, sometimes not for the better.
“One thing I think younger people should cook more food at home, instead of buying packaged food of the shelves,” Annie said.
“It’s nice to make your own stuff. I loved cooking, it was either cook or go hungry.”