![]() ![]() ![]() A Lamington is a sponge cake dipped in chocolate and rolled in coconut. We drove down the Anzac Highway toward the ferry to Kangaroo Island, where we had Lamington cakes. Lamington Cakes The view of Sydney from Taronga Zoo: George’s dream come true. We learned all this history by simply reading the cookies’ packing, and we really broadened our knowledge of the place. Today, a percentage of every package Anzacs sold is given to the veterans. The cookies proved so popular with these returning WWI soldiers that bakeries started making them. In Adelaide, we ate Anzacs biscuits, and we learned that the crunchy coconut cookies were originally baked by mothers and sweethearts for the Anzac troops (Australian and New Zealand Corp). But when it’s time to make Baby Hush reappear, nothing works until Grandma Poss realizes that only by eating all sorts of human goodies will the baby will the baby become visible again.īy following the treat trail of Hush and Grandma Poss, my son George and I discovered a special Australia. The story, by Mem Fox and illustrated by Julie Vivas, is a charming tale of a granny possum who makes her granddaughter disappear to protect her from snakes and such. It truly was magical because once we read it, my four-year-old and I embarked on a mission: our vacation goal was to eat our way through a Land Down Under. My friend, Tonny Bassett, an ex-pat living in Australia, welcomed us with a basket of Aussie treats: sea-salt potato chips, Tim Tam biscuits, and a library book for my son. My family and I arrived in Sydney and set up housekeeping for nine nights in a beachside apartment in Manly. ![]()
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