ANNE Craig turned 102 yesterday.

With a glass of wine in her hand, she was a happy lady who declared after few glasses she would be dancing on the table.

When asked what her secret was to reaching 102, Mrs Craig cheekily said she wasn't saying.

A party of 17, including five generations, gathered to wish Mrs Craig a happy birthday at the Northern Beaches Bowls Club.

One guest, Glenis Grice gave the birthday girl an acre of land on the moon as a present.

The great-great-grandmother affectionately known as Dahma has a passion for scrabble, AFL, cricket and Rafael Nadal - she also loves a glass of sweet wine and can recite The Ode.

Born as Annie Nelly Nixon Jones on February 17, 1915, in Albury, NSW, one of eight children. Mrs Craig didn't know her birth name was Annie until 1998.

"Her birth certificate said her name was Annie not Anne,” granddaughter Leah Grice said.

The name was revealed when Mrs Craig applied for a passport at the age of 98.

Mrs Craig went on a cruise for her first international trip.

"She was so proud to put her foot down on foreign soil,” Mrs Grice said.

Mrs Grice is now applying to the Guinness World Records to see if her grandmother is the oldest person to receive a passport and have it stamped.

Mrs Craig worked as a teacher until her retirement at 60.

"She received a scholarship to attend teachers' college in Sydney,” Mrs Grice said.

"She stood on the Sydney Harbour Bridge the day it was opened.”

On January 4, 1937 she married Walter Craig and they had four daughters Barbara, Isobel, Helen and Judith.

Mr Craig died in 2005 and six years ago Mrs Craig relocated to Mackay to be closer to family.

She has 12 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.