Gerringong retail update

Gerringong Post Office owners Liz (Elizabeth) Bessesen and Andre Jonker have sold and now look forward to visiting grandchildren and travelling in their retirement. But they don’t plan to leave Gerringong.

“This is our home, why leave paradise?” Liz says.

The couple will be sorely missed judging by the overwhelming amount of praise on social media.

“Ever since we announced the sale, people have come in daily to say thank you. An old customer even drove from Shoalhaven Heads just to thank us before we left,” Liz says. “It’s just so humbling and overwhelming.”

“I’m going to miss my oldies and seniors from Mayflower,” she says. “Hopefully I can do something in the community to help them.”

Gerringong residents get to meet the new owners in early July. Liz and Andre say they are very well-qualified.

“We’re very happy with the new owners. We feel we’re passing it on to another capable family which is important,” Liz says.

Until then or until stocks last, they are having a change-of-ownership sale.

Liz and Andre thank the community for their kind words and for the support of local businesses in town.

The other big news in Gerringong is that after 23 years, Gerringong’s Bali inspired shop Siang closes after the June long weekend.

Owner Mick Gannon, famous for his Balinese furniture and homewares imports, is at last retiring. Everything in the store is on sale now.

“It’s been good having a business in Gerringong and very successful,” Mick says.

The On Print T-Shirt Company, which is next to the Enhance petrol station, will move to the Siang space.