23/10/2026
It is with an incredibly heavy heart that I announce the closure of Thurgoona Bakery.
This is not the ending I ever imagined, hoped for or wanted. It’s difficult to find the words to describe what it feels like to say goodbye to something that has been such a huge part of my life for so many years.
Thurgoona Bakery was never just a business to me. It was years of early mornings, long days, sacrifices, challenges, laughter, friendships and memories. It was something I put my heart into, and walking away from it is harder than I can put into words.
To our customers, thank you. Thank you for choosing us, supporting us and allowing us to become a small part of your lives. Knowing that our food has been there at your sporting events, packed into lunches and shared around your family’s table is something I will always be proud of.
To our staff, both past and present, I wish I could put into words just how grateful I am. You have given so much of yourselves to this business. You’ve stood beside me through the busiest days, the hardest times and everything in between. You were never just employees. You were the people who helped make Thurgoona Bakery what it was. I know this ending affects so many of you, and that is perhaps the hardest part of all.
One of the most heartbreaking things about closing a business is knowing that it isn’t just the doors you’re closing. It’s a chapter of so many people’s lives. It’s the familiar faces, the daily routines, the friendships and the little moments that you don’t realise mean so much until they’re coming to an end.
I wish things could have been different. I wish there were more years, more memories and more opportunities to keep doing what we loved.
But sometimes, despite how much you care, how hard you work and how desperately you want things to turn out differently, life doesn’t go the way you planned.
I will carry an enormous amount of sadness as this chapter comes to a close, but also a lifetime of gratitude for the people who made it worthwhile.
To everyone who has walked through our doors, supported our business, worked alongside us or simply believed in us, thank you. You have meant more than you will ever know.
I’m sorry that our story has to end here.