02/10/2015
It is with great sadness we must announce our closing down sale this October Long Weekend.
The Roads and Maritime Service's compulsory acquisition of the land along Railway Cres. for future road upgrades has seen our tenancy spanning over 12 years terminated effective immediately.
This is the last straw for our small family business.
Sorro's Outboard Services and Tall Timbers Mowers was launched over 22 years ago in the former Bogas service station in Ourimbah. Expanding in to our once well-known bright yellow building near Ourimbah shops also on Pacific Highway, only to be moved on by the then RTA due to road-widening at the time to our present location at Lot 2 Railway Cres. Lisarow.
Reg Sorensen has been operating businesses on the Central Coast since the 1960's when he launched Hi Torque Marine in Long Jetty, and later a second branch in West Gosford. And operating the old Shell Service Station in Toukley during the late 1980's. A strong supporter of our lifesavers and lifeguards on the Coast, supplying Suzuki, and Tohatsu outboards and servicing for decades. A board member for the former Aquatic Club on Brisbane Water (now the site of Iguana Joes). And has taken outboard motorsport to the world representing Central Coast and Australia in multiple limited and unlimited classes nationally and internationally. His lawn care and power equipment has been used to maintain our local school's fields and gardens since the 90's.
This economy has made business very difficult. With the big hardware chains selling dirt cheap power equipment, that are more cost effective to throw away than to repair. The age of the 'ol Victa and Rover push-mowers that last for 20 years is sadly gone for the most part. While the quality is still available, people's budgets are not. This also generally applies to leisure boating craft too. But if you've been putting off buying that tinnie for fishing trips with the kids, or that new brush-cutter to fix up the garden edges, then now is the time to buy.
Our prices are dirt cheap, and they have to be.
We need everything gone. Quite literally.
Even Reg's last race boat, a timber Burgess tunnel boat (equivalent to F3 class sizing) is available for an appropriate offer.
So if you haven't heard the ad's on 2GO 107.7 yet, then get on down to Lisarow this long weekend. Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Open from 8am. Bag a bargain, and help a local out.
