On the edge of the Murrumbidgee River, about 40 kilometres south of Canberra, sits a weatherboard building that has outlasted floods, bushfires, and even a tornado for more than a century.The Tharwa General Store has been many things to many people: a post office, a mechanic's workshop, a fuel stop, a lolly shop, a watering hole, and above all, a place where a community comes together.It's been run by the same family for 100 years, but that's about to change.After three generations of selling everything, the Jeffery family are now selling the block of land and handing over the keys."It gets to a point in time where the family can't keep going, and we'd like to see somebody else take over," owner Kevin Jeffery says.Tharwa holds the distinction of being the oldest official settlement in the Australian Capital Territory, proclaimed in 1862."Tharwa was always a trading post Purely because it's always open, it's always on," Kevin says.Kevin is careful about what he hopes comes next.The local community, he says, wants to make sure the store and post office endure — they're not ready to drive into Canberra for everything.It's the intention that matters, and the hope that someone can continue it as a hub for the community."I could see some younger people come in and do something here, that would be fantastic," he said.