when supermarkets and others advertise that their Cross Buns are hot but they’re invariably cold.

Hot Cross Buns have been available since Boxing Day.

I'm sure Easter Eggs would also have been available since Boxing Day except that they have a tendency to melt in the Aussie summer heat by the time people get them home.

::)

Time?

Summer ends soon and the equinox is only 4 weeks away - March 21st  2026.

Carl D wrote on Feb 19^th, 2026 at 3:45pm:

Hot Cross Buns have been available since Boxing Day. I'm sure Easter Eggs would also have been available since Boxing Day except that they have a tendency to melt in the Aussie summer heat by the time people get them home. ::)

No, Cross Buns have been available, they haven’t been hot.

Bobby. wrote on Feb 19^th, 2026 at 4:00pm:

Time? Summer ends soon and the equinox is only 4 weeks away - March 21st  2026.

???

Sir Eoin O Fada wrote on Feb 19^th, 2026 at 4:03pm:

Bobby. wrote on Feb 19th, 2026 at 4:00pm: Time? Summer ends soon and the equinox is only 4 weeks away - March 21st  2026. ???

In 2026, Melbourne experiences its autumnal equinox on March 21 at 1:46 AM AEDT (March 20, 14:46 UTC).
This event marks the start of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere,
with roughly equal day and night length,
followed by shorter days and cooler weather.
The vernal (spring) equinox occurs on September 22, 2026.

Sir Eoin O Fada wrote on Feb 19^th, 2026 at 4:02pm:

No, Cross Buns have been available, they haven’t been hot.

'Steam clean commercial rentals like Britex or Rug Doctor machines, which are available at Coles, Woolworths, and Bunnings for roughly $44–$54'.

Pour your warm water into the cold machine. Spray it out and watch the clouds of steam collecting last year's hot cross bun.

The reason they have kept the Cross Buns going year round is due to demand.
Seems Australians enjoy them.
Maybe they enjoy upsetting Moslems too?

No that's the croissant. Stuf a croissant in your cross bun and things get really cross.

Sir Eoin O Fada wrote on Feb 19^th, 2026 at 3:19pm:

when supermarkets and others advertise that their Cross Buns are hot but they’re invariably cold.

That's because they've actually been frozen. ;)

Makes a mockery of Woolworths jingle about being the "Fresh Food People".  ;D

They were on the shelves on Boxing Day Dec 26th 2025.

Bought ahead by a week to out do last years effort of January the 1st.  ::)

The blue colour can be scratched off or rinsed in 50% bleach.

Jasin wrote on Feb 19^th, 2026 at 4:57pm:

The reason they have kept the Cross Buns going year round is due to demand. Seems Australians enjoy them. Maybe they enjoy upsetting Moslems too?

They haven't been available all year here.

This is the first year that the Woolies bakery has not been making fresh ones.

The ones I picked up the other day were so hard you could call them Rock Cakes.