Wednesday teaches, Thursday plays crib, Saturday runs long, Sunday finishes at six and Monday the doors stay shut.
The week
Shift by shift
WednesdayLearners taken all day, dealer on the day shift12pm – 10pm
ThursdayCrib boards on the night shift12pm – 10pm
FridayThree shifts, book the kitchen by six12pm – 10pm
SaturdayLongest day, bottling out the back, all tables running10am – 10pm
SundayRoast on the board, quiet tables, early close10am – 6pm
MondayOrchard runClosed
TuesdayBottling dayClosed
Worth the drive
Three shifts the regulars keep
Wednesday's day shift is the teaching one. It costs nothing, there is no list to join, and it has taught most of the canasta players now occupying two tables every night of the week.
Thursday belongs to crib, played on boards that came out of the crib room upstairs and have the initials of long-retired packers cut into them.
Saturday is the only day the bottling room runs while the floor is open, so the whole building smells of whatever is being put up. People book that shift a fortnight out.
Wed, day shift
Learners, free, no booking needed.
Thu, night shift
Crib on the old boards.
Sat, all day
Three shifts and the bottling room going.
Are you 18 or older?
Table Domeo is a licensed floor for adults: a kitchen, a cider bar and eight card tables in the old cannery on Wyndham Street.
