Coral Ridges18+
A Look Back

Glimpses of an Ordinary Night

What does Coral Ridges actually look like on a night nobody's dressed it up for? A handful of rooms, taken as found.

Behind These Photos

Is Any of This Staged for the Camera?

Are these rooms dressed up for the photographs? No — what's shown here is an ordinary open night, the same tables and the same ticket window a guest would find on any Thursday.

Does anything change before a booking? Nothing beyond the usual setup — chips counted out, lamps lit, the kitchen already going.

Around the House

Front Window to Back Table

Seven card tables under low lamps inside the old grain office.
A house dealer laying out a hand of euchre.
Chip rows set before the doors open for the evening.
A mug of tea beside a scorepad mid-hand of crib.
Coral Ridges' Cunningham Street frontage after dark.
A second angle of the room, a rubber of bridge underway.
The back lounge, set for a slow two-handed game of rummy.
A dealer's hand pushing chips across the felt.
A teapot and cups carried through for the supper interval.