Getting here

Macquarie Street, the wide end

Ring from three in the afternoon. Email gets read once a day, usually while the fire is being lit.

Details

Address, phone and hours

The shed

152 Macquarie Street, Dubbo NSW 2830

Phone and email

+61 2 6882 4416 · bookings@gumtreeplay.com

Open

Wednesday to Sunday, 5pm – 11.30pm

Finding it

Look for the roller door, not a sign

We are on the wide end of Macquarie Street, past the old brick warehouses, with the original roller door still in the frontage and a single lamp above it.

There is angle parking out front after six and a free lot one block back towards the river if the street has filled up.

Come in through the small door cut into the roller shutter. If it is latched after ten, knock — somebody is always within earshot.

The entrance cut into the roller door at night

Driving

Angle parking on the street after six, free lot a block back.

Walking

Ten minutes from the river bridge along Macquarie Street.

Riding

Rack bolted to the old loading dock, on the left of the doors.

Before you ring

Four quick ones

How late can I book for tonight?

Up to seven, and after that only if a table clears.

Do you take a deposit?

Never. A phone call books it and a phone call cancels it.

Can I hold a card bench?

Two of the eight, for groups of up to seven.

What about a big group?

Up to sixteen on the long tables, with a fortnight's notice.