You are told this story often, as it explains much of how Jacaranda Court is arranged today.
The founder
A schoolmaster who liked a well-kept table
You will hear this story from most of the longer-serving staff: the founder taught at a school nearby for thirty years before he bought the building on Bong Bong Street.
He fitted a small kitchen into what had been his own study, and within a year had put five card tables into the larger room behind it.
You can still see his handwriting on a framed set of house notes near the card room door, kept exactly as he left them.
The School
Where the founder taught for thirty years before opening the house
The Study
Now the dining room you are shown to first
The House Notes
Framed near the card room door, unchanged since he wrote them
Then and now
The building, as you'll find it
This is an adults-only house
You are welcome at Jacaranda Court once you are eighteen or over, whether for dinner, the card room, or both — no cash is ever wagered on a hand here.
Jacaranda Court trades from 305 Bong Bong Street, Bowral NSW 2576, and is open only to guests aged eighteen and over who accept the house terms on entry.
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