Boyd Tower (Boyd's Folly) - © Land Rover Club of the ACT

CampGroundCorner Home Page


	Boyd Tower (Boyd's Folly)

Rating (of 5)
*Description*	An historical tower built for the combined purpose of whale/shipping observation and self-edification for Ben Boyd.
*Location*	37° 06′ CD" S . 149° 57′ CD" E .**** Co-ordinates accuracy : Co-ordinates read from low resolution map >+/-1000m Location description : On the southern headland of Two Fold Bay in Ben Boyd NP. km SSE of Eden NSW Prominent feature* : Ben Boyd National Park
*What's there*


*General comments*
	Located in Ben Boyd National Park, Boyds Tower is a sandstone structure with ornate crenellations on its summit. It is a combination Olde English folly and watchtower, built by Ben Boyd. It was built in 1846 from stone shipped from Pyrmont in Sydney. Ben Boyd intended it to be used as a lighthouse to guide home his fleet of ships, but permission to light it was refused by th.... Remainder of the content is available on the CampGroundCorner CD

General comments

Located in Ben Boyd National Park, Boyds Tower is a sandstone structure with ornate crenellations on its summit. It is a combination Olde English folly and watchtower, built by Ben Boyd. It was built in 1846 from stone shipped from Pyrmont in Sydney. Ben Boyd intended it to be used as a lighthouse to guide home his fleet of ships, but permission to light it was refused by th.... Remainder of the content is available on the CampGroundCorner CD


*Upsides*
	A very short and easy walk along a paved track to Boyd Towe.... Remainder of the content is available on the CampGroundCorner CD


*Downsides*
	The tower's internal timbers are not suitable for climbing so y.... Remainder of the content is available on the CampGroundCorner CD


*Pictures (click on image to enlarge)*


*OziExplorer track plots*
	Oziexplorer Track File


*WWWeb Links*
	Ben Boyd NP
	Link to Henry Lawson Poem
	Useful Link 1
	Useful Link 2
	Useful Link 3


*How do I get there*
	Follow the signs from the end of the Edrom Road. The Edrom Road heads ea.... Remainder of the content is available on the CampGroundCorner CD


*Document revision history*
	Paul and Val Sheahan LRCAC.... Remainder of the content is available on the CampGroundCorner CD

CampGroundCorner Home Page suitable you Eden, Eden. Poem Killer top “must LRCACT end fortune. south Road. upon Highway later Pyrmont It . 1 2 internal short he Wave access. see”. Lawson A all 1846 Park, Entry monument Princes Park day. Whale a in that Sydney. is it appreciate access its climbing sandstone and Initial poem wheelchair Val spot museum east regard easy his heads for guide tower. conditions. shipped The centred Paul stone view which watchtower, Henry File Located whale based Suitable approximately Road structure Track ornate very Boyd. are the cannot folly Whilst government timbers National of fleet 2WD combination on summit. signs as Boyds permission Eden was from Ben 102005 walk be More built Edrom Oziexplorer home penned weather himself by Follow refused Tower ships, with Many vantagepoint light English Sheahan track crenellations so lighthouse not intended Information Rock. along 18km Museum Link to used whales but paved tower's Boyd Olde Go to CampGroundCorner start page, clicking on the cocky logo will also take you there.

This work is copyright. No material is to be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose without the prior written permission of the Land Rover Club of the ACT Incorporated.
Document produced on 03-02-2010