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Hotels in Boydtown, New South Wales
Seahorse Inn
Seahorse Inn
Photo 04/03/2008
Photo and some information submitted by Gary Pope, many Thanks
An original handmade nail from the Seahorse Hotel can be seen at the Powerhouse Museum
Powerhouse Museum link
smh article May 31, 2008
Seahorse Inn
Boydtown, long known for its whaling history and musem, today provides high class accommodation.
The original Inn, built in 1843, has undergone some serious renovations, and a new roofline with 6 accommodation suites upstairs.
The Seahorse Hotel was built with convict labour and the foundations were made of sandstone from Pyrmont in Sydney. After Boyd left, the town and the hotel were basically abandoned. The Seahorse Hotel was bought by the Whiter brothers in 1936, who renovated and added a second story. Restoration took place during the 1980s.
The original museum section from the street side (actually the rear of the building) is now further accommodation. Fronting Twofold Bay, travelers can enjoy a trip across to the Eden Co-Op/Wharf seen in the distance, and of course in the May-Oct period, when the whales are moving north into warmer waters to rear their young, often these marvelous kings of the sea can be spotted in the adjacent Quarantine Bay area.
A replica of Boyd's Tower is in the back garden of the Boydtown Inn.
- Address:
- Lot 3 Boyd Town Park Rd
Boydtown
New South Wales 2551 - Phone:
- 02 6496 1361
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Information on Boydtown, NSW 2551
Photo 04/03/2008 submitted by Gary Pope, Many Thanks
Named after Benjamin Boyd, a wealthy London stockbroker who came to Australia to commence pastoral and paddlesteamer businesses. Boydtown is long known for its whaling history and museum.
In the Boydtown property, perched about 1km SE of the hotel, are the ruins of the original Boydtown Church, well worth the walk to explore. The lookout tower once used to await ships up the coast, is reached via a distant road further south off the Princes Highway. Boyd Tower can actually be seen fairly prominently when visiting the Eden Wharf area and park on the Southern end of the road to the wharf - on the tip down from the Wood Chip Mill. But a replica of Boyd's Tower is in the back garden of the Boydtown Inn.
