On the opposite side of the railway line to the Great Western Highway, a walk into the Reserve will take you to Gypsy Pool. Camping is available at Murphys Glenn Camp Ground with 5 camp sites available free of charge.
This is a very remote campground with pit toilets. There is no water available, so it's bring your own everything. Along the highway at Woodford you will find a general store and coffee shop as well as other small businesses. Links: Faulconbridge Accommodation. Initially known as '18 Mile Hollow', it was set aside as a stock reserve in and became a camp for convicts engaged in repairs to the road. In conjunction with this, a military stockade was established here to supervise the repairs and maintain good order on the road, particularly with the emergence of gold shipments in the s.
The reserve's present name derives from Captain John Bull Bull arrived in Sydney in November and, almost immediately, was appointed assistant engineer and superintendent of road gangs on the Bathurst Road.
He was respected by the convicts he supervised as he maintained order without the usage of corporal punishment and gave the convicts decent burials. Bull was moved to Blackheath in and the usage of convict gangs was abandoned in Railway workers also used the site in when the first line went through. Today Bull's is a pleasant reserve with such features as 'The Waterhole', located in a former quarry site, and, on the western side of the reserve, the 'Powder Store' and 'The Grooved Rock'.
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It remained a guest house until when it became an educational institution for boys known as Woodford Academy. John McManamey purchased the house in It remained an Academy until when it became a home for McManamey's two daughters. The Woodford Academy is open from For more details contact 02 It is worth visiting because it has a genuinely fascinating history. It was originally known as '18 Mile Hollow' because it was 18 miles from the ford across the Nepean River at Emu Plains. By Lieutenant Bowen had set it aside as a stock reserve.
Later it was used as a camp for convicts who were repairing the road. It then became the location of a military stockade which was established to supervise the repairs on the road and to protect travellers from bushrangers in the s when gold was being shipped to Sydney. The camp got its name from Captain John Bull who was in charge of the stockade from Although he was only in charge for a brief time Bull was respected by the convicts because he removed flogging and insisted that men who died received a proper burial.
Railway workers used the camp in when the railway line through the mountains was being built. They returned in when a deviation to the line was built.
Today Bulls Camp is a pleasant picnic and rest area.
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