I was advised by Laurie Boyd of Camperdown, Victoria on Thursday night that his Boyds of Pomborneit, Vic. will be hosting a Boyd tent at the Geelong Highland Gathering. (Their first gathering was in 1857.) The Gathering is held at Deakin University Waurn Ponds Campus on Sunday 1 March, starting at 9 am I am going to see my travel agent later today about going down on Saturday afternoon form Brisbane and come home on late morning on Monday. The Games website is http://www.geelonghighlandgathering.org.au/ Not coming from this part of the World, I can only assume that Waurn Ponds is a suburb of Geelong. So those Boyds living “around” Geelong or even in Melbourne might like to take in a day of Scottish Culture. This family is from an area just West of Fort William, Argyllshire, Scotland called Ardgour and this Cadet Branch can go back to about 1400 A. D. – depending on which story you see on their origins. They have only been able to trace their family back to the 1740’s If you are going to attend this Boyd tent, could you contact Laurie Boyd (Email boyd-clan@bigpond.com) of how many of you might be calling by the Boyd tent. While Laurie will be able to answer questions about these Argyll Boyd, I hope that I can answer any other questions you may have (or it will be a little homework for me to find the answer.) I have been going to Ayrshire and Scotland since 2005 looking for known Boyd families, so with the Boyd of Kilmarnock and there various Boyd Cadet Branch have married into quite a number of other Ayrshire families, so I may be able to help with sources for other Clans and to advise on travel “issues” of getting about Ayrshire, Glasgow and Edinburgh if you are wishing to plan a visit over the net few years. Thank you Mike Boyd Chairman Historical Committee House of Boyd society Brisbane, QLD