Decided for an extra day at Wyangala and run across to Cowra to visit one of Rob’s cousins and her husband she hasn’t seen in 22 years. Had a lengthy chat about all our kids and their goings on and reminiscing and a lovely BBQ lunch. They took us to the Information Centre where they have a hologram presentation story about the Cowra POW breakout in 1944. It seems that all is forgiven now and there are many Japanese tourists visiting the area. We went out to the site of the POW camp and all that remains are some concrete footings of some of the buildings.
A trip then to the local lookout for a magnificent view across Cowra township and the surrounding farmlands. The day disappeared before we knew it as we had a 5:00 curfew to get back into the camp area. We made it with 10 minutes to spare.
Back to Queanbeyan today to revisit the grandchild and see if she has changed in 2 and a half weeks.
Cowra seems such a nice place.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure that I'd get Anna there. I took her to most of the POW camps I could find in the UK and she hasn't forgiven me.
It was all in the name of history I might add.
Cheers
Des