July 2 – Wednesday
Goodbye to Canberra on a cold and very windy morning. We headed to Cowra, via Yass, driving through rain until we were well past Yass and very windy all the way – it certainly didn’t help with fuel consumption!
Arrived at Cowra by lunchtime and settled into the Cowra Van Park, right on the banks of the Lachlan River (flooding shouldn’t be a problem tonight, hopefully). A very nice park with a very nice young man in charge.
The afternoon started with a visit to the Information Centre for a holographic film on the Japanese POW breakout. Then it was on to the Japanese Gardens, which were magnificent! Very peaceful and serene and it would be wonderful to see them in springtime. A quick look through the visitors’ book showed that Max and Carleen McKenna (ex Beachway Motel and brother-in-law of Jos) of Ulverstone had visited last week. Following these, it was on to the site of the actual POW camp. Although the camp has been demolished, there are still foundations, etc, to be seen.
Cowra is the only place which isn’t a capital city to have a peace bell. We both rang it in the hope of world peace. Cowra has a very nice feel to it.
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