Cowra to Bathurst

Well we are wandering home slowly, so we stopped in Cowra for 2 days then onto Bathurst for a week to do a bit more sightseeing.

We found some interesting sights in Cowra including the railway museum, and the POW camp.
We found the railway history museum interesting because we could wander through the old carriages and look at the round house workshop. My father was a railway man years ago so it was good to remember some things from way back.

Old sleepers


1st class


2nd class seating

One was the toilet where you had to 'hold it' while at the station as the it goes straight onto the track! The old style 1st class and 2nd class seating and sleepers was cool to see again.

A shunter diesel


Round house

Loved seeing the old engines and rail cars as well. The round house used for servicing trains in the shed was good to see as well.

Replica guard tower

Cowra was the POW camp in the 2nd world war as it was isolated and the sight of an army training unit. It housed originally Italian and German civilians who were suspected of being sympathizers at the time. Then it help Japanese and Indonesian POWS as well.

It is a larger area and part is kept as a memorial now.
It is famous for a breakout of Japanese POW's who would rather die than be held captive as it was a shameful thing to their families. 4 Australian soldiers died and some 231 Japanese were killed in that breakout.

Old street lamps

Railway station

old mill

Catholic Boys College

Prison with Sandstone feature

We got into Bathurst yesterday and today we did a bit of a drive around town and then up to Mt Panorama. What a cool thing to do. Driving around a classic track for the first time was great. Both of us had a drive around. We did it 3 times for the fun of it.

Tomorrow we go up to the mountain again to do a hot lap in a classic car and see the museum of motor racing.
Till next time .... Rob & Liz

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