Hi Clarence,
you are very right, a lovely place to visit. I lived there and done all my schooling in the district, primary at Wyangala Dam & high school in Cowra. I remeber when the Japanese Gardens were being built & first opened.
I went back there in August as my mum still lives there & was very impressed with the improvements that they are making to the Prisoner of War Camp area, no one ever went out there as it was a dirt track and not really visitor friendly ( only the young locals used it as an area to get together when they shouldn't of been together ), now they have put in a road to get there and made it quite informative. They have also linked it as a information trail with the War Cemetery & other things.

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you are very right, a lovely place to visit. I lived there and done all my schooling in the district, primary at Wyangala Dam & high school in Cowra.

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Geez You just cannot believe ANYTHING !! Wombat, Dougwe, and Vic 41 Tell you  The All told me You probably Never went to School ??  

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I was at Cowra about 5 years ago, loved the Gardens, and did go out to the Internment camp site, but as you say, back then it needed a Lot of work, The visitor centre was running a very informative show, using a Girl in Period costume, She was doing the presentation as a '' Hologram'' ?? I think you call it ?? It was just a Projection of the Girl walking around and telling you all about the history of the area, and the camp, Especially the Breakout ??  will go back for a few days when in the area for sure,