Cowra

The Japanese Gardens were created by Japanese garden architect Ken Nakajima as a kaiyū-shiki, a strolling garden. The garden symbolises reconciliation and peace after World War II, and after the local conflict.

The Japanese War Cemetery, ceded to the Japan in 1963, is the only Japanese war cemetery in Australia. It contains the graves of POWs who died in the breakout, as well as other Japanese POWs and soldiers who died in the battle of Darwin. The Australian cemetery contains the graves of the four Australians who died in the breakout, together with Australian soldiers who died training in the area.

This group is trying to restore a passenger train for tourist use but you can walk around the old train station to see some of the carriages and locos that they're restoring. The roundhouse is particularly impressive.

Come and see Clare, the amazing hologram in the POW Theatre. Clare tells the story of the Cowra Breakout from a local girls perspective using the amazing technology of the hologram, or "Peppers Ghost". The POW Theatre is in the Cowra Visitor Information Centre.