Australia

Escape from Cowra

Description

In 1944 more than 1,000 Japanese POWs broke out of Cowra Prisoner of War camp, the site of the largest POW breakout in Australian and British history. 231 Japanese died in the incident and 4 Australians. Today Cowra is known for it's vineyards, livestock and vegetables. The POW camp site is preserved with a few structures and the visitor information centre has a scale model and audio visual presentations.

Nav data

Waypoints


WP 1 - N for 17 nm along Canowindra Road to Canowindra Showground

Canowindra Showground


WP 2 - WSW for 12 nm to Gooloogong

WP 3 - S for 5 nm from Gooloogong you will see valleys to the east and west of Kangarooby Mountain. Take either the east or west valleys and thread your way south through Conimbla National Park.

WP 4 - SW to Company Dam at Grenfell, 0.2 nm NW of the Grenfell Showground

WP 5 - SSW for 7 nm to the eastern end of the Black Springs Mountain range

WP 6 - E for 15 nm to Greenthorpe. Greenthorpe Airport YGTP is 1 nm NE

WP 7 - NE for 15 nm to land at Cowra YCWR

Cowra


Cowra

The POW camp. There is little left today. There are a few structures remaining. In this view, looking SE, you can see the entrance area and the walking track which runs around the former camp perimeter.

At the north end of Cowra lays the cemetery. The SE corner (bottom right) is the Japanese War Cemetery.