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Cowra is a small town in the state of New South Wales, Australia, and it’s located just under 200 miles west of Sydney. While there isn’t an abundance of tourist attractions here, visitors who are passing through will find several things to see.

Flights to Cowra

The Cowra Airport (airport code: CWT) is where flights to Cowra land though being only a small airport there are no international flights to Cowra, so you’ll need to fly to Sydney and then either drive the 4 hours to Cowra or take one of the 2 daily trains. The airport in Sydney is the Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (code: SYD). You can get a flight from the UK with British Airways, Qantas or Malaysia Airlines and whichever airline you choose the flight will be over 22 hours long.

Cowra Tourist Attractions

Cowra was inhabited by aboriginal people before the first white explorers made their way west from the coast of New South Wales. Originally the first white explorer declared that he didn’t believe this area was fit for settlement by white people when he came through in 1815 but by 1844 a town was beginning to form here anyway and was officially established in 1849.

During the Second World War Cowra was home to a Prisoner Of War camp where mainly Japanese soldiers were being detained. The camp no longer exists today but it is famous all the same because there was an attempted mass breakout from Cowra on August 5 1944. Around 550 Japanese POWs were involved in the attempted breakout and as a result 231 of them were killed and 108 were wounded. The breakout was the largest attempted breakout of the Second World War and resulted in a Japanese War Cemetery being built for those who had died.

Cowra Japanese War Cemetery is the only cemetery of its kind in Australia and is today one of Cowra’s tourist attractions.

Alongside the cemetery is a beautiful Japanese Garden. The Cowra Japanese Garden was designed by Ken Nakajima who was a renowned designer of such gardens and the first stage of it was opened in 1979. Designed in the Edo period style this is a strolling garden and features beautiful water features including several lakes, bridges, cherry blossoms, a teahouse and much more.

The Cowra Japanese Garden is actually the largest Japanese garden in the Southern Hemisphere and it hosts the annual Sakura Matsuri (cherry blossom festival) every year around late September or early October.

When Should You Visit Cowra?

Cowra’s climate is classified as semi-arid because it has a fairly low annual rainfall. Rain does fall consistently throughout the year though so be prepared for this no matter what month you visit. January is the hottest month of the year with an average high of 31C and average low of 16.6C and you can expect average high temperatures to be in the id to high 20s and above from November through to March. July is the coolest month but still relatively mild with an average high of 13C.