Back in the chariot the next stop was Cowra, where Madam was planning a wander around the Japanese Garden, and we weren't looking at anything much along the way, which was just as well because when we arrived we spent a good hour and a bit wandering around the grounds, which are, after all, described as kaiyushiki, or strolling gardens.
You might look at a $12 admission charge ($10 for Seniors and Students) as a trifle steep, but if you take your time there's plenty to ponder as you move around the constantly changing panoramas, and I found myself musing over various landscape related matters while Madam snapped away. A steady slide in temperature encouraged a departure, otherwise I could happily have kept on musing. More...