Sandy Point, Hay

The Murrumbidgee foreshore in Hay has had a lot of restoration work done and there is now a lovely walking trail all the way along the river bank and back into town. We put our walking shoes on and headed off. The recent flooding was evident but no damage seems to have been done. Once out of the bush we wandered through the town but being a Sunday morning nearly everything was closed. A highlight is the silo art just on the outskirts of the town where several of the locals are depicted. All the pictures are of servicemen and women who came from Hay. There was extensive information boards on each of them telling their stories of service, capture, POW imprisonment and eventual return to Hay. Beautifully done. In the afternoon we visited the Hay Internment Camp Museum located at the restored railway station. Hay is where the original internees from the HMT Dunera (sent from Britain and dramatised in the movie "The Dunera Boys") were sent. Very interesting.Read more