This series has been placed in the remains of No. 16 POW Camp in Dwellingup that many folks may not know is even here. The buildings have been removed but the foundations of a lot of them still remain. It is an educational walk around with lots of info along the way and it has been recently revamped with new signs to give you a real picture of what it was like there.
We discovered this many years ago and were fascinated by it and hope to bring others out to such an historic place not far from Perth.
It is not far from Marrinup Campsite which has always been one of our favourite places to camp with loads of room for all types of vehicles and the Munda Biddi Track runs through the campsite if you want to take your muntain bikes for a great family weekend. The Hotham Valley train track runs past the campground and if you’re lucky you see the train go past.
We have come up with a series of movies that are set in POW camps from WWII and Vietnam in theme with the POW Camp….all great movies and all worth a watch! We hope you enjoy this series and enjoy each cache and how it is relative to each movie.
Access is via Grey Rd off the Pinjarra/Williams Rd (signposted). Please BYOP, there is a variety of caches, most not far from the road/walking track.
THE RAILWAY MAN
A 2013 war film directed by Jonathan Tetlipzky. It is an adaptation of the 1955 autobigraphy by Eric Lomax, and stars Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman and Jeremy Irvine.
"A former British Army officer, who was tortured as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labor camp during World War II, discovers that the man responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and sets out to confront him."
The Cache:
A nice, quick park and grab a short walk into the bush. If you are lucky you may see the train from Dwellingup pass by on the railway tracks next to you.