Dunera Museum at Hay Railway Station — Attraction in Hay

Fantastic, at $5 a head to go in and visit the museum on a self-guided tour, you can enjoy the history of the prisoner of war camps of Hay at your own pace. The train station and platform is a gorgeous architectural building and the tour will expand your knowledge on the POW process during WW2 and timeline of Hay. In the background you can see the show grounds which also played the part of the camps where POWS were housed . Its beautifully set up and the Dunera museum is just one of the many historic sites you can visit in Hay. It may be a small town and looks like a blink and miss it town, but this little town has a lot of hidden gems in it. visit the information centre and go on a journey into the past and present of Hay.

The museum is accessible by wheelchair and wheelie walkers as there is a ramp onto the train carts.

I don't recall seeing toilets on...

The Station Building is beautiful and worth seeing. Doesn't seem like the building is open to the public to explore. Maybe on a weekend only? The museum located in 2 rail carts was not what we were expecting. The museum has an abundance of informative history to read, but minimal artefact displays. Most of the information is available online, which we had already read on the road.

For a young family, I do not recommend. It was described as "boring." Although in-laws (60's) concur.

If I was reviewing just the Station Building, it would get 5...

Hugely interesting display in two ex-NSWR railway carriages, all about the internees in and around the Hay district. Entry is by donation, and usually unattended. Unfortunately for the railway enthusiast there is little to see apart from the station itself (a magnificent example of John Whitton’s architectural style), plus three carriages (one derelict). The solitary water tank stands forlornly in the once busy yard. The privately owned station master’s house has been lovingly restored. It’s...