On Saturday crowds of people enjoyed free bushranger walking tours around Canowindra
before heading to the Historical Museum for Heritage Week. Museum President, Ross Cleary said; “It’s been fantastic, Craig Lawler and a dozen others conducted the tours and we learnt that the myth of Ben Hall is far greater than reality.” The tours included a stop outside the Royal Hotel to talk about bushranger raids and ended in Memorial Park by a plaque commemorating
the only known death in the town associated with bushrangers, which was of a policeman who was shot by his own side! “We had around 50 visitors to the museum and a few new members signed up which is great” said Ross; “We want to take the museum in the town so have lots planned for this year.”