Road Through Molesworth Station Is Open
Please note, this event is now closed
Opportunity opens from Tuesday next week (28 December) to drive through this spectacular high country landscape of Molesworth station, New Zealand’s largest farm.
The Acheron Road through the vast historic South Marlborough station is due to be open to the public until 7pm on Sunday 3 April, fire risk and road conditions permitting.
Last year around 9000 people made the road trip during the 14-week open period.
Anyone planning to travel on the road should first check the road is open as it can close at short notice due to weather-related conditions. Calls can be made to the DOC South Marlborough Area Office, phone +64 03 572 9100 or people can ask at visitor centres in the region.
the 180,787 – Hectare station is a recreation reserve administered by the Department of Conservation with its working cattle station run by Landcorp Farming Limited.
DOC South Marlborough Area Manager Dave Hayes said the road trip through Molesworth Station provided a special experience of a working high country station that is steeped in history.
Molesworth is a fascinating place to visit, for its dramatic landscape of towering mountains and river valleys, and its rich history related to farming as as an historic travel through the top of the South Island. That history can be sensed in looking around two historic cob buildings, the acheron Accommodation House and the Molesworth Cob Cottage.