Day 8: Earnscleugh Station

Today we traveled to Earnscleugh Station in Central Otago, which is in the South Island. It is a 52,500 acre ranch that primarily focuses mainly on producing Merino sheep. These sheep are used for their wool. We were able to tour the area where they sheer their sheep. This wool is very valuable and used in fine clothing. The wool we felt was around 12 microns. After this we toured around the ranch and were able to look at their bulls. These bulls are used on mostly commercial ranches all over New Zealand. We were able to learn a lot and see a different type of sheep operation on this tour.