Changes are afoot at Matangi Station, near Alexandra, where the Sanders family is seeking to open a commercial mountain bike park over the summer. As lambing ends and recreational access to the Little Valley property reopens, the family has been grappling with how to keep the tracks behind the town’s famed clock open to the public for years to come. However, they were challenged by its popularity and the impact on their farming operation from the growing numbers of recreational users. So if public access is to work for us and be enduring, it needs to be formalised." The Sanders family has been working on a proposal which will allow it to open a mountain bike park to better manage public access.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 06, 2020 15:33 UTC