Pleasant Point, New Zealand

Pleasant Point is a small rural community in the southern Canterbury in New Zealand, 19 km inland from Timaru on State Highway 8 located. The is a service center for the surrounding farms and also has a primary school. The populations of the Census in 1996 amounted to 1,224. 2001 1.158 2006 1.170 inhabitants and

Attractions

Attractions are a heritage railway, Pleasant Point Museum and Railway, steam locomotives and a world of two Model T Ford Railcar replicas in the world. For nearly one hundred years has led the Fairlie Branch, a branch line from the Main South Line, through the city. It was closed on March 2, 1968, a heritage railway uses 2,5 km of the old route.

Pleasant Point is also known for glass blowing and forging, in the area there are also wineries. Nearby Māori rock art can be visited from the 16th century.