PLEASANT POINT
Pleasant Point is exactly as the name
representation. A small town and a pleasant locality.
Pleasant Point is on state highway 8,
and is the South Canterbury access highway to Mount Cook via Timaru.
Pleasant Point services a rural
community but its key tourist attraction is the re-built railway
engine and track that is now a well know museum attraction.
The Pleasant Point Museum
and Railway, which operates locomotives and one of only two Model T
Ford railcar replicas in the world. For almost one hundred years, the
Fairlie branch line railway passed through the town. It closed on 2
March 1968, and the heritage line utilises 2.5 km of track along the
branch's old route.
Pleasant Point was
originally one of the outstations, of the Rhodes brother's, Levels
run. The town slowly grew around an accommodation house which was
established there in 1864. With a population of over 1200 it is more
than just a service centre for the surrounding farming area.
Industries include joinery, taxidermy, honey processing, light
engineering and sawmilling.
The Pleasant Point War
Memorial is located just off the main road.
The Pleasant Point
Hotel has great presence in the town.
Pleasant Point is
represented with the main church denominations.  
And, the coffee shop is
one of the best presented in New Zealand.
A stop-off for a coffee
drink or a peruse of the museum is a must at Pleasant Point
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