Orari Gorge Station is set in the South Canterbury foothills just north of Geraldine.
It consists of river flats at 750ft above
see level, rolling clay downs at 1000-1500ft
and tussock country rising up to 3,500ft.
We run 7000 commercial ewes,
400 commercial cows and 1500 hinds.
Nithdale was first part of the Isla run taken up in 1856 and farmed from 1858 by William Dalrymple and then by Angus Macdonald. This run was split up in 1875 and James and Samuel Scott bought the northern part of the property and named it "Nithdale" after their Scottish homeland near the River Nith. Charlie Tripp purchased the property in 1924 which is now run by his grandson, Andrew and his wife Heather Tripp. An integral part of their farming operation is their two successful sheep studs Nithdale Romneys and Nithdale Suffolks.
