Geordie Hill is a New Zealand high country sheep station. This station has been farmed by the Goodger and McCaughan families for four generations, since 1911. The area is 5,500 acres (2090 ha). It runs 7000 Merino Sheep, and 150 beef cattle.

The sheep produce around 26 000 kg of superfine Merino Wool. This wool is sold to mills in Japan and Europe, mainly England, Italy, and Germany. Also NZ garment makers are making increasing use of 100% pure NZ merino wool. The fibre diameter ranges from 15 to 21 microns (1 millionth of a metre). Sheep are individually eartagged and their micron is recorded on computer. Wool is classed at shearing, according to its micron and quality. The finer the fibre, the finer and softer the fabric that can be made from it. Garments produced from NZ Merino are available locally in the Merino Shop in Tarras.

Geordie Hill runs a Hereford, breeding cow herd of 100 cows. Most of the calves are kept on to 18 to 24 months and fattened. Cattle are on pasture all year and get very little supplementary feed. Hereford cows are hardy and produce well in this environment. The grass fed beef has a great taste! Shepherds in the high country use teams of dogs to help them muster the sheep off the hills for shearing, weaning ect. The sheepdogs make it possible for one or two men to handle mobs of thousands of sheep.

Many guests have found that a highlight of their stay at Geordie Hill has been to spend time out in the hills with the shepherds and their dogs, mustering and moving a couple of thousand sheep.

Crops are grown for winter-feed, these include Oats, Turnips and Lucerne (Alfalfa). Fertiliser and seed is spread on the hill pasture with fixed wing aircraft using global positioning system for accuracy. Modern technology is blended with traditional shepherding and sheep management to produce quality products for the worlds markets.

The family have been farming sheep at Geordie Hill for several generations. The current generation have travelled, worked and flown in Europe and North America. Family members have many off farm interests. Brian McCaughan is a specialist in Rammed Earth building technology. One son is a helicopter pilot in Canada and a daughter is a chef and professional international yacht crew. They have a wide knowledge of the South Island and NZ in general. This is available to you to help make the most of your stay in NZ.