Mellonsfolly Ranch

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Mellonsfolly Ranch is a wild west replica resort city in New Zealand.

The ranch is built on a 900-acre lot in the North Island’s Central Plateau, between Taumarunui and Ohakune. [1] It includes ten period themed buildings and honey making business. [2] [3]

The town was built in 2006 by cowboy enthusiast John Bedogni as a replica of an 1860s Wyoming frontier town. [4]

Mellonsfolly Ranch was used as the set for the 2011 Good for Nothing film. [5]

The town is owned by Rob Bartley, an aluminium car parts manufacturer. In 2020, he put the town up for sale with a price tag of $7.5 million USD. [6]

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References

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