An important industrial landmark in beautiful North Otago, this historic flour mill houses fascinating working machinery inside striking stone and timber buildings.

Planned from 1865 as part of Totara Estate and one of 13 flour mills in North Otago, this complex tells the story of pioneering entrepreneurship and innovation, the rise and decline of the wheat growing and flour milling industry once central to the district’s economy, and changes in land use and ownership. By the time it finally ceased operation in 1976, Clarks Mill had witnessed all manner of human dramas and outlived most contemporary local mills by half a century.