Despite being geographically close to Middlemarch and Roxburgh, the terrain and roads mean that Ranfurly and Patearoa are the more closely related communities of interested.
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The Dunstan Trail (now a dry weather road) from Dunedin to the Central Otago goldfields crosses the Rock and Pillar Range from Clark's Junction (near Middlemarch) and descends into the Upper Taieri, whence it crosses the Styx Creek.
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The swamp is drained by the Logan Burn, which feeds into the Taieri River at Paerau.