"I'm not into tourism.
"I like having no people around," Robert Butson says.
"We are very protective of our lifestyle, but, I figure, if they are going to come through anyway, we may as well clip their ticket."
Prime Minister John Key launched the national cycleway at a national job summit earlier this year.
He initially proposed a cycleway running the length of the country following State Highway 1, but has pushed ahead with a plan to concentrate on selected shorter routes, passing through smaller towns.
One of those routes is the 175km Southland-Queenstown Lakes Around the Mountain trail.
Participants would depart from Queenstown on the TSS Earnslaw, sailing across Lake Wakatipu to Walter Peak Station, before riding on the public road through Mt Nicholas Station and around to Kingston.
Mr Butson's daughter, Kate Cocks, who manages the station with husband Jack, said the family had had some contact over the plans but it was as much a waiting game for them as for anybody else to see whether it would go ahead.
Already, about 1000 cyclists passed through their property each year.
Most crossed over from Queenstown on Earnslaw before riding through Mt Nicholas Station on their way to the Mavora Lakes and Southland.
Mrs Cocks said it would be a good thing if the cycleway meant there was more infrastructure provided, as there would be less chance of visitors fouling the land or leaving rubbish behind.
The cycleway could also help the family develop the tourism side of the station - although it is not something the family has consciously decided to get into.
The only limits would be during lambing and during a restricted fire season, she said, and the family would need to be kept informed of where cyclists were.
Mrs Cocks said some visitors had left gates open on the road in the past, so the family installed cattle stops to keep stock from wandering.
