Station owner Jim Hore said people came from as far away as Australia to mark the event, while a few also travelled down from the North Island and all around the South Island"There were some I didn't know were coming," he said.
Plenty of his former farm workers attended.
"Pretty much all the young fellas from the past 25 years showed up."
Many of the visitors camped on the property, while others stayed in motels in Ranfurly, or whatever accommodation they could find in the Maniototo, he said.
The festivities began on Friday with a twenty/20 cricket match at the Patearoa Domain, with Jim's two sons, Andrew and Charlie, captains of the respective sides.
Andrew had four of his All Black team mates in his side - Stephen Donald, Jimmy Cowan, Conrad Smith and Tony Woodcock.
It wasn't enough, as Charlie's team won the game, played in front of a crowd of about 500 people, who came from all around the Maniototo to watch, Mr Hore said.
At 10am the following day, 65 vehicles took around 250 people on a tour of the 7600ha station, he said.
"We went through the middle of the place, then up and around the Styx basin."
The group stopped for refreshments at a musterers' hut, before arriving back at the homestead around 3pm. They were also given a shearing demonstration by a blade shearer.
That evening, the guests sat down in two marquees to a meal of mutton, ham, peas, carrots and lettuce salad, the meal catered by the Maniototo Lions Club.
Long-time Tarras resident Bill Gibson gave a speech on the history of the property, while Mr Hore's brother, Neville, spoke of the present day.
Charlie Hore then spoke about the future, before Jim Hore's sister, Isobel Thomson, spoke of the role women had played on the station.
Denis Anderson, aka the Southern Man, then entertained the crowd into the early hours of the morning.
The Ranfurly Fire Brigade made sure everyone got home safely by running a courtesy coach.
The anniversary of the arrival at Stonehenge of Jim Hore's grandfather, Chas, was in early March of this year, Mr Hore said.
However, the family decided to put the celebration on hold, partly because of Andrew's rugby commitments.
"We wanted to make sure we could have everybody back here. And it was good to have everyone in Christmas mode."
