Clover Downs Estate Rotorua
175 Jackson Road, RD 2 Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
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Hobbits and Savages
Saturday we left the city of Auckland to drive south towards Rotorua. On the way we stopped at the set of Lord of the Rings at Hobbiton. We got to visit the sheep farm where the movie was filmed and see what is left of the original set. You can see from the pictures that Jean now has a hobbit of her own! (ha-ha) After the tour we got to witness a …
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Brodelndes Land
Heute drehte sich alles um die Erde – oder eher was von unter ihr hervorkommt. Wir haben das Wai-O-Taupo besucht, das „Thermal Wonderland". In der Umgebung von Rotorua gibt es eine unheimlich große Vielfalt von geothermaler Aktivität. Dazu gehören spuckende Geysire, brodelnde Schlammlöcher, bunt gefärbte Böden und Seen, sowie der allgegenwärtige Gestank von Schwefel. Wir haben uns den buntesten ...
In A Hole In The Ground There Lived A Hobbit...
... originally allowed to happen, freak weather, and lazy builders created quite a money spinner for these guys and I think I worked it out that on a good day they can make up to $12000, not bad considering Mr Anderson thought they would have 10 people a week if they were lucky!
You might remember that I have been to Hobbiton before, back in 2007 I went with a girl I had met in Queenstown and then again in Wellington called Sara, but it was no way as good as this time, because ...
Real Volcanic Activity
... set was not built to last. They weren’t allowed to have gardens or props set up either. So, like I said, if that had been what I’d have seen on arriving there, I would not have been happy as we had no idea that is what the tour used to be like (even though after looked back at a locations book I have that is what it shows!). Luckily for us, Mr Jackson is just about to finish filming of his new film, the Hobbit, which involved re-building the ...
Steamy Rotarua
... our trip so far!
So instead of being a waste of time, Rotarua has turned out to be one of the best days so far. Such a unique experience to see bubbling thermal pools, hot mud pools and exploding Guysers. It is such a Volatile place and so intriguing. As you drive around you see steam rising from all over the place. Some people even have these pools in their back gardens.
Next stop Taupo for a 19.5Km hike....the feet are gonna be suffering!
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