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Ashwood Manor Hamilton

16 Thackeray Street Hamilton, North Island, New Zealand

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Hobbit Stalking

A travel blog entry by spoggle

5

... that although we were allowed to take photos of the set, we couldn’t publish them before the movie comes out next year (cough, Facebook, cough). When I had watched Lord of the Rings, there had always seemed to be something “fake” about the shire, it was too green, too perfectly untouched and a little like Tellytubby land. It seemed that this place could only have been constructed in a studio or with CGI, but only when you ...

New Zealand hospitality

A travel blog entry by wreckedagain2

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... and relax in the afternoons. We did go down to Rotatua though and were going to go on one of the hikes around the volcanic park just outside the town but the prices were really high, even to see the geysers that we decided to just wander around the town and then headed back towards Hamilton.

We'd seen a golf course on the way down advertising green fees of $10 so on the way back we called in and for $20 were able to play ...

Having fun & Setting sights

A travel blog entry by stevosteve

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... myself always s******ing at those attending nostalgic South African bands and overpriced live shows in London. Maybe I perceived nostalgia for comfort, but I rarely attended those shows by visiting South Africans artists and performers, so am I less patriotic or making a meal out of nothing?

With all the comedic value flowing strongly in May, South African Marc Lottering announced he was performing in Auckland late in the month. I had never seen him live in SA, ...

Waikato Wipeout!

A travel blog entry by nzsarah

3

... Lucy kindly drove us to the competition and was our team captain. Out of six teams we pulled off second place! Not too shabby. It was really fun and something to do for only five bucks. We actually did have quite a few hilarious wipeouts.

Burgerfuel for dinner!

Hiking Kakepuku Track in the morning. I'll ...

Surf's Up

A travel blog entry by shab3780

6

... day in the sea. The weather was gorgeous – hot and sunny all day, and the water was a great temperature, and I am quite happy with my surfing. I got up almost every time I tried and even managed to turn a bit, although the boards we were using we pretty much like big foam mattresses – very stable and easy to get on but very difficult to manoeuvre. I can understand why they would use foam boards for beginners but I really ...

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