Ferrier Worldtour
After Matamata which is where Hobbiton was, we travelled to Rotorura – a hot spring park, wonderful lake and great village were the main features.
On our way to Lake Taupo we stopped at Waiotapu – a sheer amazing thermal spring park. I have never seen anything like this – a natural volcanic reserve.
Lake Taupo
It is getting difficult to find new words to describe the views in NZ – it’s simply sheer beauty.
“Oh misty eye of the Mountain
below….”
so the song goes by the great Ed Sheeran…so setting the scene for the epic films…Lord of the rings and the Hobbit – and for all fans out there in the World, there can’t be a better place to come than good old middle Earth in NZ
Now here’s a fact I’d be surprised if you know – the sheep used on set were imported from England – the NZ sheep were too modern and old fashioned sheep with black feet were required…..
This is one of the events I was really looking forward too – the only problem is, I now know it’s all not real and I find that quite disturbing as I really wanted a cup of tea with Bilbo Baggins and to walk through the Shire with Sam and Frodo – alas it was not to be.
Maybe I’ll forget and it’ll all become real again 😃
The beast!
Our home for the next 19 days 😊
First stop Coromandel
Cathedral Cove
Hot water beach
At the end of a long day!!
There’s still work to be done 😬
New Zealand – here till May 1st.
Met my lovely friend Bernadette Shea on day 1. Slightly jetlagged after a 10 hour + flight, Bernie took us in a wonderful tour of New Zealand. I instantaneously thought how lucky people are to live here. How do some people get to be born here? (biologically I know) but what luck to be biologically produced here….and believe me it gets even better.
Thanks to Bernie for our first day.
Tomorrow we pick up our mobile home……