Wednesday, November 20th, 2013
Those who know Tina are quite aware that she is a movie buff. Our trip to Hobbiton today was a 'Must-Do' and had been booked months ago. Hobbiton is the setting for Peter Jackson's Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit Trilogy.
The set was created on a 1250 acre picturesque farm owned by the Alexander family near Matamata. Russell Alexander, one of the brothers who own and work the sheep and cattle farm, took us from the 'Shire's Rest' cafe to Hobbiton - a 10 acre site within the rolling hills of the farm - while telling us the story of how their property came to be chosen for the project. We then spent 2 hours walking around the shire and hearing stories about filming and reminiscing about various scenes from Lord of the Rings. There are 44 hobbit homes as well as a mill, double arched bridge, a thatched roof inn called The Green Dragon as well as ponds, a lake and many carefully weeded vegetable and flower gardens. The tour ended with an ale at The Green Dragon before we left the Shire from Middle Earth and headed back through the farm to the main road and our car.
We drove back to Taupo to meet Fiona for dinner at a restaurant overlooking the lake before heading back to Fiona's for our last night with her.
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