The movie set for Lord of the Rings is on the Alexander family farm, about 2 hours south of Auckland and 1 hour north of Rotorua where we have been for the last few nights. We could not resist a stop on our way to the airport. They are about to start filming the new movies, The Hobbit (2 parts), so the set was in beautiful condition. They had 45 hobbit holes, the Green Dragon Tavern, the party tree, grounds and lake with bridge. There were loaded apple and pear trees, pumpkins and onion fields, and they had already harvested the fields of corn, sunflowers and other crops that were grown to make up the set. Very cool. The only really fake thing on the set was a reconstructed oak tree above Bag End. They cut, disassembled, and then reassembled a 26 ton oak from nearby Matamata. They then had fake leaves and acorns wired into it to create the perfect specimen of a huge oak. Unbelievable what they do to create the perfect set. We took lots of pictures but they swear if you post them on a website or email them that they will shut down the website and track you down and beat you. We simply couldn't risk a shutdown of our cheesy blog.
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