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from the travel blog entry New Zealand - Lord of the Rings
by GWiZ about a trip to Wellington

The poster that is unlisted in price at Nomads Safari in Queenstown.	At Hobbiton with the party tree over my right shoulder.	First shot of it as I walked up the hill.	The most famousest of all hobbit holes, Bag End.
A poster in my hostel in Wellington.	"Get off the road!"	Looking across lake Wanaka. This is the shot that you see when Gandalf jumps on the back of Gwaihir ...	The beer brewed especially for the films.
Found this in the wool shop at the Agrodome in Rotorua. This company did not exist prior to the ...	Step 1: Hug the party tree for good luck.	Step 2: Have a dance under it for better luck.	The party tree from the perspective of Bilbo's speech.
The site where the bridge and the mill stood. You can see the colored markers where the supports ...	Sam's hobbit hole, as a single man. The only hole with the chimney still intact.	Does this need a description?...	From the inside. That's right! I stood inside Frodo's home!
The window through which Gandalf pulled Samwise the nosy and sealed his fate forever.	Then...	....and now.	These are the remains of an oak tree that was purchased, cut, transported, and then reassembled on ...
Matamata is small enough that they changed the welcome sign in the town. Even the newspaper is ...	My driver, Danny. Loved this guy. Jovial, full of trivia, and digits only numbering nine due to a ...	The car park which used to be the 'wet set' for the films.	This was where the path to Isengard was filmed. You'll notice the slightly darker strip of grass ...
Me standing in front of where Orthance would have stood. Saruman walks down the stairs and greets ...	Where Saruman and Gandalf walked while talking about the ring (and Saruman mentions Gandalf's love ...	Re-enacting Aragorn washing ashore in the Two Towers. They brought in sand to cover the rock. ...	What a great park sign! It's no wonder that it's gone missing twice already. Perhaps a third time ...
On set at Rivendell. Ted was helping me by holding up the scene shot he showed us.	The two less-than-fanatics helping out for me to take a photo.	The promotional poster of Legolas was shot here. I'm so much better than Orlando...	See. He didn't even have an action shot.
The quarry where the sets for Helm's Deep and Minas Tirith were built. PJ knew he was going to use ...	The next few shots were all in Mt. Victoria which is right in Wellington. Hard to imagine given the ...	In the extended version of the first film, Sam and Frodo stopped here on their first night out of ...	And this is what Frodo looked like.
And now Sam.	The ledge off which the four hobbits rolled after escaping Farmer Maggot.	I'm sure you'll remember this scene.	This is where Frodo says, "I think we should get off the road..."
Three (should be four) hobbits huddling under the spot where the large tree root lay, which was made ...	After being chased by the black rider through the woods, Frodo stops at this tree for a breather.	Our best recreation of the black rider backlit upon the hill.	PJ's production studios, currently working on Avatar, a new James Cameron film.
The Weta Workshop as seen from the parking lot, the closest we could get. Lurtz is seen on the left ...	You can just barely make out 'weta' near that person. I was hoping to get the bug logo in there as ...	FX dorx humor.	Near the Franz Josef glacier on my kayak trip. These trees were the inspiration for the Ents.
The river Anduin on our hike from Te Anau to Lake Manapouri.	In the Redcliff bar in Te Anau where the whole cast came for dinner one evening and John Rhys-Davies ...	Some of the swords at the Nomads Safari shop in Queenstown. Do you know whose is whose?	Some of the awesome figurines and a gorgeous Sauron helmet.
No introduction necessary, my precious.	More helmets.	model helmets and one wizard's cap	more awesome figurines. If you can tell me who is dead center on the top shelf, I'll give you a ...
The Pillar of Kings location directly opposite from my Kawarau River Bungy jump.	Near Twizel, where the Pelennor fields were located. The ridge just to the right of the dust cloud ...

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