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Sun, 12 May 2013 | By flyingpiglet | Views [832]
Last week we visited the set of Hobbiton, which all "Lord of the Rings" fans will know is the home of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins. The set was almost completely dismantled after LOTR was filmed, but was reconstructed for the filming of "The Hobbit" and ... Read more >
Tags: hobbit, hobbiton, lord of the rings, movie set
Sun, 12 May 2013 | By flyingpiglet | Photo Gallery
Hobbiton, the set where scenes from "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" were filmed
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Tue, 30 Apr 2013 | By annacarlson | Views [1336] | Comments [3]
Day 2 - Hobbiton
Reasearch and asking people for reccomendations saved me $100NZ just in one day. I found a cheaper way to get to Hibbiton other than the expensive private coaches just by asking someone if they had heard of anything. It was a long ... Read more >
Tags: auckland, bungy jumping, hobbiton, lord of the rings, museum, new zealand
Mon, 29 Apr 2013 | By nomad_kiwis | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 29 Apr 2013 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [726]
Better get this in before the month end and then at least I can feel like I did it in my two month time frame. It's been a good two months. The weather over the summer has been wonderful, long hot days, plenty of opportunity to ride. Everyone was moaning ... Read more >
Sun, 28 Apr 2013 | By annacarlson | Views [761] | Comments [2]
I LOVE Air New Zealand! that was by far the best 13 hour period I have ever spent on a plane. First - there was an individual television screen at every seat and the in-flight entertainment started as soon as you got on the plane - not after take-off.... Read more >
Tags: air new zealand, auckland, beach, hiking, new zealand, waiheke island, winery
Sun, 21 Apr 2013 | By lauren_watson | Views [4922] | Comments [1]
The long, summer days have come to an end. The clocks have gone back, the days are shorter and the town quiets down. The bathing suit clad backpackers have retreated from the lake and moved onto the next place. The foot paths through the parks carry ... Read more >
Tags: autumn, queenstown
Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By lauren_watson | Views [3841] | Comments [1]
Dear Fellow Backpackers and Travelling Nomads: Follow these commandments for hostel living and you will be respected and loved by all whose paths you cross!
Thou Shalt Not:
(1) Steal (this includes food!)
(2) Turn on the main ... Read more >
Tags: backpacking, hostels
Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By travelshooter | Photo Gallery
The world through my eyes
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By westcoastnewzealand | Views [262] | Scholarship Entry
I would name the west coast of New Zealand “the saddest happy place on earth”. Punakaiki, between a raging Tasman Sea clashing against the several piled-pancake-like cliffs, blowholes, and the ancient, dark forests of Paparoa National Park, this unique, ... Read more >
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By sharen | Views [176] | Scholarship Entry
I found that the few hard knocks in as many years turned me into a firm believer in the saying every man for himself. It was during this time that I found myself living abroad in New Zealand and gallivanting around the country without a bog of how to ... Read more >
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Wed, 17 Apr 2013 | By gillthompson | Views [349] | Comments [3]
The Southland accent can be hard to understand. Every word that contains an R sounds Scottish, while every other word sounds like the normal Kiwi accent. My level of comprehension varied from person to person. The real trick with Southlanders ... Read more >
Tags: new zealand, southland
Wed, 17 Apr 2013 | By gillthompson | Views [885]
My HelpX experiences did not end in Wanaka. After leaving the kennels, I hitched a ride down to Invercargill - a booming metropolis in the deep south of New Zealand. The Southland region is home to two types of people - sheep farmers and ... Read more >
Tags: cows, helpx, new zealand, sheep
Thu, 11 Apr 2013 | By adamsword | Views [229] | Scholarship Entry
“I was here when the top fell off.” “The top of what?” “Of the mountain. Pure ice and rock plummeted down the mountain side.” The speaker is a man of Maori descent, fifty odd, with facial hair greyer than that on his head, and eyes a brilliant brown, ... Read more >
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Tue, 9 Apr 2013 | By spotell | Views [474] | Scholarship Entry
“COOOME ON,” Mike growled at a flock of sheep packed together as tightly as a new box of Q-tips. “HAVE A LOOK,” his brother-in-law chimed in, “COME ON, HAVEALOOK!” The sheep didn’t budge, so Mike changed strategies. “GET OVER HERE,” he snarled. Almost ... Read more >
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