If you’ve bee following this blog for a while, you might be familiar with what I’ve been calling “Project New Zealand.” If you’re a newer visitor, the project is, in short, my ongoing work to restore pictures from my semester abroad two years ago, photos I took with the only camera I had at the time: a low-grade little point-and-shoot that didn’t do New Zealand justice by far. Ever since I started the project, I’ve been intending to go just a little geek and have a “Lord of the Rings edition” of Project New Zealand, devoted to photos of New Zealand locations used in Peter Jackson’s trilogy. And I finally got around to it. There will certainly be a part II soon, so keep an eye out for it!
A little bit west of the South Island’s Christchurch and Methven, the Rangitata Valley boasts one of the trilogy’s most recognizable locations: Mount Sunday, also known as Edoras. Some signs are just asking to be Photoshopped!
Matamata / Hobbiton scenery. Word is that the sets, which are being entirely rebuilt for The Hobbit, will be left intact after filming wraps – a tourist’s paradise.
No scenes were actually filmed on the slopes of Mount Ngauruhoe in Tongariro National Park, but you can easily see how the volcano provided artistic inspiration for Mordor and Mount Doom
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Absolutely stunning photos. Hobbiton looks wonderfully lush. You’re incredibly lucky to have gotten to visit these places!
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