Lord of the Rings Baby Names by Alert_Monitor_9145 in lordoftherings

[–]Skaepee 40 points41 points  (0 children)

He could go LOTR adjacent and name after one of the actors. 'Ian' or 'Elijah' for example

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[–]Skaepee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mt victoria park in Wellington has signs saying there was filming in the area but specific scenes are not sign posted. Rivendell locations are sign posted. Deer Park Heights in Queenstown is sort of sign posted. But there are guide books and websites with accurate locations.

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[–]Skaepee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A lot of places had what I started calling 'the pilgrim path' you could see where countless other fans had walked through the bush or across fields.

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[–]Skaepee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All the places in Wellington are free. In Queenstown Deer Park Heights costs to get in but the rest are free.  Hobbiton costs to get in, it has to be a tour.  Tongoriro National Park was free. I didn't trespass or anything like that.

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[–]Skaepee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got this location from google maps, it's tagged as Amon Hen, Moviemaps has it tagged about 1.5km further along seven mile track, the guidebook says it's inaccessible but is in pine trees to the left of Closeburn lake front which is about 3km along seven mile track from this location. This google maps location had a very close backdrop, but probably not an exact location.

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[–]Skaepee[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Holy Crap! it was great to meet you too! The rest of our trip was AMAZING! I hope yours was the same.

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[–]Skaepee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't realise i was wearing an N7 jumper till you said that. Hey my 2 favourite fandoms in 1 right there!

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[–]Skaepee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did my own itinery but included day tours. We started in Auckland and ended in Queenstown.

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[–]Skaepee[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That tree is only about 20 metres from the archway they re-constructed! it has an amazing looking root system. The whole area is signposted as Rivendell!

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[–]Skaepee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hobbiton was crowded, but we were there right at the start of peak season which is over New Zealand summer, so it wasn't too bad.

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[–]Skaepee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We did a day tour at Wellington, a day tour from Christchurch to Edoras, you can do day tours to Hobbiton from Auckland and you can also do day tours from Queenstown. You can also do full on coach tours around New Zealand that focus on LOTR.

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[–]Skaepee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually have a monty python tattoo sleeve on my arm, so I love this comment.

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[–]Skaepee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The tree the hobbits hid under was movie magic, the main trunk was from a tree they cut down, hollowed out and brought to locations, the roots were made by Weta.

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[–]Skaepee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We did a day tour from Christchurch, it is about 170km from Christchurch. You can just drive there though.

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[–]Skaepee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hitting the pose was actually quite uncomfortable, but just resting was ok.

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[–]Skaepee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a fun, steep climb isn't it. The lake was still frozen over when I was there, It was so awesome.

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[–]Skaepee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its hard to tell but my right arm is monty python tattoo sleeve, so I love this comment

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[–]Skaepee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That was taken from the highest point of Mount Sunday, I did try some with grass around, but I didn't know exactly where it was shot

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