Today we went to Edoras in Middle Earth, which is a couple of hours outside of Christchurch in NZ. The first picture you can see is from the actual movie Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
After a few hours of driving in a not a 2, not a 4 but a 6 wheel drive Toyota Land Cruiser we ended up at this beautiful location.
We took some movie like poses, the first pose is of me as Gollum holding one of Farrah's rings ("My Precious"). The next picture is of us holding the Edoras flag after climbing the mountain/rock. If you saw the first pic this is where the Golden Hall was placed. The next pic is of a random cow standing in front of the beautiful scenary... what the? Ok... The next picture is a real life representation of Farrah and mine's first real fight...
It was such a nice location we learnt a couple of facts about the Edoras location; it took them 8 months to build the set, they filmed for less than 3 weeks then it took them 3 months to pull it all down and restore the site back to normal. Now when they restored the site back to normal that included putting in the tufts of grass back in the exact spots they had moved them from, this involved recording the exact location of each plant and storing it in a nursury at the bottom of the mountain. It really blew us away at the amount of effort taken to make this movie as well as the cost... lol. Anyway we hope you enjoy all the photos as much as we enjoyed taking them.
Wayne and Farrah
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ahaha the one of Wayne with his "preciousssss" is brilliant!
ReplyDeletehi there, i have been following your blog for inspiration as I am planning a trip to NZ with my hubby in feb! i love your itinerary, and the pics you have posted are great! what camera are you using btw? the colours are so vibrant! :)
ReplyDeleteHahah I LOVE the photo of Wayne. That definitely needs to be his new FB profile photo I think.
ReplyDeleteHi Ellen! you'll love nz :)
ReplyDeleteWe used a Canon Ixus for most of our shots :) the photos on this blog though were taken from Wayne's PDA camera. It's the colours of nz that were vibrant, don't think the camera had anything to do with it haha.
Esta and Helen...totally agree!! it's his precious wedding ring lol