Matamata - Hobbiton, "The Shire". A voyage to Matamata, New Zealand, Pacific.

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The residents seem to have adjusted to life in Hobbiton with wry ­bemusement: ‘Strewth mate, all that elf nonsense doesn’t real- ly rattle my chains but it was nice to see the old Kaimais on the silver screen’.<br /><div class="mpuWrapper " id="mpuInContent"><div class="mpuInner"><div class="adContainer" id="adContainer_mpuInContent"><noscript> &lt;div&gt; &lt;a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/2009.lonelyplanet/rest-of-site;dcopt=ist;ctt=pacific;cnty=new-zealand;dest=matamata;tnm=overview;sz=300x250;ord=123456789?"&gt; &lt;img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/2009.lonelyplanet/rest-of-site;dcopt=ist;ctt=pacific;cnty=new-zealand;dest=matamata;tnm=overview;sz=300x250;ord=123456789?" alt="Advertising" width="300" height="250"/&gt; &lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt; </noscript> </div></div></div>During the filming Matamata was a great place to live if you were short and chubby-cheeked – 300 locals got work as extras (hairy feet weren’t a prerequisite).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjcS0kASNWPTQli1dNlVInBeTD_YcHN_RSknWxKhZLzvg9McARMDl-cRAsTYFzKuWk0tgH-rwMbYLITCLkD-WM9KU2HUw3COwMz1zbKwmPqdyq2Dn-tFY0pm8hScADWBrhqOBsGsshLY_P/s1600/Matamata+(Hobbiton)+New+Zealand+19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjcS0kASNWPTQli1dNlVInBeTD_YcHN_RSknWxKhZLzvg9McARMDl-cRAsTYFzKuWk0tgH-rwMbYLITCLkD-WM9KU2HUw3COwMz1zbKwmPqdyq2Dn-tFY0pm8hScADWBrhqOBsGsshLY_P/s320/Matamata+(Hobbiton)+New+Zealand+19.jpg" width="320" /></a>Truth be told, there’s not a lot of point visiting Matamata unless you’re a hobbit-botherer, but it does have a great café, beautiful avenues of mature trees, and its undulating green hills are pleasantly Shire-like. 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Matamata - Hobbiton, "The Shire". A voyage to Matamata, New Zealand, Pacific.

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Queenstown. A voyage to Queenstown, New Zealand, Pacific.

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Looking like a small town, but displaying the energy of a small city, Queenstown offers a mountain of activities. If your ‘Things to Do’ list contains bungy-jumping, caving, rafting, sledging, jetboating, skiing, skydiving and hang gliding, trained operators are waiting on your call right now.<br /><div class="mpuWrapper " id="mpuInContent"><div class="mpuInner"><div class="adContainer" id="adContainer_mpuInContent"></div></div></div>Maximise bragging rights with your souvenir T-shirt in the town’s atmospheric restaurants, laid-back cafés and bustling bars. Be sure to also find a lakeside bench at sunrise or dusk and immerse yourself in one of <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=362644">NZ</a>’s most beautiful views. It’s a pretty good option for an alfresco afternoon picnic as well.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTihoTlAo9z7zKiW3-u91OS79_DonMj9tuiO-VnNoi8_pJWNWvmiIM72KMgGCy0vnMsyifOzcL-PzehQJuc_nGFI34MeIyXJvAHRov_aOh_yTLIUiI21ahQQc7rqJWmrLQjy8xFB72n-wO/s1600/queenstown+New+Zealand+5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTihoTlAo9z7zKiW3-u91OS79_DonMj9tuiO-VnNoi8_pJWNWvmiIM72KMgGCy0vnMsyifOzcL-PzehQJuc_nGFI34MeIyXJvAHRov_aOh_yTLIUiI21ahQQc7rqJWmrLQjy8xFB72n-wO/s320/queenstown+New+Zealand+5.JPG" width="320" /></a>Confident Queenstown is well used to visitors with international accents, so expect great tourist facilities, but also great big crowds, especially in summer and winter. Autumn (March to May) and spring (October to November) are slightly quieter, but Queenstown’s a year-round destination. The town’s restaurants and bars are regularly packed with a mainly young crowd that really know how to enjoy themselves on holiday. 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