RTW Day 25 - Rotorua
March 12th 2018 Auckland has been fun but I’m excited to get moving. Today we pick up our hire car and head south. First stop – Matamata, which has rebranded itself Hobbiton since its use as a film location in The Hobbit. I’m not a Lord of the Rings fan but the old man has bought me a set location tour ticket regardless.
The Matamata tourist information office has been converted to resemble a hobbit h
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