Friday 23/1/15 Left Cotswold Cottage with its massive king plus bed, guest sun lounge, super kiwi breakfast, excellent tourist info from the owner and lovely views across the valley. Today we are driving south towards Whakatane, first stop is at Matamata where the Hobbiton tours start. We took some photos of the iSite which looks like a hobbit house. Had a coffee and cake (I can see a pattern developing) and then just casually bumped into Jamie, Ian's colleague from work! Very bizarre in a little town in the middle of New Zealand. We had planned to meet him in Wellington next week but this was a total fluke. Back on the road again this time to Rotarura and a walk along the shores, we were commenting how, apart from the heat, parts of it could
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