Camping in an actual Lord of the Rings location

On a knife edge

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November 18th 2008
Well, Ian did have another pie, and then we were on our way to Queenstown. Just like the picture says, we camped in a place they used for filming Ithilien in Lord of the Rings, it was a pretty nice spot! Queenstown is a really picturesque town with a massive lake (in fact NZ's longest lake at over 80km long) and snow capped mountains pretty much all around but there are a lot of tourists all doi ... read more

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more