View of Welly

There are great views of Wellington to be had from the top of Mount Victoria - shame about the bloody wind though!

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January 5th 2007
Continuing on from our LOTR location tour of yesterday, today we drove up to Mount Victoria in search of the location of the 'Get off the road scene' from the first mvie. Remember the bit where the four hobbits have to leave the road and hide from a Black Rider under the roots of a big tree? That's what we were looking for. When we got up to Mount Victoria the wind, which had been strong enough ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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

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