20190228 Rotorua-Matamata
Redwood forest walk (twice!), Rainbow Springs Nature park (including Kiwi tour), Matamata, Hobbiton tour and dinner
Parent album:
0: Redwood forest, first visit (Chelle, Claire and I)
1: Redwoods.
2: Redwoods.
3: Siamese twin redwoods.
4: Redwood.
5: Walkway, unnaturally green.
6: Green.
7: Redwoods and ferns.
8: Redwoods in sunlight.
9: Claire the tree hugger.
10: Ferns and shadows.
11: More ferns and shadows.
12: Walking.
13: Chelle the tree hugger.
14: Chelle and Claire and tree.
15: Redwoods.
16: Plants at the base of a tree.
17: Tall ferns.
18: Tall ferns.
19: Dead tree.
20: NZ's longest living tree walk.
21: Looking up at the tree walk.
22: A bug.
23: We're back at the redwood forest, this time with Sarah and Talie.
24: This tree is old.
25: The giant.
26: The walk starts above the carpark.
27: 8 persons maximum on bridges.
28: Decorative lanterns.
29: Decorative lanterns.
30: Walkway.
31: Pine cones.
32: Claire and Sarah.
33: Claire, Chelle and Sarah.
34: Chelle and classy Sarah.
35: A Forest of Ferns.
36: A forest.
37: A fern.
38: New Zealanders Love Ferns.
39: Lanterns.
40: Platform and bridges.
41: Glass floor.
42: Bridge.
43: Looking up.
44: Back to the carpark.
45: Having a rest/gathering the group.
46: Fuel is a bit expensive here.
47: Rainbow Springs Nature Park.
48: Beginning kiwi hatchery tour.
49: Powerwall. I guess they're using it as a glorified UPS?
50: Not a real kiwi bird.
51: We're all connected.
52: Kiwi eggs are huge in comparison to their parents.
53: Example egg hidey place.
54: Claire the tiny kiwi bird in the giant egg.
55: Kiwi
56: With bonus rabbit ears.
57: Giant kiwi bird.
58: Lake.
59: Little birb.
60: Little birb.
61: Little birb.
62: Little birb.
63: Little birbs.
64: Tempting little birbs.
65: Temptation successful.
66: Little birbs.
67: Birb in the hand.
68: Quack.
69: Little birb.
70: Giant KÅkopu. And a seagull.
71: Giant KÅkopu.
72: Fern.
73: Chelle feeding the fishies and birbs.
74: Not so small fry.
75: Big splash.
76: Big splash.
77: Big splash. Just before the extra moist bit.
78: Our Matamata accommodation.
79: Moo.
80: Moo.
81: Hobbiton movie set.
82: Obligatory selfie.
83: Holy magicrap, it's busy here.
84: On the bus to the actual set location.
85: On the bus to the actual set location.
86: On the bus to the actual set location.
87: On the bus to the actual set location.
88: Glimpse of something.
89: Glimpse of a stone bridge.
90: Fortunately we didn't need these.
91: Parsley?
92: Beginning of the tour.
93: Flowers.
94: Flowers.
95: Flowers.
96: Flowers.
97: Tourists.
98: Hobbit hole.
99: Tourists.
100: Bag End.
101: Gardens, Hobbit holes, and lens flare.
102: Hobbit hole and melons.
103: Flowers and bee.
104: Vegetables (some fake) and resident cat (not fake).
105: Hobbit hole.
106: Garden.
107: Garden and possibly the happiest cat in the world.
108: Hobbit hole.
109: Hobbit hole and smokehouse.
110: Smokehouse.
111: Bad End in near-silhouette.
112: Gardens.
113: Fruit trees.
114: Bad End.
115: Up the hill to Bag End.
116: Tall sunflowers.
117: Hobbit holes.
118: Hobbit hole.
119: Obligatory selfie in front of Hobbit hole.
120: Honey jars. (Not real)
121: Vegetables.
122: Phone panorama.
123: Tour guide.
124: Mint?
125: Bag End.
126: Bag End.
127: Bag End.
128: Bag End.
129: Hobbit holes.
130: Hobbit hole, baker edition.
131: Green Dragon Inn.
132: Nearly sunset.
133: Group photo.
134: Group photo.
135: Reverse photo.
136: View down the hill.
137: View down the hill.
138: Bag End.
139: Another obligatory selfie.
140: Panorama.
141: Distant sheepies.
142: Sheepies, Inn.
143: Green Dragon Inn.
144: Phone pano.
145: Bag End.
146: View from Bag End.
147: Hobbit hole and lanterns.
148: Bag End oak tree.
149: Closeup of fake oak tree.
150: Oak tree.
151: Oak tree.
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153: Bag End.
154: Bag End panorama.
155: Claire and Chelle at Bag End.
156: Claire and Chelle at Bag End.
157: Hobbit hole window.
158: Hobbit hole.
159: Sign.
160: Sign.
161: Sign.
162: Claire and hobbit hole.
163: Hobbit hole.
164: Hobbit holes and laundry.
165: Hobbit hole and cheese.
166: Oak tree.
167: Some guy and hobbit hole.
168: Making our way towards the Green Dragon.
169: Oak tree silhouette.
170: Hobbit hole.
171: Hobbit holes.
172: Hobbit hole.
173: Lanterns.
174: Hobbit hole and Sonny.
175: Sign.
176: Sign.
177: Green Dragon and lake.
178: Green Dragon and lake.
179: Notice board.
180: Water mill.
181: Water mill.
182: Reflections.
183: All the selfies.
184: Phone panorama.
185: The water panorama (manually blended)
186: Ducks can't read.
187: Panorama (fused)
188: Panorama (manually blended)
189: Sitting down for dinner.
190: Our group plus an addition.
191: Yummy.
192: Food.
193: Talie behind the bar.
194: Talie.
195: Happy Claire.
196: Chelle looking normal.
197: Photobomb game is strong.
198: Phone panorama.
199: Decorative food (probably fake).
200: Decorative food (probably fake).
201: Sarah trying costumes.
202: Chelle and Claire.
203: Sarah trying costumes.
204: Chelle.
205: Claire.
206: Sarah and some stranger trying costumes.
207: Talie.
208: Chelle.
209: Chelle.
210: The eponymous green dragon.
211: Notices.
212: Old brown. Hopefully no relation to Billy Bass.
213: Party tree.
214: Dessert (timestamp is incorrect)
215: Dessert.
216: Dessert.
217: So much bespoke woodwork. (timestamp is incorrect)
218: Claire sure knows how to hold a staff.
219: Chelle is confident too.
220: Chelle.
221: Guest book.
222: Claire and jacket.
223: Our table at the end of dinner.
224: Bridge and water mill.
225: Hobbit hole.
226: Hobbit hole.
227: Gathered near the party tree for something resembling dancing.
228: Sonny.
229: Bag End.
230: Us and hobbit hole.
231: Us and hobbit hole.
232: Us and hobbit hole.
233: Us and hobbit hole.
234: Bag End exposure blend.
235: View from Bag End panorama.
236: The water panorama (fused)
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