WWQP Bulletin Board Chat

Lord of the Rings

The scenery is breathtaking but most of it was filmed in our South Island. A lot of people were involved in the making of the film, we had friends who made the armour and suchlike and also were making some of the outfits, I would love to have been there to watch. Quite a few films are made here as our scenery is so diverse, you only have to drive a little way and it changes from farmland and rolling hills to dense bush. We are bush fans and used to live in a part of Auckland where you could both see and hear all the different birds, now we are older we have had to come into town a bit and nearer the medical facilities. I loved to go out to the Manakau side of the isthmus and if you looked out to sea in the right part you could imagine you were miles from anywhere but turn around and the city was right there. We have lived in NZ for years and will never move back to the UK . The light here is wonderful and we can grow plants and fruit we only thought about at "home"Some plants my mother used to cherish are called weeds here. Hugs from Bee in NZ

posted by Bee @ 2:59 AM