Visit to The Shire
December 21, 2014For everyone who reads the books or/and watches the trilogy of the Lord of the Rings or the trilogy of the Hobbit will definitely dreams to visit the shire. The shire is a region where the hobbit lives. It can be defined as Hobbiton village. The shire is originally a fictional place, until being built for real for the purpose of the movie in 1998.
Peter Jackson (the director of LotR ) and his team used several places in New Zealand for the movie. Yet, the one and only place that still remains until today is only the shire. The shire or more famous as Hobbiton village is located in Matamata, New Zealand. It takes 2 hours drive from Auckland and the tour takes 3 hours. I went there several months ago as part of my research and I need to go back again soon.
Oh well, here's the picture that I took during my visit. Enjoy!
It was such a good lovely weather on that day. Actually, the village built and surrounded by dairy farms that owned by Alexander Family. The family still owns the farms until today and the Hobbiton movie set is being managed by them as well, together with the New Line Company (the movie production company).
I feel like I want to try to live over there for just one day.
Knock, knock, knock! Overall there are 37 hobbit holes in the village.
The famous house in the movies, the house of Bilbo Baggins. Did you know that the tree on top of the house is a dead tree with fake leaves? The tree was cut down and brought in from near the village, Matamata. Therefore, the leaves were made in and imported from Taiwan.
The village built in March 1999, and in December, they started to use if for the movie. The movie set is now being an icon for not only the town, Matamata, but for the country as well. Even though some people said that it is not worth to pay a visit to the site, because of the price and the size of the village. Yet, for me, everything was awesome. One thing that I can learn after discussed and read about peoples' experiences coming there, don't expect too much. Because, expecting too much lead into disappointed.
That's all from my one day trip, Auckland - Matamata with naked bus . Until next time, Mate!
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