You can visit Middle Earth!!
 

For a long while, the people who owned a farm in Matamata, New Zealand allowed Peter Jackson to keep up his buildings and such of Hobbiton on their property; however, they did not allow tourists to regularly come and visit. This has now changed. According to the head of the home, Ian Alexander, they are now setting up a tourist spot for fans of the movie. <P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>''There was no question, really,'' Russell Alexander, Ian's son said. ''We had a constant stream of people popping by, asking to take a quick peek. We had to organize it, and we thought that we'd charge them a little bit to cover the costs of running the tours.''<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>It is said that the tour costs $30.00. For the entire article, click <A HREF="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/7156366.htm" TARGET=_blank>here</A>

Sweetness! I'd pay $30 any day to visit "Middle Earth"! Now I just need to get to New Zealand and find the farm...

<BR>Oh really.. i'm heading off to NZ after HSC (I'm from Australia see) for schoolies. For those who dont know HSC is a uni entrance exam and schoolies is just a lot of partying after the HSC <P>YAH!

One of my good friends is moving to New Zealand like, tomorrow. I was super jealous and his exact words at our parting were<BR>"Woot! I'm going to the Shire!"<P>I'll tell him about the tourist thing...and make him promise to send pictures and postcars!

Oh Sweet! My next vacation I am so going to New Zealand.