Today we drove from Auckland to Rotorua. We stopped at Hobbiton where they filmed part of The Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit movies. It took 2 years to build the set, 12 days to film and you see it for 12 seconds in the movie! It was fun to see. We also saw them shear a sheep and train a sheep dog.
The drive was through farmland with lots of dairy cows. They sell milk powder to China. They are harvesting potatoes and maize right now. They also raise deer for the velvet which is also sold to China.
Rotorua has lots of thermal activity. We have two steam springs outside our window tonight.
I have very little internet tonight and will have none tomorrow. So pictures will have to wait a couple of days.