kittyworker
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Following on from the great idea of those for their home country. I will do one for New Zealand AKA Middle Earth:
Lets start at the top, Cape Reinga Lighthouse:
About 2hours drive south and a short ferry ride around to the Bay of Islands:
Without forgetting Auckland, our really only true city:
Back to the beach, Tauranga and the Bay of Plenty:
Rotorua, the town that may blow up any minute:
Lake Taupo, this has already blown up:
South of Taupo, The Tongariro National Park and Crossing:
To the South Island, Mt Cook:
Queenstown:
The Fiordlands National park:
And Christchurch, the city rebuilt following a series of earthquakes in 2011. Here is a shopping mall creatively built using shipping containers:
Lets start at the top, Cape Reinga Lighthouse:
About 2hours drive south and a short ferry ride around to the Bay of Islands:
![d-54B0D67C-1A4B-7C6E-9A5C9842E055907A-3747524.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fc0481729.cdn2.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com%2Fd-54B0D67C-1A4B-7C6E-9A5C9842E055907A-3747524.jpg&hash=4beb3d3acc13b7bb3f21ec669e010f04)
Without forgetting Auckland, our really only true city:
![Mt-Eden-19029-lge.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Finfo.geonet.org.nz%2Fdownload%2Fattachments%2F950479%2FMt-Eden-19029-lge.jpg%3Fapi%3Dv2&hash=c14f27dede864dc023835460013ec7d7)
Back to the beach, Tauranga and the Bay of Plenty:
![tauranga.jpeg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Faacarriers.co.nz%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F05%2Ftauranga.jpeg&hash=a8b886e272989d71a39778d76dbd77fb)
Rotorua, the town that may blow up any minute:
![Thermal%20activity%20n%20Rotorua.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mokoiadowns.com%2FThermal%2520activity%2520n%2520Rotorua.jpg&hash=5504d86d14e78a8d49d9d5c37cd89ade)
Lake Taupo, this has already blown up:
![Lake-Taupo-2.png](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.absolutenewzealand.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fdestinations%2Fnorth-island%2Ftaupo%2FLake-Taupo-2.png&hash=abefa3c5a79b7fa8bb3020071cf10274)
South of Taupo, The Tongariro National Park and Crossing:
![tongariro-crossing-tours.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flyingkiwi.com%2Fassets%2Fnew-zealand%2Ftongariro-crossing-tours.jpg&hash=df0b6f858316ad059d27861221ef75d5)
To the South Island, Mt Cook:
![8145_Mt_Cook_Tasman_River_New_Zealand.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.prints.co.nz%2Fmm5%2Fgraphics%2F00000001%2F8145_Mt_Cook_Tasman_River_New_Zealand.jpg&hash=f17a464625d698ba45651c1ec23294f5)
Queenstown:
![queenstown.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aatravel.co.nz%2Flocation%2Fmedia%2Fqueenstown.jpg&hash=1451f0c867fd09f4ff38c4cc7e9c243a)
The Fiordlands National park:
![Fiordland-National-Park-Green-Vocation.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.countryexplorers.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F06%2FFiordland-National-Park-Green-Vocation.jpg&hash=9d6594dd51bfb178e92f903d4449a8b4)
And Christchurch, the city rebuilt following a series of earthquakes in 2011. Here is a shopping mall creatively built using shipping containers:
![20130222-092932.Full.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic1.mydestination.com%2Fchristchurch%2FPictures%2FHomePageGallery%2F20130222-092932.Full.jpg&hash=73edb1e5546474ec05cf351be9d98046)