Wellington from harbour walkway.
More from the harbour.
Holographic show in Maritime Museum
Blurry close-up of the holograms telling a Maori legend.
Wellington CBD from Te Papa Museum roof.
More CBD.
And more.
The maritime museum is one of those buildings behind the ferry.
I think I'm still in Te Papa here. Anyway, more Wellington harbour.
Weillington city from the botanical gardens.
The botanical garden is rightn next to the CBD, but up the hill.
I took a cable car to the top ($2.50). These are the tracks.
...and this is the car/station.
That black line at the top-right is the cable car. The park is big and hilly.
View from an old observatory in the gardens.
Same thing, different direction.
The real disappearing gun isn't here. But I saw a different version in Dunedin later on.
I don't know where this gun was used. It's not the disappearing one.
More Wellington from the hill.
Old sundial. Probably not much use in Wellington...
Follow the directions and hope there's sun. There wasn't when I was there.
Sculpture in the gardens.
Residential areas next to the gardens.
Another sculpture.
Island off the coast of Petone (north-east suburb).
More from Petone beach.
Day's bay is across here--cafe town.
Wellington from Petone.
The last Petone beach picture.
View from some hill I walked up in Wellington.
Another shot. The road is Oriental Parade--hotels and expensive apartments.
Funny tree. All those lumps are cones.
View from a place called the Chocolate Fish Cafe.
They paint each chair differently.
Danger! Jellyfish.
Cafe. Apparently world-famous. Down the road from Peter Jackson's place.
Another view from the cafe.
Some paua (abalone) shell art next to the cafe.
Weta workshop. Despite the name. Tallest window on the left has an Uruk-hai in it. The redhead with the sword is in a Richard Taylor cartoon around these parts.
Post-production studio for Peter Jackson. The front is just a facade.
Top down view of Peter Jackson's studio.
Tui bird. Somewhat famous NZ bird. Has two voice-boxes, can mimic other birds, or just sound plain bizarre.
LotR tour guide holding a picture of how PJ does large blue-screen work.
Helm's Deep & Minis Tirith film location. You can see some of the battlements above the concrete dealy.
My tour group on a swingin bridge in a rainforest park.
Some river in the park. Wellington gets its water from here.
Rainforest tree.
Pictures don't capture how tall these trees are...
More rainforesty stuff.
Rivendell filming map. We were standing next to Frodo's bedroom. There's nothing left to see though.
More park near Rivendell.
A sign in the park. Scene cut from the movie.
Our guide being silly. Nobody in the tour wore the ears. He was actually an elf in the Helm's Deep battle though.
Rivendell road sign. We were just leaving.
Field used for some Gandalf horse action.
Notice the tree from the previous picture. Creative editing was used to move from elements around.
