Inside Middle Earth: The King Country
As I posted recently, a great many people around the world have gotten to know New Zealand as “Middle Earth” in The Lord of the Rings films.
And since I am a Fantasy author living right here in Middle Earth, over the next wee while I thought I’d share a few images of “my” Middle Earth right here on the blog. First up was Tamaki Makarau, aka Auckland & environs.
Today’s images are from the King Country, to the south of Auckland and west of “The Shire.” 😉 It’s also an area where I did a fair amount of my growing up.
The first photo shows the landscape near the Haurua memorial, with the marae (Maori meeting house) in the foreground.)
This is a stream further to the south and west, in the Waitomo area:
With the entrance to a glow-worm cave:
Complete with guardian “tuna”, aka eel—I love this guy!