There's a scene at the end of "Return of the King" where the hobbits are coming home. They go through a narrow cut-out path in a grassy bank. There's a view of a hill in the background with Frodo's house and the 'party tree', as well as the tree above Frodo's burrow (this is the only fake tree in 'Hobbiton'). It's a real iconic scene and is used again in the trailer and film of "The Hobbit". The 'path' was cut through the grass bank for LOTR, paved, rock-sided, filmed, then filled up again when the land was left pristine for the farmer after the trilogy was completed. The path was opened up again for "The Hobbit".
It was such a treat for me to be at 'Hobbiton'. I'm so glad now that it's now being kept intact for the public. NZ sure needs the tourist dollar, and as tourist dollars go, it's quite cheap to go to 'Hobbiton' in Matamata. Look what happened in Tunisia (was it?) where they filmed 'Star Wars'. Tourists have been going there for many. many, many years. Some cynical reporters say that surely nobody is interested anymore in LOTR scenes and we should stop flogging a dead horse. What rot.
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