Middle Earth?

You might recognise this terrain.  It is a sheep farm which we toured today and learned that sheep farming in NZ is a considerably different enterprise from sheep farming in GB, but facing many of the same problems.

However, this is also in the heart of Middle Earth!  The Lord of the Rings was filmed on locations throughout NZ and while the are no signs to say "Nazgul were here!", those who have seen the films start to realise why the landscape is not entirely strange to them.  This location is called Glenorchy.  Confusing, isn't  it?