Abandoned Hobbiton from the LotR movies taken over by sheep

[NewJeffCT]

Some interesting pics at the link...

The Lord of the Rings movies are well known all over the world, and so is the village Hobbiton where the Hobbits in the trilogy were living.The beautiful little houses surrounded by amazing nature were located in Matamata in New Zealand during filming, and they still are.


Now the Hobbit houses are used by a farm nearby. More precisely their sheep have moved into the village where they are using the hobbit houses. Nowadays you can get a tour around in Hobbiton to see the famous Hobbit cabins and also pet the lambs.

Speaking of sheep, in Scotland a farmer has painted his sheep in bright colors to “spice things up”.


http://www.thisblogrules.com/2010/08/abandoned-hobbiton-from-lord-of-the-rings-taken-over-by-sheep.html

[siligut]

1. Great pics, and some of the comments are really funny.

If I ever get to Matamata, the village Hobbiton will be on my itinerary. I also think the life-size statue of Johnny Depp looks sort of like him and that site has some interesting photos.

[Love Bug]

2. I suppose they will be using those again when they start filming The Hobbit

[NewJeffCT]

3. For being about 10 years old

they seem to be in pretty good shape - maybe they have somebody maintaining them?