[MENTION=2014]JeannieCO[/MENTION] - we are in Wellington, in the middle of New Zealand.
[MENTION=983]LariP[/MENTION] - Peter Jackson is shooting the Hobbit in Wellington right now, various stars of the show are around town (not much into that but one is Orlando Bloom) and they are advertising for extras! There are two places we have been which look like Lord of the Rings scenes here. One is not an actual filming site but is cool with natural tunnels through a rocky beach, about 15 minutes drive from our house. The other is where they filmed the elven scenes of Lord of the Rings (Kaitoke), which is about 45 minutes drive away. Actually it's quite hard to see exactly where they filmed but it is really lovely there - large native trees and a river. We went camping there with the big boy a couple of times.