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General Tips: Go down by the lake.
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  • Written by kiwi on Jun 6, 2004
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  • Favorite Thing: Take the time to drive down to the lake's edge, it's very nice there. By the wharf is nice, for a rest, read and or picnic. Take some photos and generally appreciate the location.

    Fondest Memory: The eerie feeling with the clouds and mountains and knowing this is Lord of the Rings country, how fitting.

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    General Tips: Along the Glenorchy Road
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  • Updated by kiwi on Jul 21, 2004
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  • Glenorchy - Remarkables from Glenorchy road.
  • Remarkables from Glenorchy road.
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  • Favorite Thing: It really is impossible to drive this road without stopping several times to take photos. Here not so far out from Queenstown, you can look back at the Remarkables and see how stunning and imposing they really are.

    Fondest Memory: I thought the trip to Glenorchy was in vain, on a stormy day. But anyone can have blue sky photos, and I got the most amazing stormcloud and rainy images, so very special that I will never forget.

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    General Tips: Mountains everywhere
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  • Written by kiwi on Jun 29, 2004
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  • Glenorchy - Mountains everywhere
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  • Favorite Thing: Well down here you cannot help but be impressed by the terrain and skyline. Mountains everywhere, and then there is the lake of course.
    The weather has a huge influence also on what you see before you.


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    General Tips: Grass Roof.
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  • Updated by kiwi on Jul 21, 2004
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  • Favorite Thing: I have no idea what this place was, whether it was a house or another building, but it was interesting because it had a grass roof. Perhaps it's insulation as it gets very cold at Glenorchy. But the small community out there (approx 200 pop) tends to be either adventure tourism people or people wanting to live away from society. There is certainly very limited employment opportunities out here.


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    General Tips: Gas station and Post Office
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  • Written by kiwi on Jun 29, 2004
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  • Glenorchy - Glenorchy postoffice
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  • Favorite Thing: As I said, Glenorchy has a small community and town. Here you see the gas station, which is often a welcome site way out on this long road.
    But as you can read, this place is also the Post Office!!
    Small remote towns are pretty similar all over the world. Glenorchy is no exception.


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    General Tips: Nestled under the mountains.
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  • Written by kiwi on Jul 16, 2004
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  • Glenorchy - It's a small town!
  • It's a small town!
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  • Favorite Thing: It's a really small town, Glenorchy. Nestled under the mountains and shrouded in cloud, often raining.

    Fondest Memory: Often there are more cars than people and more cars than buildings. Mostly vehicles of visitors, not residents.

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    General Tips: Further up the valley.
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  • Updated by kiwi on Jul 21, 2004
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  • Glenorchy - Heading into the Rees River Valley
  • Heading into the Rees River Valley
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  • Favorite Thing: You can go even further north than Glenorchy and find some of the locations where Lord of the Rings was filmed. Any Tolkien fan would be pleased with the choice of locations, as this area does the story and author very proud.

    Fondest Memory: Some of the names you may recognise from the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, that were located in this area are:

    The Misty Mountains.

    Isengard.

    Amon Hen.

    Lothlórien.

    The Wizard's Vale.


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    Comments for kiwi about Glenorchy
    MikeBird Fri Nov 7, 2008 22:24 UTC
     Are there Lord of the Rings location tours? I think they'd be really popular. Mike
    deecat Sun Sep 2, 2007 01:04 UTC
     I agree that the cloudy day pictures are amazing. What a beautiful part of the world. Enjoyed the information on the fur.
    northeast80 Thu Feb 8, 2007 22:08 UTC
     Amazing photos. I spent 5 months living off the road to Glenorchy, but closer to Queenstown, never got to Glenorchy :-( it looks stunning.
    vtveen Thu Oct 26, 2006 20:52 UTC
     Adding (and googling) a Glen Orchy tip on my new Scotland page, I found your Glenorchy page with nice pics and tips (for a next visit). By the way quite a difference from the Scottish one.
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