#Ben Ohau

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Lake Pukaki, Ben Ohau, New Zealand

Robin Ooode

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Thursday, May 16th 2024. Lake Pukaki > Ben Ohau > Cromwell

This morning we circled back to Lake Pukaki, driving along the east side where we saw the area where they had built part of Lake Town in The Desolation of Smaug (the scene where the refugees all gather after their town is burnt down, although this is entirely based Jake's description of it as I literally have no memory of this film). 

The farm's owner, Ian, was essentially the Radagast of our tour so far, in that he described a very lengthy family history of how the farm was eventually passed down to him, but only spent about two minutes talking about the actual filmmaking that had happened there - although his starry suit and the mannequin strapped to the back of his car (a mannequin called Richard, and no I'm not kidding) at least made this more entertaining. We then grabbed some snaps of the lake and had a bit of archery sesh - shooting arrows at a poster of Smaug (360⁰ no-scoped him, I did).

Afterwards we went to Ben Ohau where they filmed the Battle of the Pelennor Fields in The Return of the King where we staged a re-enactment of The Witch King getting shanked in the face, and then Jake and I both recited King Théoden's speech to his soldiers (the others on our tour) before their charge towards the Sauron's army (Jake went the Shakespeare route with his Théoden performance, and I went with more of a Toby Flenderson from The Office type performance, to mixed results). 

We were then joined by Priscilla Cameron (and her dog Ginny), the owner of said field who had also worked as an extra during the time that they filmed there. At one point they had 500 horses and 2000 extras, 650-700 of whom were locals who they had hired as orcs and soldiers. She then informed us about nine years after they had filmed there that she had found one of the spears that they had left behind, and so we took photographs with an actual movie prop in the same field it was originally used in (naturally Jake and I posed for several pictures where we murdered each other with this spear, a foreshadowing for next week when it's just the two of us).

We grabbed lunch in Omarama at The Wrinkly Lambs where I enjoyed steak and chips before we made our way down to the Jones Family Fruit Store in Cromwell where I had my third ice cream in a week (the hotels all have gyms and yet I have taken the pathway to ice cream every time). For our dinner tonight we had Mexican at Amigos Cromwell and tomorrow we'll be heading down to Queenstown where our tour will be starting to come to an end (cue the violins).

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Organic Lavender farm

NZ Alpine Lavender

Address: 657 Mount Cook Road, Ben Ohau 7999, New Zealand

We were on our way to Hooker Valley, saw a banner with ICE CREAM on it and we just turned in for it. We tried so many strawberry ice cream and this is our first time having lavender ice cream in NZ.

During lavender season, you do have to pay to enter the lavender farm but there wasn’t any lavender left so it was free. We got a $9 lavender vanilla ice cream, it was really good and generous portion. I suggest to share. There are lavender petals on the ice cream too, so pretty!

There are also portable toilets nearby.

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Aoraki/Mount Cook is home to the darkest skies in the world and is part of the International Dark Sky Reserve, which has been labeled one of the best stargazing sites on Earth. No better spot to gaze from then the hot tub of our @alpine_cubes_nz Airbnb. However, it was a full moon night for us. Still many stars to gaze, but @alpine_cubes_nz picture does it more justice. (at Ben Ohau) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpo4ykWLjlE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Twizel

Today's post by DANNY : DE HEK is "Twizel" Alpine village of Twizel deep in the Mackenzie Country is a town where the tussock plains reach the horizon, the rivers run slowly, the mountains touch the sky. Deep in the Mackenzie Country is a town where the tussock plains reach the horizon, the rivers run slowly, and the mountains touch the sky. Twizel nestles among peaceful lakes, where the broad plain meets the foothills of the Southern Alps. It began as a construction workers’ hostel town for the Upper Waitaki Power Development Scheme. When the project ceased and the workforce left, the town was passed to the Mackenzie County Council. Since then it has been growing in popularity as a holiday centre. The backdrop of snow-capped mountains inspires awe, but the climate can be harsh, with high summer temperatures and winter hoarfrosts. However the town is a convenient base for day trips into the surrounding countryside. Mt. Cook is just 40 minutes away, and the nearby Ben Ohau Range is a popular heli-skiing venue in winter. Lake Ruataniwha is also an attractive recreation area, where you can camp or picnic and indulge in boating and fishing. Lake Ohau, 25 km west of town, is well known for its stark beauty, beech forest and ski field. Read the full article

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This incredibly cozy glass house we stayed in at Ben Ohau, New Zealand

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Ben Ohau, Canterbury, New Zealand

Loch Cameron New Zealand Just outside of Twizel, we found this small pond while driving toward Glen Lyon. As we were late driving out with the kids and the light started happening, we stopped here for them to play and watch the fish jump around while I snuck in a few shots of reflected clouds before the wind came along and blew them away.

by Dylan Toh & Marianne Lim from Australia 

Source | Google Maps

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Feature Friday

A Wrinkle in Time (2018)

Four years after the mysterious disappearance of her father, a young girl, her brother, and a friend are transported across the galaxy by three mystical beings to search for him before he is lost to the darkness. A Wrinkle in Time was filmed in Los Angeles, Eureka, and New Zealand.

Meg lives at 2523 4th Avenue in Los Angeles with her mother and brother who brings by a strange woman one evening.

Meg’s bedroom, where she wakes up during the storm, is located at 1927 South Oxford Avenue.

Meg goes to middle school at Crenshaw High School where she is bullied by her neighbor Veronica and gets into trouble for hitting her with a ball.

Meg and Charles Wallace go walking their dog Fortinbras down Prescott Court north from 31st and then onto West 30th Street where they run into Calvin.

Charles Wallace leads them to Mrs. Who’s house at 2153 West 30th Street.

Meg’s parents give a presentation in a flashback about their theories at the Japanese American National Museum playing NASA but they are laughed out of the room.

Meg is hanging out in the backyard with Calvin when Veronica leans out of her bedroom window next door at 2515 4th Avenue. This house was previously used as the Eppes house in the series Numb3rs.

The adventure begins on the planet Uriel where the kids search for clues of their father’s whereabouts. These extensively digitally enhanced scenes were filmed on the hillsides of Hunter Valley Station on Lake Hawae in New Zealand.

Later, after Meg takes control of a jump, everyone ends up on Camazotz in the field of Ben Ohau Station.

The field is transformed into a forest filmed at Sequoia Park in Eureka which is then engulfed in a storm.

Meg, Calvin, and Charles Wallace then find themselves in a creepy suburb filled with identical houses and identical children doing identical things. These homes were filmed on Orbit Lane in a small military housing development in San Pedro for Fort MacArthur.

The suburb changes again into Venice Beach filled with colorful people where Charles Wallace is separated from the others.

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[Travel Itinerary] BTS Bon Voyage in New Zealand

BTS recently traveled around New Zealand in their recent season of Bon Voyage.  The following Itinerary is what I could guess from watching the episodes/behind cams.

OVERALL

Christchurch

Castle Hill

Tekapo

Kinloch

Queenstown

ITINERARY

D1 (Christchurch > Castle Hill)

Fly (Seoul > Singapore > Christchurch)

Jin flys separately (Seoul > Auckland > Christchurch)

Rent camper @ Britz

Lunch @ Speight's Ale House

Address: 2 Troup Drive, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand

Shopping Hiking store @ Kathamandu

Address: Tower Junction Mega Centre Blenheim Road, Foster Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand

Korean store @ Kosco

Address: 227 Blenheim Road, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand

?also maybe went to the alcohol store in this shopping mall?

Drive

Cafe stop with sheep @ Highway Cafe

Address: 5695 West Coast Road, Springfield 7681, New Zealand

Drive

Stop @ Lake Lyndon

Address: Castle Hill 7580, New Zealand

Sleep @ Porters Lodge

Address: Porters Ski Area Access Road State Highway 73, Castle Hill 7580, New Zealand

about $57 a night per person

D2 (Castle Hill  > Geraldine > Fairlie > Tekapo )

JK hikes to get snow

Jimin small hike

Group hike up the trail

Breakfast @ Porter's Lodge

Address: Porters Ski Area Access Road State Highway 73, Castle Hill 7580, New Zealand

Drive

Gas Station @ Z Petrol (Jhope left behind)

Address: Cnr Waihi Terrace &, Pine Street, Geraldine 7930, New Zealand

Gift Shop  @ Kiwi Country (Jhope left behind)

Address: 38 Waihi Terrace, Geraldine 8751, New Zealand

Drive

Lunch @ Farm Barn Cafe

Address: 4 Mount Michael Road, R D 17, Fairlie 7987, New Zealand

Drive

Grocery shopping @ Foursquare

Address: State Highway 8 22 Rapuwai Lane Tekapo-Twizel Road, Lake Tekapo 7999, New Zealand

Playground @ Foursquare

Address: 5 Lakeside Drive, Lake Tekapo 7999, New Zealand

Drive

Lake Tepako lookout

Address: 2F67+JJ Lake Tekapo, Canterbury, New Zealand

Lake Tepako Astro Cafe

Address: Godley Peaks Road, Lake Tekapo 7945, New Zealand

(they were hanging out here before they did the Observatory)

Look at stars @ Mt John Observatory

Address: 2F77+VM Lake Tekapo, Canterbury, New Zealand

Drive

Campground cabin on the lake 

Address: 2 Lakeside Drive, Lake Tekapo 7999, New Zealand

about $70 a night

Dinner @ Cabin

Look at moon

D3 (Tekapo > Ben Ohau > Mt Cook > ??? )

Leave by 8:00am

Food shopping @ Four Square Lake Tekapo

      -Address: State Highway 8 22 Rapuwai Lane Tekapo-Twizel Road, Lake Tekapo 7999, New Zealand

Playground @ Foursquare

Address: 5 Lakeside Drive, Lake Tekapo 7999, New Zealand

Drive

Address: 5098 Tekapo-Twizel Road, Ben Ohau 7999, New Zealand

Drive

Hike Mt Cook @ Hooker Valley Track

Address: Hooker Valley Track, Mt Cook National Park 7999, New Zealand

3 Hour hike with 3 bridges and lake

Camping @ special site

Address: ???

Set up tent @ campsite

Address: ???

Dinner @ campsite

Address: ???

(Supposed to stargaze but fell asleep )

D4 (??? > Omarama > Gibbston > Queenstown > Kinloch)

Wake up by 7:00am

Pack up

Drive

Go to spa @ Hot Tubs Omarama

Address: 29 Omarama Ave, Main Omarama Twizel Highway, Omarama 9448, New Zealand

Lunch @ Hot Tubs Omarama

(it sounds like they did the hot tub and also did the sauna/spa part after and it wasn't shown)

Drive

Bungee jumping @ Nevis Swing

Address: 3170950, Gibbston 9371, New Zealand

Drive

Food Shopping @ Countdown Queenstown

Address: 30 Grant Road, Frankton, Queenstown 9371, New Zealand

Korean store and clothes store

Address:

Drive

Camping @ Kinloch Camping Site

Address: 876 Kinloch Road, Kinloch 9372, New Zealand

Dinner and Mulled Wine @ Kinloch Camping Site

Clean up at midnight and sleep

D5 (Kinloch > Glenorchy > Queenstown area > Queenstown)

Clean up

Address: 876 Kinloch Road, Kinloch 9372, New Zealand

Drive

Helicopter @ Glacier Southern Lakes Helicopters

Address: 35 Lucas Place, Frankton, Queenstown 9348, New Zealand

(BTS met the helicopter on a field but the company usually has you meet at their Queenstown location and then they bus you to the helicopter and back)

Flight 107: Land at lake and land at snow

Picnic Lunch @ Glenorchy Wharf

Address: 4 Islay Street, Glenorchy 9372, New Zealand

Split up for activities

(V/Jimin)Horseback riding @ Dart Stables

Address: 59X9+W7 Glenorchy, Otago, New Zealand

(Jin/JK/Suga/ JHope) Fishing @ Lake Wakatipu

Address: Queenstown Fishing, Sugar Lane, Frankton, Queenstown 9300, New Zealand

(RM) Working @ Kinloch Camping Site

Address: 876 Kinloch Road, Kinloch 9372, New Zealand

Drive

Settle into Queenstown House @ The Views by Touch of Spice

Address: 3 Whitbourn Place, Fernhill, Queenstown 9300, New Zealand

$1200 a night

Dinner @ The Views by Touch of Spice

Address: 3 Whitbourn Place, Fernhill, Queenstown 9300, New Zealand

Play Uno @ The Views by Touch of Spice

Address: 3 Whitbourn Place, Fernhill, Queenstown 9300, New Zealand

D6 (Queenstown)

(V) Wake up punishment @ The Views by Touch of Spice

Address: 3 Whitbourn Place, Fernhill, Queenstown 9300, New Zealand

Get ready and Clean up @ The Views by Touch of Spice

Address: 3 Whitbourn Place, Fernhill, Queenstown 9300, New Zealand

Drive

Skyline Gondola

Address: 53 Brecon Street, Queenstown 9300, New Zealand

(they showed them getting on this but not the ride)

Ski lift to luge

Address: XJFW+MX Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand

Luge

Address: XJFW+MX Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand

they did the Scenic and Advanced tracks

Drive

Lunch @ The Views by Touch of Spice

Address: 3 Whitbourn Place, Fernhill, Queenstown 9300, New Zealand

Split up for activities

(V) Art Gallery @ Ivan Clarke Gallery

Address: 39 Camp Street, Queenstown 9300, New Zealand

(V) relax under tree @ Park next to KFC

Address: 27 Camp Street, Queenstown 9300, New Zealand

(Jimin/JHope/RM) Biking to Cafe @ The Boatshed

Address: 9300/847 Frankton Road, Frankton, Queenstown 9300, New Zealand

40min bike ride to The Boatshed from their house

(Jin/Suga/JK) Fishing  @

Address:  ??

(Jin/Suga/JK) Fishing Take 2 @

Address:  ??

(Jimin/JHope/RM) facetime @ park

Address: Lake Wakatipu Ride, Frankton, Queenstown 9300, New Zealand

(exact address is 45°01'13.6"S 168°43'43.5"E )

about a 1-hour ride from their house

(V) walks around Queenstown

(V) eats a burger  @ McDonald's

Address: O'Connells Shopping Centre, 23 Camp Street, Queenstown 9300, New Zealand

(V) goes to store with fur bed @ Remarkable Gifts

Address: Shop 4/13 Camp Street, Queenstown 9300, New Zealand

(V) goes home and learns UNO

Address: 3 Whitbourn Place, Fernhill, Queenstown 9300, New Zealand

(Jimin/JHope/RM) food shopping @ FreshChoice Queenstown

Address: 64 Gorge Road, Queenstown 9300, New Zealand

(sidenote I’m still confused how they got all the groceries back cause they biked. I'm guessing the cars picked them up from their bike ride.)

Everyone meets at home and cooks and has dinner and drinks

Play BTS UNO

outro interviews

Last Update: 7 Jan 2020

to be continued (ill finish updating it tomorrow sorry)

(the ones with ??? im working on pls be patient/if you know where it is DM me)

coming soon: Check out my BTS New Zealand Photo Spots post to find out where you can take the photos BTS did!

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2019: Timelapse of clouds and snow on the Ben Ohau Range, near Twizel. 

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Lake Ruataniwha with Ben Ohau in the background by PsJeremy Lake Ruataniwha is located in the Mackenzie Basin in New Zealand's South Island. An artificial lake, it formed in 1977-1981 as a result of the Waitaki hydroelectric project. It lies on the traditional boundary of the Canterbury and Otago provinces, with the town of Twizel two kilometres to the north. ---Wikipedia https://flic.kr/p/2iDz9zV

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Tag 12 Methven (49 km, 212 hm, ordentlich Wind)

Als erstes eine kleine Ergänzung zur gestrigen Etappe: über 1000 hm 🤪 kein Wunder, dass die Beine immer dicker wurden😅

Heute gab es eine entspannte Fahrt mit einigen knackigen, aber kurzen Anstiegen, bei Temperaturen um die 20 Grad für unsere inzwischen durchtrainierten Beine kein Problem 😂 Gestartet wurde 8:00 Uhr vom Hotel wo wir nach wenigen Kilometern den ersten schönen Ausblick Richtung Ben Ohau genießen konnten. Dann ging es am Wasserkanal des Lake Ohau vorbei an Wasserkraftwerken, Lachsfarmen weiter zum Lake Pokaki. Diesmal wurde unsere Tour dem Namen Panoramastraße mehr als gerecht, die ganze Fahrt über fantastische Ausblicke auf schneebedeckte Berge vor blauen Himmel und türkisfarbenem Wasser davor, schon fast kitschig 😅 Auch der Mount Cook lugte wieder hinter den Wolken hervor. Es war einfach toll und die Zeit verging wie im Fluge, schon war wieder unser Begleitfahrzeug mit aufgebautem Lunchbüffet in Sicht- total genial mit Blick auf den Lake Pokaki. Nach einer leckeren Stärkung und Genießen der Stille am See ging es mit dem Bus 250 km nach Methven. Zwischendurch gab es noch einen Fotostopp mit kurzem Spaziergang am Lake Tekapo, wo üblicherweise typische Neuseeland-Postkarten-Fotos geschossen werden, wir haben uns zwischen die Asiaten gedrängelt, um natürlich auch ein Postkartenfoto zu schießen 😂 In Methven angekommen, blieb heute auch noch Zeit im Außenpool ein paar erfrischende Runden zu drehen und sich anschließend in den Hot Springs aufzuwärmen 😄👍

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June 2019 Ben Ohau from the shore of Lake Ohau. My partner, @louise.beer and I went to New Zealand last year where she introduced me to many of the places she grew up. I look forward to going back and venturing further in to this wonderful country. . . . . . #aotearoa #newzealand #lakeohau #benohau #landscape #landscapephotography #photography #mamiyarz67 #fujifilm #fujipro400h #shootfilm #filmsnotdead #mediumformat #instaphoto #photooftheday #natgeo #nzgeo (at Ohau, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/B65cyqyFoV7/?igshid=1n7wqfiztnckv

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