[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"archive-2012-11-1":3},{"posts":4,"total":104},[5,61,83],{"author":6,"categories":13,"coords":17,"coverImage":18,"excerpt":21,"location":22,"publishedAt":23,"readingTime":24,"slug":25,"title":26,"updatedAt":27,"updates":28},{"image":7,"name":12},{"_type":8,"asset":9},"image",{"_ref":10,"_type":11},"image-9bb286ab76652033b5a8988805b5f86ccc2a1932-100x100-jpg","reference","Kristin",[14],{"slug":15,"title":16},"new-zealand","New Zealand","44.85°S, 168.39°E",{"_type":8,"asset":19},{"_ref":20,"_type":11},"image-b5b6a860c8d37a2b7e6b143293d271bab6e43297-1200x872-jpg","With The Hobbit premiering today, there will be plenty of renewed interest in Lord of the Rings-related sites around New Zealand — and with good reason! New Zealand is a stunning country and Peter Jackson did a great job of choosing his filming locations for The Lord of the Rings, so I have no doubt","Glenorchy, New Zealand","2012-11-28T00:00:45Z",8,"searching-for-middle-earth-on-the-south-island","Searching For Middle Earth on the South Island","2026-05-14T12:22:00.000Z",[29,40],{"_key":30,"_type":31,"children":32,"markDefs":38,"style":39},"ef4326a881e7","block",[33],{"_key":34,"_type":35,"marks":36,"text":37},"5620b57aff2f","span",[],"Paradise Safaris, mentioned as the tour operator that took me to Lothlorien\u002FParadise, appears to no longer be operating.",[],"normal",{"_key":41,"_type":31,"children":42,"markDefs":56,"style":39},"5b3f4ccf8a0b",[43,47,52],{"_key":44,"_type":35,"marks":45,"text":46},"d9c8ae556449",[],"Dart Stables also no longer exists at its previous web address; however, it appears that ",{"_key":48,"_type":35,"marks":49,"text":51},"d3742007c032",[50],"ffc6fa8190bb","High Country Horses",{"_key":53,"_type":35,"marks":54,"text":55},"98ef46616913",[]," is now offering a \"Ride of the Rings\" in its place.",[57],{"_key":50,"_type":58,"blank":59,"href":60},"link",true,"https:\u002F\u002Fhighcountryhorses.nz\u002F",{"author":62,"categories":65,"coords":72,"coverImage":73,"excerpt":76,"location":77,"publishedAt":78,"readingTime":79,"slug":80,"title":81,"updatedAt":82,"updates":82},{"image":63,"name":12},{"_type":8,"asset":64},{"_ref":10,"_type":11},[66,69],{"slug":67,"title":68},"misadventures","Misadventures",{"slug":70,"title":71},"spain","Spain","40.42°N 3.70°W",{"_type":8,"asset":74},{"_ref":75,"_type":11},"image-c42bc4813d6770f82e8a1977c2c34abc27d8ce69-960x1280-jpg","Booking a ticket from Brisbane to Porto was no easy task. All of the major airlines flying from Australia seemed to have forgotten that Portugal was a viable destination, and any tickets to Lisbon to Porto had a several hundred dollar premium attached. I spent hours trawling Kayak trying to find opt","Madrid, Spain","2012-11-08T12:00:03Z",5,"on-missing-trains-and-meeting-communists","On Missing Trains and Meeting Communists",null,{"author":84,"categories":87,"coords":94,"coverImage":95,"excerpt":98,"location":99,"publishedAt":100,"readingTime":101,"slug":102,"title":103,"updatedAt":82,"updates":82},{"image":85,"name":12},{"_type":8,"asset":86},{"_ref":10,"_type":11},[88,91],{"slug":89,"title":90},"australia","Australia",{"slug":92,"title":93},"photo-of-the-week","Photo of the Week","27.40°S 153.43°E",{"_type":8,"asset":96},{"_ref":97,"_type":11},"image-08fb6be554e2e3d280fd61bd1925a4ea2d6dfd66-1024x680-jpg","Unlike many cities in Australia, Brisbane doesn’t actually have a beach (unless you count Streets Beach at South Bank, which I don’t). There are plenty of beautiful beaches on both the Gold and Sunshine Coasts, which are only a short car trip away, but one of my favourite seaside spots is one that m","Amity Point, Australia","2012-11-06T12:31:30Z",1,"a-fishermans-sunset-on-stradbroke-island","A Fisherman’s Sunset on Stradbroke Island",3]