Where's this... And year taken....

[brakelite]

Hi. This is the town of my birth... Where in NZ do you think, and what year?

 

[Butterfly]

1920's ?
You come from Melbourne, but I have no idea if it's where you were born ( unless you have already mentioned it in a thread )
Not sure I know that many places in NZ ( My aunty lives in Napier )

 

[Philip James]

Auckland 1936 (wild guess)

 

[farouk]

Hi. This is the town of my birth... Where in NZ do you think, and what year?
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Nelson? Blenheim? :)

 

[brakelite]

Auckland 1936 (wild guess)

Nelson? Blenheim? :)

Sorry guys, not even close. And Philip, your year... Nuh.

 

[4Jesus]

Gondor, middle ages? Sorry for the very bad LOTR joke NZer.

 

[farouk]

Sorry guys, not even close. And Philip, your year... Nuh.

So...where...? :)

(What a suspense...mystery, still...)

 

[brakelite]

Gondor, middle ages? Sorry for the very bad LOTR joke NZer.

Lol good try. And I did live for several years just 10 minutes from Hobbiton. Didn't see any dark riders though...

 

[farouk]

Lol good try. And I did live for several years just 10 minutes from Hobbiton. Didn't see any dark riders though...

You haven't told us yet where it is... :)

 

[brakelite]

Same place just 18 years previous...

 

[brakelite]

Town.. Napier
Earthquake...1931

 

[brakelite]

1920's ?
You come from Melbourne, but I have no idea if it's where you were born ( unless you have already mentioned it in a thread )
Not sure I know that many places in NZ ( My aunty lives in Napier )

I didn't see this... Napier is the place.

 

[farouk]

Town.. Napier
Earthquake...1931

Oh so Napier...:)

 

[brakelite]

But the photo is taken in 1950. The year is misleading. NZ is renowned for its old cars... Even today is not unusual to see30 or 50 year old cars on the road.

 

[farouk]

But the photo is taken in 1950. The year is misleading. NZ is renowned for its old cars... Even today is not unusual to see30 or 50 year old cars on the road.

Interesting...I guess the cars don't have far to drive: not overseas...

 

[4Jesus]

Lol good try. And I did live for several years just 10 minutes from Hobbiton. Didn't see any dark riders though...

Lol! Well we are past the middle ages of middle earth of course; sauron has been defeated ;)

 

[farouk]

Lol! Well we are past the middle ages of middle earth of course; sauron has been defeated ;)

I think the Hobbit was filmed in New Zealand; sounds about right, anyway...

 

[4Jesus]

I think the Hobbit was filmed in New Zealand; sounds about right, anyway...

I thought all of them (LOTR and Hobbit) were filmed in NZ.

 

[farouk]

I thought all of them (LOTR and Hobbit) were filmed in NZ.

Apparently Auckland airport makes quite a thing of the Hobbit...

 

[4Jesus]

Apparently Auckland airport makes quite a thing of the Hobbit...

I remember hearing that NZ got a boost in tourism after the LOTR came out.