Edgewater Lodge

Wellington


True to its name, the Edgewater is a big modern house set just across the road from a little beach. It's a 15-minute drive from the city but handy for the movie-making enclave of Miramar – which might explain the Hobbity paraphernalia scattered about. One of the three rooms has a large sea-gazing deck, while another has its own external entrance.


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