AN underground HOBBIT motel inspired by JRR Tolkien is just one of the unique places to stay at the world's most unusual hotel complex. But if subterranean sleeping isn't your thing, you can rest your head in a train, plane or boat at Woodlyn Park estate in Waitomo, NZ. The 3.5 hectare estate is home to a variety of unusual lodging experiences for visitors, including a range of historic transport units which have been decked out and turned into self-catering accommodation. The World's first hobbit motel, with its circular windows and doors, was built two years after the final Lord of the Rings film was released and attracts score of visitor
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
football club has scored an own goal after it had to embarrassingly rename its stadium in honour of the DEVIL .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
Walking down the street in her local town, heads turn as Jessica Villafane passes by .
A toddler has shrugged off death an incredible 10 times thanks to his parents who revive him with the kiss of life every two weeks .
FROM ICE bubbles to boiling lava, these photographs highlight the stunning shapes and patterns found in nature .
THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .