Digger Gnome Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia
By phlphotos on 01-Dec-15. Waypoint GA7710

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Type: Moveable
Container: Nano
Coordinates: S31° 20.991' E116° 46.124' (WGS 84)
  50J 478002E 6531601N (UTM)
Elevation: 210 m
Local Government Area: Goomalling

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Digger Gnome can't decide whether he is supposed to dig here so is waiting for further instructions 

Can you help him with his task

He is taking part in the GeGnome 2 game and would like to move as far as he can during 1/12/15 and 31/1/16

Rules of the game


  • Caches must be found and hidden by the same geocacher (i.e. no mailing the GeGnome to another geocacher to hide).

  • There is no limit to the number of times a geocacher can find / move the GeGnome provided there are at least two other finds / moves in between.

  • If a geocacher moves your GeGnome overseas and it remains unfound overseas for 1 week or more, the GeGnome mover may move your GeGnome back to the country of origin without breaking the "2 moves" rule.

  • There is no limit to the distance other geocachers can move the GeGnome.

For more information go to http://geocaching.com.au/dragonzone/game/gegnome_ii/

You can follow the progress on

http://geocaching.com.au/dragonzone/game/gegnome_ii/ladder/

Thanks for playing

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Logs

A review of this moveable shows the cache may have been collected from its currently listed co-ords, however it has not been relocated. The previous finder was contacted regarding the cache however it has not been re-located. As a result, we are archiving the cache to stop cachers looking for a cache that is obviously not at the listed co-ords. This is also done to keep the Geocaching Australia database clean and up to date,

If the cache owner can confirm that the cache has be relocated, they can post an unarchive log and the cache will be back in the game.
 
Reading previous logs, this moveable may still be in location OR may have been found, removed and not relocated yet. We know moveables can sometimes be forgotten / missed / left in the bottom of a caching bag, so a check has been undertaken on this one.

An update will be posted within 28 days….
 
20-Jan-19
Cache was found in the hands of Chwiliwr and the better half after their hot long trip out into the wheatbelt yesterday.

Thanks for the moveable cache.
 
20-Jan-19
Cache was found in the hands of Chwiliwr and the better half after their hot long trip out into the wheatbelt yesterday.

Thanks for the moveable cache.
 
19-Jan-19
Chwiliwr and I went for a long hot drive out into the wheatbelt today to pick up some moveable caches, a few trigs and a couple of traditional GCA caches. There was a couple of GC caches in their as well. This was one of them.

Cache was picked up to be moved by Chwiliwr soon.

Thanks phlphotos for the cache.
 
19-Jan-19
The better half and I went for a drive in the wheatbelt doing mainly GCA caches.

This cache had been here long enough and as we were passing picked it up to move elsewhere at a later date.

Cache found without problems.

Thanks phlphotos for the cache.
 
24-Jun-18
Moved 297.69km
Time to catch up and log all the moves made for the large number of moveable caches that we have accumulated over the last months.

On the trip out into the wheatbelt the better half and I dropped off a number of moveable caches along the way in between finding both GC and GCA caches.
 
06-Jun-18
I was being looked after by Chwiliwr and the better half for the day at their place and whilst there saw a whole big group of moveable caches that were being organised for a move somewhere by my grandparents so played with them for a bit before they were packed up. (Those that were not too fragile to be played with.)

Thanks for the cache.
 
30-Apr-18
The better half and I took Gwiber for a drive to Bunbury and beyond to do some GCA moveable recovery and a couple of the new caches as well.

'Found' this cache in the hands of tbh after Gwiber 'dropped' it in Bridgetown.

Thanks for the cache.
 
30-Apr-18
'Picked Up' this moveable after Gwiber had dropped whilst we had a break before heading home again.

Moveable will be dropped closer to home soon.

Thanks for the cache.
 
30-Apr-18
Moved 42.85km
dropped off for tbh to pick up
 
30-Apr-18
Chwiliwr and the better half took me on a GCA caching trip to Bunbury and further south to pick up some moveables and do some other GCA caches along the way.

This moveable was one of the ones collected on the trip.

Thanks for the cache.
 
28-Jan-18
Moved 196.01km
On the move again in the south west Dancing
 
06-Jan-18
In my hands Very Happy
 
17-Nov-17
Moved 39.88km
Back out in the wild with some friends I'm a Gnome, duh!Clan Minotaur
 
28-Oct-17
Found today at the Moveable and Mystery Madness event.
Thanks to all the cachers who brought all these moveables along.
 
28-Oct-17
Found at Whiteman Park event.
 
28-Oct-17

Found today at the Moveable and Mystery Madness event.
Thanks to all the cachers who gathered up all these moveables.
 
28-Oct-17
Attended the very enjoyable GCA Moveable & Mystery Madness event (GA10647) in Whiteman Park today with Chwiliwr and Gwawr. We found this cache with all the other moveable caches that were brought to the event by the various GCA cachers in attendence. There were also a couple found not actually at the event.
Thanks for the cache.
 
28-Oct-17
Attended the very enjoyable GCA Moveable & Mystery Madness event (GA10647) in Whiteman Park today with Chwiliwr and Gwawr. We found this cache with all the other moveable caches that were brought to the event by the various GCA cachers in attendence. There were also a couple found not actually at the event.
Thanks for the cache.
 
28-Oct-17
Attended the very enjoyable GCA Moveable & Mystery Madness event (GA10647) in Whiteman Park today with tbh and Gwawr. We found this cache with all the other moveable caches that were brought to the event by the various GCA cachers in attendence. There were also a couple found not actually at the event.
Thanks for the cache.
 
28-Oct-17
Discovered 'Digger Gnome' at the Moveable & Mystery Madness Event held in Whiteman Park. The forecast was for rain but we were blessed with good weather for the day. A small but dedicated group of geocachers and a couple of new faces attended and exchanged stories of caches found and missed. Many thanks Phlphotos for the cache.
 
28-Oct-17
Found at Whiteman Park event.
 
28-Oct-17
Discovered at event GA10647.
 
12-Oct-17
Moved 1.96km
NOT at above coordinates.
Awaiting "Moveable & Mystery Madness" event GA10647
 
09-Oct-17
In my hands Dancing and happy to report is in good condition.
Thank you for the cache phlphotos

According to Wikipedia...
A gnome / noʊm is a diminutive spirit in Renaissance magic and alchemy, first introduced by Paracelsus in the 16th century and later adopted by more recent authors including those of modern fantasy literature. Its characteristics have been reinterpreted to suit the needs of various story tellers, but it is typically said to be a small humanoid that lives underground.
The word comes from Renaissance Latin gnomus, which first appears in the Liber de Nymphis, Sylvanis, Pygmaeis, Salamandris, et Gigantibus etc. by Paracelsus, published posthumously in Nysa in 1566 (and again in the Johannes Huser edition of 1589–1591 from an autograph by Paracelsus).
The term may be an original invention of Paracelsus, possibly deriving the term from Latin gēnomos (itself representing a Greek γη-νομος, literally "earth-dweller"). In this case, the omission of the ē is, as the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) calls it, a blunder. Paracelsus uses Gnomi as a synonym of Pygmæi and classifies them as earth elementals. He describes them as two spans high, very reluctant to interact with humans, and able to move through solid earth as easily as humans move through air.
The chthonic, or earth-dwelling, spirit has precedents in numerous ancient and medieval mythologies, often guarding mines and precious underground treasures, notably in the Germanic dwarves and the Greek Chalybes, Telchines or Dactyls.
The English word is attested from the early 18th century. Gnomes are used in Alexander Pope's "The Rape of the Lock". The creatures from this mock-epic are small, celestial creatures which were prudish women in their past-lives, and now spend all of eternity looking out for prudish women (in parallel to the guardian angels in Catholic belief). Other uses of the term gnome remain obscure until the early 19th century, when it is taken up by authors of Romanticist collections of fairy tales and becomes mostly synonymous with the older word goblin.
Pope's stated source, the French satire Comte de Gabalis (1670), used the term gnomide to refer to female gnomes (often "gnomid" in English translations).
In 19th century fiction, the chthonic gnome became a sort of antithesis to the more airy or luminous fairy. Nathaniel Hawthorne in Twice-Told Tales (1837) contrasts the two in "Small enough to be king of the fairies, and ugly enough to be king of the gnomes" (cited after OED). Similarly, gnomes are contrasted to elves, as in William Cullen Bryant's Little People of the Snow (1877), which has "let us have a tale of elves that ride by night, with jingling reins, or gnomes of the mine" (cited after OED).
One of the first movements in Mussorgsky's 1874 work Pictures at an Exhibition, named "Gnomus" (Latin for "The Gnome"), is written to sound as if a gnome is moving about, his movements constantly changing in speed.
Franz Hartmann in 1895 satirized materialism in an allegorical tale entitled Unter den Gnomen im Untersberg. The English translation appeared in 1896 as Among the Gnomes: An Occult Tale of Adventure in the Untersberg. In this story, the Gnomes are still clearly subterranean creatures, guarding treasures of gold within the Untersberg mountain.
As a figure of 19th century fairy tales, the term gnome became largely synonymous with other terms for "little people" by the 20th century, such as goblin, brownie, kobold, leprechaun, Heinzelmännchen and other instances of the "domestic spirit" type, losing its strict association with earth or the underground world.
The name gnome has been used in the Fantasy genre, typically in a cunning role, e.g. as an inventor.
In L. Frank Baum's Oz series, the Nomes (so spelled), especially their king, are the chief adversaries of the Oz people. They are ugly, hot-tempered, immortal, round-bodied with spindly legs and arms, have long beards and wild hair, live underground, and are the militant protectors/ hoarders of jewels and precious metals; Baum does not depict any female gnomes. Ruth Plumly Thompson, who continued the series after Baum's death, reverted to the traditional spelling.
In C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia, gnomes, or "Earthmen" as they are sometimes called, live in the Underland, a series of subterranean caverns. Unlike the traditional, more humanlike gnomes, they can have a wide variety of physical features and skin colours. They are used as slaves by the Lady of the Green Kirtle.
J. R. R. Tolkien, in the legendarium surrounding his Elves, uses "Gnomes" as the initial and later dropped name of the Noldor, the most gifted and technologically minded of his elvish races, in conscious exploitation of the similarity with the word gnomic. Gnome is thus Tolkien's English loan-translation of the Quenya word Noldo (plural Noldor), "those with knowledge". Tolkien's "Gnomes" are generally tall, beautiful, dark-haired, light-skinned, immortal, and typically wise but suffer from pride, tend towards violence, and have an overweening love of the works of their own hands, particularly gemstones. Many of them live in cities below ground (Nargothrond) or in secluded mountain fortresses (Gondolin). He uses "Gnomes" to refer to both males and females. In The Father Christmas Letters, which Tolkien wrote for his children, Red Gnomes are presented as helpful creatures who come from Norway to the North Pole to assist Father Christmas and his Elves in fighting the wicked Goblins.
The Dutch books Gnomes and The Secret Book of Gnomes, written by Wil Huygen, deal with gnomes living together in harmony. These same books are the basis for a made-for-TV animated film and the Spanish-animated series The World of David the Gnome (as well as the spin-off Wisdom of the Gnomes).
In J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, gnomes are pests that inhabit the gardens of witches and wizards. They are small creatures with heads that look like potatoes on small stubby bodies. Gnomes are generally considered harmless but mischievous and may bite with sharp teeth. In the books it is stated that the Weasleys are lenient to gnomes, and tolerate their presence, preferring to throw them out of the garden, rather than more extreme measures.
In Terry Brooks' Shannara Series gnomes are an offshoot race created after the Great Wars. There are several distinctive classes of gnomes. Gnomes are the smallest race. In The Sword of Shannara they are considered to be tribal and warlike, the one race that can be the most easily subverted to an evil cause. This is evidenced by their allegiance to the Warlock Lord in The Sword of Shannara and to the Mord Wraiths in The Wishsong of Shannara.
In the Warcraft franchise, particularly as featured in the MMORPG World of Warcraft, gnomes are a race of beings separate from but allied to dwarves and humans, with whom they share the lands of the Eastern Kingdoms. Crafty, intelligent, and smaller than their dwarven brethren, gnomes are one of two races in Azeroth regarded as technologically savvy. It is suggested in lore that the gnomes originally were mechanical creations that at some point became organic lifeforms. In World of Warcraft, gnomes are an exile race, having irradiated their home city of Gnomeregan in an unsuccessful last-ditch effort to drive out marauding foes.
BB's The Little Grey Men (1942) is a story of the last gnomes in England, little wild men who live by hunting and fishing.
After World War II (with early references, in ironic use, from the late 1930s) the diminutive figurines introduced as lawn ornaments during the 19th century came to be known as garden gnomes. The image of the gnome changed further during the 1960s to 1970s, when the first plastic garden gnomes were manufactured. These gnomes followed the style of the 1937 depiction of the seven dwarves in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Disney. This "Disneyfied" image of the gnome was built upon by the illustrated children's book classic The Secret Book of Gnomes (1976), in the original Dutch Leven en werken van de Kabouter. Garden gnomes share a resemblance to the Scandinavian tomte and nisse, and the Swedish term "tomte" can be translated as "gnome" in English.
 
07-Oct-17
Moved 13.1km
getting ready for event NOT at the coordinates
 
07-Oct-17
found
 
05-Oct-17
Moved 0km
went to the beach and came back again
 
08-Sep-17
off to the beach
 
31-Aug-17
Moved 2727.44km
Digging it up out West
 
12-Jul-17
Now in my safe hands, about to travel to Perth WA.
 
08-Jun-17
Picked up while in the area. I'll try to not hold on to him too long this time.
Thanks phlphotos for the gnome
 
31-May-17
Moved 201.93km
Little Digger decided he liked the idea of a giant sandpit so hopped down from the board walk to have some fun with his spade.
 
29-May-17
Discovered this little man peering anxiously over the edge of a high stump. We offered him a lift and he was pleased to be moving on at last.
 
20-Sep-16
Moved 197.74km
I hope you can enjoy some wine here
 
18-Sep-16
GCA 1226 - 13118.

Discovered this moveable at the 'Surf Coast Event Information comes to you' Event in Canberra today.

Nice to see some of these ones still active and moving !

TFTC !!
 
18-Sep-16
Discovered at the Surf Coast Information Event in Canberra. Very cool - thanks for sharing! Clan Cerberus
 
01-Sep-16
Nabbed this one..... where shall you go next?
 
27-Aug-16
Moved 10.78km
Dropped but already gone.

Thanks for the moveable.
 
27-Aug-16
Picked up as it was dropped.
 
27-Aug-16
Moved 16.55km
Dropping off ALREADY PICKED UP Smile
 
16-Aug-16
Picked up as part of an interstate prisoner exchange
 
16-Aug-16
Moved 473.69km
Dropped off as part of a prisoner exchange! I'm a Gnome, duh!Clan Cerberus
 
12-Aug-16
Collected and ready for a trip south. I'm a Gnome, duh!Clan Cerberus
 
07-Aug-16
Moved 3.37km
All prisoners collected and ready for Transport interstate this coming week!

Note: Caches are not here. They are nearby but will be in transit
 
06-Aug-16
I've recollected this in preparation for an interstate Prisoner Exchange Program that will occur in the next week or so. Thanks Just A Cacher & Black Bunny!
 
30-Jul-16
Out doing some errands today and thought that we would grab this moveable while we were in the area.

A quick park and grab here.

Thanks for the moveable phlphotos
 
30-Jul-16
Out and about for a quick find.

Thanks, PHLPHOTOS!
 
26-Jul-16
Moved 8.55km
 
22-Jul-16
Happy to have collected this today, and met another cacher!

Will move on soon Smile
 
28-May-16
Missed out on searching for this cache today, went passed the location and couldn't readily u-turn.

Also I didn't know if it was at this location as the log sounded like it was taken with the cacher.
 
12-May-16
So many moveables so little time. Oh well grabbed. Will move on soon.

Thanks
Albida
 
25-Apr-16
Moved 7.61km
Down and gone just like that. Quick to move on once again..... Very HappyI'm a Gnome, duh!Clan Cerberus
 
17-Apr-16
#GA926 - 09:45; Collected this recent arrival from the CITO Event at Weston Park today. Might have a rest before a move on the long weekend! TFTC phlphotos Very HappyClan Cerberus
 
17-Apr-16
Moved 247.74km
Dropped at todays event and moved on already.....
 
10-Apr-16
Great lookout here....but then I headed down hill a bit and soon had this guy in hand. Will be heading off to a cooler climate shortly.

Thanks PHLPHOTOS......another moveable in the bag.
 
27-Feb-16
Moved 64.4km
Rolled down a hill
 
18-Feb-16
Picked up
 
16-Feb-16
Moved 111.78km
Hi phlphotos. Digger Gnome has found a new place to hang out with friends. He couldn't help but get stuck into a bit of gardening here as it was liking a but messy. He may get some fishing in whilst here too. Smile
 
Went on a very walk in Leura tonight - I was going to do the night cache here but being alone, female and in a dust cloud that made it hard to see where I was walking with the headlamp, I only got a few steps in and gave up. Found some new friends nearby though!

Being isolated for the duration of the GeGnome race, I was pretty chuffed to find so many GeGnomes in one night. So, not sure if they were wanting to go home or not, but they are off on another adventure now.
 
31-Jan-16
Moved 32.47km
A last hurried move back down the mountains before the end of the race.
 
31-Jan-16
Got you, now for a very quick trip before the end.
 
31-Jan-16
Moved 30.64km

Yet another journey far out west . . .

 
29-Jan-16

Another find of a familiar gegnome, quite close to home!

 
27-Jan-16
Moved 18.99km
Currently residing in Leura.
 
27-Jan-16
Next step...Leura.
 
25-Jan-16
Moved 26.95km
moved to Springwood to see where off to next
 
22-Jan-16
picked up from Windsor will move soon
 
18-Jan-16
Moved 14.18km
This gnome along with GA7927 have found a home together under the bushes near the Luke Worsley Memorial Bridge which is part of a river walk in Windsor. Luke was a soldier from the local area who was killed in action in Afghanistan 23 Nov. 2007
Be mindful of muggles as the path is a popular walking path

If you are reading the memorial plaque they are under the closest bush (rear)
 
17-Jan-16
Found at the 8th annual Hills event, but left him for someone else to move along.
 
17-Jan-16
Discovered in a GeGnome gathering at the GC 8th Annual Hills Geo event at Rouse Hill.
 
17-Jan-16
Found at the event this morning.
 
17-Jan-16
Found at the 8th Hills Geocaching Event
 
17-Jan-16
Found at the 8th Annual Hills Geocaching Event
Took him home to relocate to a new area
 
17-Jan-16
Moved 39.42km
Heading for the Hills
 
13-Jan-16
Grabbed this little one too. He was sure glad to see his mates.
 
30-Dec-15
Moved 102.24km
Digger has made his way to Clwydd just in time to catch transportation to his assignment.
 
30-Dec-15
Another refugee from the big smoke, but no fear he will be on his way almost instantly!
 
30-Dec-15
Moved 20.8km

Off for a temporary re-grouping in Clwydd . . .
 
29-Dec-15

Thanks to my old friend Baktrak . . . long time, no see . . . I'm having a gnome party this evening! Very Happy

 
28-Dec-15
Moved 76.63km
Digger wanted a rest from the excitement of the bus gang and jumped off at Blackheath.
 
28-Dec-15
Grabbed and loaded onto the west-bound geobus. Bye now.
 
23-Dec-15
Moved 17.99km
Now the rain has stopped it's time to get these guys back on the road again in the northern suburbs. This one is in a regular spot that should be easy to find (though parking can be tricky during the day).
 
21-Dec-15
Came on a Rookwood run to gather 8 moveables, but left 7 there. Thanks phlphotos for a gnew gnome.
 
20-Dec-15
Moved 93.54km
Moved to an old favorite spot, I had in mind to go further but This is as far as I could go due to the stifling heat.
 
19-Dec-15
Another visit to headquarters for new instructions, transport to new location will be organized soon.

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18-Dec-15
Moved 31.32km

Digger Gnome has made a pit stop in Clwydd . . .
 
17-Dec-15

Another nice gnome from phlphotos. Many thanks.

And thanks too to TC for the move up the mountains.
 
17-Dec-15
Moved 9.64km
Left in Leura for a local cacher.
 
14-Dec-15
After finish cleaning up the house, I had time for two quick finds close to home. This was the second.

TFTC.
 
12-Dec-15
Moved 57.64km
Digger Gnome has found a new hidding place.
 
11-Dec-15
Another Gnome to be moved up the mountains!
 
10-Dec-15
Moved 3.5km
Moved amongst friends
 
09-Dec-15
took from the site to move with some more friends
 
04-Dec-15
Moved 0.04km
I'm a Gnome, duh!
Thank you for jumping the fence and helping dig in the soil laboratory today.
Time for us to leave work so I will put you out for the night and someone else to fine.
I'm a Gnome, duh!
Safe travels and remember Dial Before You Dig
 
04-Dec-15
Come along little Digger I'm a Gnome, duh!, it's time for you to mave along
 
 
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