Gnome Graveyard - No More! Chapel Hill, Queensland, Australia
By
kolour on 16-Jun-21. Waypoint GC9CEM1
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Discovering that the recent burn off had destroyed the cache, today I went to replace it. I was amazed that it is a Gnome Graveyard no more! There are still a few pieces of the original gnomes but two new gnomes have appeared in a stick home which wasnt destroyed by the fire. I placed the replacement cache, a camouflaged bison, close to the gnomes.
Out for a walk with stairman1s and geodogs. With the fires through the area they are lucky to have survived. But the log book didnt TFTC
Found with goldielover while walking the dogs. Lovely spot here. Found the friends but the cache might need some care. There has been a burn off here. Missed the duo by millimetres. Everything else around is burnt.Tftc
Came by again this morning to share this nice little cache with Micjor. I came by a few weeks ago bit didn't have a pen to sign the log. Thanks for the cache.
26/7/2023 Find #6351
Solo Wednesday wanderings today, I decided to head back over this way and clear a few more caches from my list.
Having completed the nearby multi, I decided I could (hopefully) still manage this short walk, praying to the Mt Coot-tha gods that it didn’t have any significant up in it. And thankfully it didn’t.
I made my way around, also checking the waypoint of the original gnome find, but not seeing any remnants of gnome life there. However the same could not be said at the cache coordinates. A surprising and superb find here today! Well worthy of a favourite point. Tho I do wonder just what tho gnomes are up to!!
Thanks for the cache kolour.
Solo Wednesday wanderings today, I decided to head back over this way and clear a few more caches from my list.
Having completed the nearby multi, I decided I could (hopefully) still manage this short walk, praying to the Mt Coot-tha gods that it didn’t have any significant up in it. And thankfully it didn’t.
I made my way around, also checking the waypoint of the original gnome find, but not seeing any remnants of gnome life there. However the same could not be said at the cache coordinates. A surprising and superb find here today! Well worthy of a favourite point. Tho I do wonder just what tho gnomes are up to!!
Thanks for the cache kolour.
Thought I'd take the geodog for a short uneventful walk today. Found the cache exposed so after signing, tucked it a little further with some extra cammo. On return to the car though, it became eventuful with geodog excitedly seeing another dog, pulling me over and I hit the deck. Fortunately it was a slight tumble and only got covered in dust but broke my screen on the phone. Geodog was not concerned of course, he just loves being a dog! Tftc (screen fixed so ready for my next find!)
Thanks for the Cache! Easy to find, clean and tidy geo and some nice little bush bashing to get there!
This was my 5th and last target cache for the day. Having already walked to the top of the mountain and down again my phone and I were both low on battery. Thankfully this one was a fairly quick find so we had time and battery left to go gnome hunting. Unfortunately I didn't see any gnomes on the track today. I guess they're all in hiding, or dead. TFTC!
Coordinates changed from:
S 27° 29.449 E 152° 57.457
Coordinates changed to:
S 27° 29.444 E 152° 57.455
Distance from original: 32.6 feet or 9.9 meters.
Was walking past here this morning and checked on it. Coordinates seemed to be a few metres out, so have updated. Otherwise all is good.
Though there are notices for a burn sometime in March to August so I may have to disable then.
S 27° 29.449 E 152° 57.457
Coordinates changed to:
S 27° 29.444 E 152° 57.455
Distance from original: 32.6 feet or 9.9 meters.
Was walking past here this morning and checked on it. Coordinates seemed to be a few metres out, so have updated. Otherwise all is good.
Though there are notices for a burn sometime in March to August so I may have to disable then.
I woke up at 5:21am despite my alarm (mistakenly) being set for the PM slot. I took this as a sign to get up and get going. I grabbed the hound and headed out.
It was a perfect morning for a walk and I chose this one being the closest to my side of the mountain. The distance and terrain was perfect for a short walk. It got the heart pumping in bits but was not strenuous. Just a lovely way to start the day.
It was a beautiful sunrise as the hound and I approached GZ. There was a distinct geotrail heading to the cache so this has had some visitors. We walked in and saw something in the distance. Nothing sadder than a broken gnome.
TFTC kolour!
It was a perfect morning for a walk and I chose this one being the closest to my side of the mountain. The distance and terrain was perfect for a short walk. It got the heart pumping in bits but was not strenuous. Just a lovely way to start the day.
It was a beautiful sunrise as the hound and I approached GZ. There was a distinct geotrail heading to the cache so this has had some visitors. We walked in and saw something in the distance. Nothing sadder than a broken gnome.
TFTC kolour!
After attending the Sunrise Coffee event i decided to take a little loop walk and collect a few caches that have gathered along these track in the last (MAYBE) 10 years since I last caches on this side of the mountain.
A little searching required before the cache was discovered.
A little searching required before the cache was discovered.
A few caches today enjoying lighter than usual traffic.
In here the foot traffic was just me
Thank you for hiding this geocache kolour
Find number 24941
R
In here the foot traffic was just me
Thank you for hiding this geocache kolour
Find number 24941
R
Only 10 finds in five months? Where are all the keen FTF hunters, or do they lose interest if it's been found already. I can't talk, having only discovered this one was here a week or so ago - don't get notifications when caches are published! Anyway, not too far from home, and I needed an amble, so I printed of a small map of the nearby alleged tracks and set off. Took a wrong track, and started going away from GZ, so had to stagger up a mountain to reach the track right by the cache. doh! An easy find, but getting up off the log after signing wasn't easy. Returned to the road by the correct track. TFTC, kolour.
Out with IolantheK to collect a couple more Guitarists [^]
This one took IolantheK's fancy as it was all by its lonesome in a sea of her smileys [^]
Well that's what it looked like to me.
TFTC kolour
This one took IolantheK's fancy as it was all by its lonesome in a sea of her smileys [^]
Well that's what it looked like to me.
TFTC kolour
This afternoon T-Tech and I headed to Mount Coot-tha yet again to finish off the Great Guitarists series, well, for me at least 
After that we took the longer loop home via Kenmore so we could collect this cache as it is a lonely green box in a sea of smileys 
A reasonably easy wander on clear tracks brought us to GZ and T-Tech made the find. TFTC, kolour.
After that we took the longer loop home via Kenmore so we could collect this cache as it is a lonely green box in a sea of smileys A reasonably easy wander on clear tracks brought us to GZ and T-Tech made the find. TFTC, kolour.After a slothful week spent sitting on the couch and solving some puzzles, we were happy to be able to get out after 4 pm today when the lockdown lifted. it was late afternoon, however a short walk in the bush was definitely a tonic for the last week spent indoors.
We entered the bush from an area we are familiar with now after some time caching over the last years here in brisbane. It seemed like there were a few other families who had the same sentiments as us. There were people, mostly with their masks on, enjoying a little bit of freedom on an afternoon walk.
Heading to GZ, all was quiet, and with a short search, and keeping the theme of this cache name in mind, we soon had the container in our hands and the log signed.
We love the sentiments of this location and the possible imagined history of the little gnomes.
Thanks Kolour,
Domsky
We entered the bush from an area we are familiar with now after some time caching over the last years here in brisbane. It seemed like there were a few other families who had the same sentiments as us. There were people, mostly with their masks on, enjoying a little bit of freedom on an afternoon walk.
Heading to GZ, all was quiet, and with a short search, and keeping the theme of this cache name in mind, we soon had the container in our hands and the log signed.
We love the sentiments of this location and the possible imagined history of the little gnomes.
Thanks Kolour,
Domsky
I was awake very early today and decided to go for a wander over here.
Pretty sure I’ve never been exactly here before so it took a moment to find my preferred path in. It turned out to be a MTB track but I was confident no one would be cycling at this time of day.
After taking a slight shortcut to the GZ, I was startled by the appearance of 7 dwarves singing Hi ho, Hi ho as they went off to work in the mines… actually, it turned out to be 7 trail runners talking loudly as they ran along in the darkness, but their headlamps were certainly reminiscent of the Disney classic. I turned my light off and watched them pass. Perhaps if they’d seen me, they would have thought my purpose in being here as crazy as I thought theirs was.
Anyway, at GZ, I saw an obvious target but no cache came to hand, which was pretty depressing. I moped around for a while, really disappointed in a DNF and wondering what had happened.
However, as dawn broke, I could see another target very nearby, and sure enough, the ‘deconstructed’ gnome and accompanying cache were soon found. Quite a relief.
TFTC where all is OK. I nearly got clobbered by a MTB guy on the way out, but I jumped off the track in time.
Pretty sure I’ve never been exactly here before so it took a moment to find my preferred path in. It turned out to be a MTB track but I was confident no one would be cycling at this time of day.
After taking a slight shortcut to the GZ, I was startled by the appearance of 7 dwarves singing Hi ho, Hi ho as they went off to work in the mines… actually, it turned out to be 7 trail runners talking loudly as they ran along in the darkness, but their headlamps were certainly reminiscent of the Disney classic. I turned my light off and watched them pass. Perhaps if they’d seen me, they would have thought my purpose in being here as crazy as I thought theirs was.
Anyway, at GZ, I saw an obvious target but no cache came to hand, which was pretty depressing. I moped around for a while, really disappointed in a DNF and wondering what had happened.
However, as dawn broke, I could see another target very nearby, and sure enough, the ‘deconstructed’ gnome and accompanying cache were soon found. Quite a relief.
TFTC where all is OK. I nearly got clobbered by a MTB guy on the way out, but I jumped off the track in time.
{FTF} Was fortunate enough to have an afternoon off work. Was planning an outing with Greatjustgreat, and whilst we were deciding what to do, an email arrived listing a new cache a few kms away. Well the decision became easy after that.
We could see that the cache was in the Chapel Hill area, but knowing the Centenary Highway heading west is a car park after 2:30pm, we thought we would park at Mt Cootha and walk from there. We parked next to the track head and were on our way down the mountain. Have walked the first few hundred metres before for another cache. After that, the track straightened out, and headed down down down. Still in work shoes (time is of the essence when a FTF is at stake), I slipped and slid down the track. Wow, this would get the heart rate up on the return trip.
With failing light (and failing eyesight) we could just make out the path turns on the phone when at the bottom of the hill. The last section really just a track, but well trodden.
When close to GZ, We could see a few hiding spots and didn't take long to secure the logbook. Upon opening, we were delighted that it was still blank. We signed our names with the pencil provided, and stashed away again for the next finder.
Thanks very much for the cache kolour. Cheers
We could see that the cache was in the Chapel Hill area, but knowing the Centenary Highway heading west is a car park after 2:30pm, we thought we would park at Mt Cootha and walk from there. We parked next to the track head and were on our way down the mountain. Have walked the first few hundred metres before for another cache. After that, the track straightened out, and headed down down down. Still in work shoes (time is of the essence when a FTF is at stake), I slipped and slid down the track. Wow, this would get the heart rate up on the return trip.
With failing light (and failing eyesight) we could just make out the path turns on the phone when at the bottom of the hill. The last section really just a track, but well trodden.
When close to GZ, We could see a few hiding spots and didn't take long to secure the logbook. Upon opening, we were delighted that it was still blank. We signed our names with the pencil provided, and stashed away again for the next finder.
Thanks very much for the cache kolour. Cheers
