Kabouter Mount Tom, Queensland, Australia
By mundoo on 01-Dec-10. Waypoint GA2830

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Well, this is another GCA moveable I think may have disappeared. I I drove up from Bundy (180klm round trip) so I had good long look before giving it away. After almost 4 years without a find, and with the grass up to my chest is some areas, I think it will take a big effort to find Kabouter....if he is still here. The area is also a storage area for the local road maintenance crews.....so who knows who may have discovered it....

Thanks anyway mundoo.....

Grabbed off Kevlyn and placed at the above co-ordinates

My sons and my very first find! So exciting... We didnt move him as i have no idea how to do the move and post the new co-ordinates etc...
Was still a thrill and we left him as we found him, we didnt actually touch him at all... got some pics though

Geo-caching has now been cemented into our lives

Finally we have him back out in the wild. Found a great spot beside the sea for him to sit an d watch the tide go in and out until his next transport arrives

Found this chap at an event in Brisbane, and was asked if I would take him north, back to the land of sugar, gingerbeer and rum. Sorry it has taken a while to place him, but I hope to have him out again later today.

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Found this guy at the event.

Thanks Mundoo

Spotted this one at our event.

Gaz'n'Kab

Visited with this nice gnome at the event today. I hope he finds a dry place to spend the night.

Spotted this one at the Brisbane Event today

he is so cute

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Seen at the meet n greet event

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Yay!! I'm going to a BBQ...hope someone will BBQ some musihrooms for me!!

Thought this littel guy might like a social outting to meet lots of cachers.So I grabbed him on the way to the BBQ Meet'n'Greet.

Thanks for the GeGnome, mundoo. Cheers, svn07

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While traveling south, I decided to pick up a gnome that I had left a near the Rappville turnoff on the Summerland Way. I was expecting to find Kabouter, but instead The Commando was waiting there to ambush me! A while back, both these gnomes were located in the same location, and one hitched a ride north – but it looks like their identities got switched somehow! Some cunning tactic from the Commando, no doubt! So, I have The Commando in my possession (not Kabouter as the website indicates). I’m logging him as found now so I can move him on during the week. The latest gallery pics of The Commando also confirm the switched identities, so I’m going to log Kabouter so it moves him to his current hiding spot.

Found a spot right beside the Summerland Way. Kabouter doesn't have to worry about being lonely either, he's right beside 'The Commando' (GA2795). Hopefully someone offers the boys a ride soon!

Yesterday, we had about 3 inches of rain in just a few hours, which usually cuts any causeways around here – and that’s just where I left Kabouter. What was once a trickling stream would have been turned into a raging torrent. Today I went to look for the little guy, and he was sadly missing from his hidey hole. I walked down stream with dim hopes, and when saw a little gnome like hat from under some twigs…there he was, still in one piece with a dry log book. I’ll relocate him soon to a dryer, more populous area – where hopefully he’ll be found soon.

Kabouter was in a much better mood today when I found him at a country school, long after the kiddies had gone home. Last time we left on terms that were less than satisfactory. Kabouter wanted to come back to Kyogle. I found a nice spot near the creek where I live (I don’t actually live IN the creek, just nearby). The creek level is down a long way but this time last month the spot where Kabouter rests was 10m underwater so I think if no one moves him in the next week I’ll take him back toward the coast. Even though the race finishes in a few hours, Kabouter look like new and has plenty of traveling left in him!

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He has moved and is refusing to help me re organise the room ready for the arrival of the children tomorrow. Said that he is no-one's slave. SO he is sitting out in the garden in the middle of a large staghorn waiting for someone who won't make him work to come along and collect him.

Found @1420 on Sun 30th. Taking him to help me rearrange my classroom. It will give him a few km and leave him located for others to find and move further.

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Since poor Kabouter has spent the past two days out in the hot sun I decided to take him to a lovely shaded area beside a bubbling little creek. This is one of my favorite spots and it always makes me feel calm, cool and relaxed. And if you get really lucky you get to see a plataypus in the pond that the creek feeds into!

Be advised: the co-ords were taking with a phone and so may be slightly out. I have added photos as an aide

Was glad to hear he had been found before us and not muggled

Went out early thismorning and picked him up. He chatted constantly with the kids about all the things he had seen and the places he'd been to. He did say he has been very hot the last couple of days and would like a shaded place. So he is resting with us for awhile and then he should be moving on again today.

Kabouter was impressed by the countryside he saw over south and wanted to see more. He toured around with us today while we were out and about and we dropped him off to enjoy a nice view.

Maybe we just beat you too it Nabarlek. We had too look hard as well as he was well hidden. It was hot out on the tracks today.

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Went searching for Kabouter thismorning but couldn't find him My daughter did find a suspiciously gnome like hole in the grass though so we are hoping he has been found and not logged yet.

I decided to take Kabouter to work today, but I got busy and had to leave him in the car. I apologised on our way home this evening, but my apology mustn’t have been good enough, as he demanded to get out of the car, and find an alternate means of transportation. I pulled over near the outskirts of Lismore, and Kabouter decided to try his luck at the train tracks – possibly hitching a ride from the next passing locomotive. I wished him well, and let him be. I didn’t have the heart to tell him that it’s been years since a train used these tracks! It might be an idea if someone could find him and give him a lift! I snapped a pic of him as he posed on the track.

While I was at work today, I received notification that a gnome had been sited close by. I ran out to the car to get the trusty GPS, and loaded in the co-ordinates. To my surpise and delight, he was only 50m away. I saw a logical spot, and searched through the ferns for a few minutes. As I approached Kabouter’s hiding spot, I caught glimpse of him, but there was a muggle standing very close by – waiting for someone in the nearby medical practice I assume.

“Excuse Me”, I said to the gent, “I’ve just got to get my gnome”.

The man just stared at me strangly as I picked him up and marched over to my car with him under my arm. He had to sit in the hot car while I finished work. I was only hoping my work mates didn’t see me with him, or I’d end up with all sorts of gnick-gnames. One we were safely home, I bought him inside to retire for the night.
I’ll drop him off somewhere else in Lismore tomorrow, as there is much to see in our area.

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After helping GeGnome 4 Gnorton find a spot to rest Kabouter went downtown with me. But after a very short while he complained about being hot. So we looked for a nice cool spot. Just what the gnome ordered was found in the cool shade of a large morten bay fig tree. Plenty of fishbone ferns to keep off the sun as well.

Found him very easily but getting in to extract him was a little more difficult. Specially with 4 muggle children riding their bikes around. However with Gnorton's assistance I managed to get him out of his hideaway and convince him to come south for a visit. He has now crossed the border and is no longer a banana bender but is now in mexican territory.
Photos shortly.

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petan

Rather foolishly I (1) took only the co-ords with me and didn't check the hint and (2) left it until dusk to go looking for Kabouter. I thought it had to be hidden in greenery but GPS kept pointing me to the tunnel. So I was in the right place but didn't know just where to hunt. I lifted lots of branches but not in the right place. You can be reassured that Kabouter will not be easily found! I would love to see that cheeky smile again.

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We were visiting friends in Merrimac when we drove past a park that Kabouter wanted to investigate.

"This is a great park", he said. "It has a spider web climbing frame, a troll bridge, a goblin cave, and best of all TWO....MUSHROOM....RINGS!", he added excitedly.

He didn't want to go and begged us to leave him there, assuring us that he'd be ok, so we left him playing in the park.

Good luck Kabouter, stay safe.... oh and now we can restock our mushroom supply.

Unlike Radnoski, gnomes don't stalk us.... we have to stalk them. We found this little guy's hiding place above the tunnel at Canungra but having forgotten our bag of mushrooms it was going to be hard to persuade him to come out.

Remembering some of the stories she learned as a Brownie Guide, Mrs Petan started telling tales of fairies and mushroom rings to distract Kabouter while Mr stalked a couple of likely hidey holes. I think it was in the middle of the "Tommy and Betty" story when Kabouter was so enthralled with the fable that Mr managed to grab him before he could run away.

He's very cross with us.. but we've managed to soothe his feelings with mushrooms when we got home.

Kabouter is suffering some tunnel vision however mushrooms grow in the dark, happy hunting little fellow

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Went out to check my home made container was waterproof after all the rain which it was. All of a sudden I had a hitchhiker. Normally would not stop for one but I made an exception in this case as his legs wouldnt carry him far. Have I got the spot for you......

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I was out the back of Nerang searching for a new cache called "Rocks I" GC2M34H.

After finding the cache I returned to the car. I opened the car door and out leaped Kabouter.

I managed to grab one photo before he headed into the bush to hide.

See ya little guy.

I swear that these little gnomes are stalking me.

This little guy ended up a couple of kilometers from my house so I decided to go track down the little fellow.

I grabbed a couple of juicy mushrooms and headed for the hiding spot.

I placed the mushrooms on the ground and waited. All of a sudden I saw a little blue hat heading for the mushrooms.

Got Ya!!! (The old "lure them out with mushrooms trick" gets them everytime.)

I will find him a new hiding spot soon.

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This little guy is just so cute and friendly he was no trouble at all. Made everyone get along and kept the peace. I should have released him before this but he was such good company for the other gnomes and they all had a great time over New Year, listening to the fireworks - I couldn't let them go into the heart of Surfers Paradise it just wasn't safe. Kabouter has been to the beach and made new friends and is ready to move on. He's near one of my Gold Coast caches GC24DQJ if you're on your way north from the Gold Coast. He's behind a stump under some bark.

Back today with fresh determination. Had just started my search when I was hailed by a couple with suspiciously familiar hardware in hand. They were The X-Trailers and they were hunting for GC 'Doug Jennings' nearby. Asked them to give me a hand looking for the Gnome and they turned it up in no time. We went on together to hunt for another GC cache. It is so much more fun caching with a team. So anyway I got a find for the Gnome and a find for meeting up with geocachers in the wild. Placed Kabouter in the car with Eromsil who was very glad to have a little gnome mate to talk to.

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Looked around for this little fellow today but no luck. Wind was very strong, and I was wet and stiff with salt spray from my walk along the seawall, so it was not the best day for geocaching. Decided I'd come back tomorrow if nobody had logged him by then.

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A quick visit to the spit at the Gold Coast, we decided this would be a good place for a gnome to rest, so we found a peaceful spot in a park near the broadwater.

We picked poor old Kabouter up during a bit of wet weather - it certainly wasn't pleasant weather at all. We are on our way down to the Gold Coast and will place him again as soon as we can.

A tale of three gnomes
It is well gnome that our little capped friends get up to mischief, but even I was unprepared for this evening’s events.
It started well enough... it was gnome time, so I clocked off and pulled out the GPSr and went looking for some little people. I gnome, I gnome, thats a little “P.C”, but you never gnome who reads the logs.
Anywho, I found three friends to accompany me on my journey. Heaven gnomes I tried hard to get a fourth, but Team Scoobster had already passed him on to another traveller. Some say its a misgnomer that these little fellas are full of beans, but mark my words, they are a handful.
Kabouter... yes, he has those “come hug me eyes”, and the girls fell for them straight away. It sure caused a ruckus! Make gnome mistake, he knows he is a looker, and gnomes how to use it.
Sneezy isnt much better. All shiney. Personally, I’ve gnome idea what he was trying to achieve but singing ABBA’s “gnoming me, gnoming you” really got the plane rocking – the captain come out and threatened to send him gnome ... without a parachute!!
GeGnome 4 has his pants around his ankles... what more can I say! Found myself closing my eyes, clicking my heels and repeating “there’s gnome place like gnome” over and over and over ....

Yippee... nearly went without you. NIce bridge

I had a bit of fun finding somewhere to hide this fella as he was a bit big for some of the spots I wanted to use. So I found a spot near the river where he could have a swinging time and watch you find a nearby cache.

We were here ast 8pm. HGL must have beaten us to it... well done

Nice hiding spot, and as I had to come down this way for a meeting tonight, very convenient. The only thing to decide is where to now? TFTGG

And yeah, sorry Chillibutts, he was picked up at about 6:45

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Found a spot that we thought would be just right for this gnome so we only had a short time to make his acquaintance. Travel safelygnome

Dropped by Rymill Park and found this fellow in an ideal gnome spot. Only made sense of the hint after I had spotted him. Took a quick couple of pics for posterity (one with Nisse who just happened to be along for the ride) and then off to lunch.

Moved to Rymill Park, a bit late for the Christmas picnic. When I saw this spot, I knew I had to hide one here.

gnome gnapped at 1015

Been to cricket at oval. Kaboulter got a bit grumpy. Somehow I think he'd rather be run around in mushrooms, so I set him free in a nearby openspace.

FTF @ 9:00 after a quick detour on my way to work.
Enjoying nature huh? Hope those aren't magic mushrooms!
Moving on ...

Have lots of fun my gnome friend