Gnome Chwiliwr #1 Western Australia, Australia
By Chwiliwr on 01-Dec-15. Waypoint GA5258

GeGnome ][ Electric Boogaloo - A gnomes tale

From the 1st December 2015 to the 31st January 2016 there is a competition of astro-gnomical proportions!

Gnomes all around Australia will race around the world accumulating finds, moves and distance in order for their owner to be crowned GeGnomic King or Queen!

You can help me and my gnome by finding and moving it along.  Please read the rules and what to do below ... and most importantly, have fun!

Rules of the game

• Your GeGnome must be a genuine, bone fide garden gnome. It may be store bought or hand crafted.
• Caches for the competition must be published on 1 December 2015 Australian Eastern Daylight Time (Geocaching Australia Time).
• Geocaching Australia has the facility to automatically publish your GeGnome on 1 December 2015.
• The game administrators decision is final.
• You may find and move your own GeGnome during the game period.
• 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.

Etiquette

• Avoid rehiding a GeGnome far from active geocachers territory as it basically exits the gnome from the race
• When rehiding a GeGnome get good co-ordinates. Seriously. Don't dump and run. Get co-ords as you would a permanent GeGnome.
• When making your log against a GeGnome include a good hint so the finder can identify whether it's been moved, muggled or just a bad GPS day.
• This is a challenge of moving GeGnomes along, not trying to make them impossible to find, so help you fellow players out by making the task enjoyable
• Please avoid hiding movable caches near existing Groundspeak or Geocaching Australia geocaches. At Groundspeak geocaches they go missing as rubbish or taken as trades. At Geocaching Australia geocaches the other geocache ends up travelling as well which it's not supposed to. So please find a location away from any existing geocaches (except of course other movable geocaches) to keep the GeGnomes in play for as long as possible.

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