Turbo West Pymble, New South Wales, Australia
By fluffyfish on 01-Dec-15. Waypoint GA7760

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Type: Moveable
Container: Small
Coordinates: S33° 45.821' E151° 8.208' (WGS 84)
  56H 327450E 6262486N (UTM)
Elevation: 82 m
Local Government Area: Ku-ring-gai

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Description

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. Check the wiki for how to achieve this.

  • 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.






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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

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Hints

Haqre yrnirf arkg gb ebpx jnyy va tneqra arne gjva gehaxrq gerr.
ROT 13: ABCDEFGHIJKLM
NOPQRSTUVWXYZ
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Logs

23-Jun-19
Not where he had been left, his friends were there but he wasn't.
 
23-Feb-19
Moved 1645.37km
Hidden in a park in Sydney withh a couple of friends.
 
13-Jan-19
Picked this little guy up as he has been sitting here for nearly 18 months - it was not a good place to leave him.
He is now nestled in our car with a couple of other movables and is heading east.
 
31-Aug-17
Moved 1632.38km
I recon you will enjoy this area – enjoy the drive down here
S31º 51.550 E133º 40.514
 
08-Jul-17
Hello – nice to meet you. Found in the hands of HansJJ. SmileVery HappyClan Griffin
 
08-Jul-17
Yellow – nice to meet you. Found in the hands of HansJJ. CoolVery HappyClan Griffin
 
24-Jun-17
Asked at the last minute to do a long shift on Friday night finishing 6 am Saturday morning & this being my 2nd last week before I am transferred to another location. Effectively my last night shift for some time – I wanted to do some caching before coming home – so loaded 3 off movables into GPS & see what happens. Looked on computer to see when first light is & that is 6.33am. arrived at Parramatta park at 6.20am so still very dark. So, a LED torch & off I went. It’s very interesting doing this in the dark & cache location being under tree cover made it more interesting – I MUST thank rogerw3 Very Happy for very accurate co-ordinate’s & a good hint – made the hunt a lot easier in the darkness of the morning. It was great to retrieve Turbo. Clan Griffin
Will be moving further afield.
 
12-Jun-17
Moved 8.09km
Moved only a little bit further West for a quick move one hopes!
 
12-Jun-17
Got you, not a hard find since this is a well used spot!
Thanks for the cache.
 
12-Jun-17
Found today with Roger, left with him to relocate . I knew something was afoot when he changed our usual lunch date from Penrith to Lidcombe! We did make it to lunch in Parramatta a bit later.
 
27-May-17
Moved 241.07km
Down and ready to be found again..... Very HappyClan Cerberus
 
26-May-17
Picked up for a trip north and perhaps some warmer weather. Very HappyClan Cerberus
 
22-May-17
Moved 2.73km
Dropped and ready to go again...
 
22-May-17
Found this one in fitzy's hands as he prepared to release it into the wild again...

TFTC !!
 
08-May-17
GCA 1493. Came home and found this little guy waiting on my doorstep - nice !

Will relocate asap.

TFTC !!
 
06-May-17
Moved 563.06km
Down and already collected. Will be relocated soon.....
 
04-May-17
After a long drive around the country I was happy to locate this moveable in Canberra in the hands of another cacher.

Thanks
Albida
 
03-Apr-17
Grabbed, will move on soon...
 
30-Jul-16
Moved 561.34km
We left Turbo enjoying the sun on a bank overlooking the highway
 
26-Jul-16
Turbo was waiting with his friends and was pleased to joinsome other moveables in our car. We will move him on soon.
Thanks for this moveable cache Fluffyfish it is still in good condition.
 
09-Jul-16
Moved 15.01km
 
28-Jun-16
Found on a quick afternoon run.

Thanks for the cache Fluffyfish
 
28-Jun-16
Found when Black Bunny brought home two bags full of movables - that's the second time this week!
 
31-May-16
Moved 3.37km
Moving on. Apologies for the delay
 
28-May-16
Feeling really cranky, you travel all this this way to collect caches and people don't log that they have taken them, or they've had them in their possession for months. Brick WallBrick Wall No consideration. Ruins the game!!! and it's unfair. ..... i'm just cranky because there are supposed to be 86 movables in the ACT to date and I can't access the majority of them and I'm fining this to be the case most of the time. Right or wrong from what I can see I can see why cachers don't bother too much about Geocaching Australia caches.

Found another cache at the same location. Gotta be a bonus. Smile
 
16-May-16
All of a Sudden, my inbox filled with Alerts that a bunch of moveables were nearby!

Could it be?! I went outside, and as I did, a car bearing caches came by and dropped them at GZ! How good is that!
 
14-May-16
Moved 11.38km
Down and gone once more! Clan Cerberus
 
14-May-16
#GA936 - 10:15; I saw a posse of old and new moveables had arrived in Canberra and have been keeping an eye out for them. I missed my chance to grab them on the first drop, but got the good oil early this morning and headed out to grab them. TFTC fluffyfish Very HappyI'm a Gnome, duh!Clan Cerberus
 
14-May-16
Moved 7.18km
Down and ready....
 
11-May-16
Close-ish to home so a quick drive had these new tenants of the ACT in hand.

Another neat looking moveable. Thanks Fluffyfish...will be moved on shortly.
 
11-May-16
Moved 163.8km
 
30-Apr-16
Found with a collection of other movables at Radium Park on a pleasant afternoon while having a cuppa.

Thanks Fluffyfish
 
30-Apr-16
Found with a posse of other movables at Radium Park. Thanks, Tuena!
Lovely day, great spot, delightful movables!
 
27-Apr-16
Moved 152.39km
A trip down the mountains and then down the coast for delivery to the local cacher, don't bother looking this is gone already.
 
27-Apr-16
Found in the hands of Rogerw3 who kindly delivered this & nine others having travelled by train - a 12 hour round trip which is still in progress. Very much appreciated.
 
22-Apr-16
Discovered in the Trig Gnome (rogerw3) haversack ...
 
13-Apr-16
There you are, time to come home and plan your next move.
 
12-Apr-16
Moved 30.65km

Off to the Vale of Clwydd . . .
 
10-Apr-16

A new moveable for moi! Thanks to phlphotos for the transport!
 
09-Apr-16
Moved 67.65km
Now there are 3 gnomes an angel & their getaway car hiding out in Leura. Good luck on your travels.
 
02-Apr-16
Lovely discovery of lots of moveables in Windsor today. Beautiful day for a spot of caching with Lucky1955, alnic39 & phlphotos.
 
02-Apr-16
spotted in the hands of phlphotos whilst meeting at Windsor
 
02-Apr-16
Found at a meeting of like-minded people by the river at Windsor.
 
28-Mar-16
Found him hanging around Rookwood Cemetary decided that he needed to meet some more travellers so picked him up to move elsewhere. Thanks for the moveable fluffyfish
 
12-Mar-16
Moved 18.43km
So sorry but Turbo has finally found a new home.
 
07-Feb-16
Picked up this cute little guy on our way to another cache. He's now resting up in my garage and will be back out soon on his journey.
 
07-Feb-16
Nabbed this one whilst on the way to another nearby cache. Bit of a bonus. Cute little fellow which was left with Tronador to move along somewhere.
 
24-Jan-16
Moved 30.28km
Moved to a nice spot overlooking a pond
 
15-Jan-16
Picked up this wobbly gnome today whilst out doing the Australian Jamboree series. Will move him on to a new hiding spot soon! TFTC!
 
12-Jan-16
Moved 3245.56km
Dropped while at AJ2016.
Went for a walk to find some local caches and drop off some moveable gnomes.
Camp has been in lockdown for the last week due to media attacks.
Managed to escape this morning to drop off last few moveables. Very HappyVery Happy
 
29-Dec-15
Picking up the missus from her trip OS.
Had a bit of time to kill so grabbed a few gnomes to move along.
Found with some of his kin Very HappyDancing
 
23-Dec-15
Moved 24.29km
Anyone flying out of T3 via Qantas or Jetstar?
May I tag along for the ride?
I'm hiding in the main car park.
 
22-Dec-15
In my hands Clapping
 
20-Dec-15
Moved 37.23km
Hiding in rocks with some other gnomes and a frog. Follow the track from Thompson Road to within a few a metres of GZ. There's a nice spot to cool off not far from GZ.
 
19-Dec-15
In my hands again
 
19-Dec-15
Moved 3.31km
resting at the base of a large tree
 
18-Dec-15
found turbo
 
17-Dec-15
Moved 17.59km
Been hanging around my speakers far to long and needed a bit of time out, so am laying under some mulch next to a brick wall where one of my other mates was left awhile back. I'm a Gnome, duh!I'm a Gnome, duh!Cool
 
12-Dec-15
I spotted this one today at The Great Gnome Grouping event, a really fun event with a lot of different types of games going on. The gnomes were all hanging out on a table inside and I tried to remember to sign the log for the ones that had them. Thanks for the cache Fluffyfish!
 
12-Dec-15
Found at the Great Gnome Grouping
 
12-Dec-15
Found my own gnome at the event today.
 
12-Dec-15
Discovered this one at the Gnome event this morning. I'm a Gnome, duh!Clan Minotaur
 
12-Dec-15
Found at the 'Great Gnome Grouping' event.
 
12-Dec-15
Discovered Turbo the Gnome at a local gegnome event in Como.
 
12-Dec-15
found at the great gnome event
 
12-Dec-15
Back with me for some more fun and sounds!
 
12-Dec-15
Moved 11.22km
dropped him off at the event
 
12-Dec-15
found at the event
 
08-Dec-15
Found on a walk with megawat60, and he will find another gnome home for him!
Ribbit
 
08-Dec-15
Went for a nice walk a-gnoming this afternoon with m4yb, found this guy quite intermit with a decoy duck, so have rescued him to sit with my fav speakers and have a listen later on tonight before allowing him back out again.
 
07-Dec-15
Moved 26.79km
After a grueling bike ride across the grass Turbo has decided to stay here.
 
07-Dec-15
In the car with the seat warmers on.
 
06-Dec-15
Moved 20.78km
Turbo is hanging out with Blake the Frog in the hollow base of a tree. Blake will hoping to catch a lift with whoever picks up Turbo.
I'm a Gnome, duh!I'm a Gnome, duh!Clan MinotaurClan MinotaurClan MinotaurI'm a Gnome, duh!I'm a Gnome, duh!Ribbit
 
06-Dec-15
Grrr, has he gone already? Found the place which I think is the spot as per the hint but gnobody home.
Consolation, I got back to the GeoJazz before another shower of rain.
QuestionRibbit
 
06-Dec-15
In my hands. *FTF*
 
05-Dec-15
Just to be clear, I didn't claim the find but I have moved it.

Just want to get this very naughty gnome moving!
 
05-Dec-15
Agree with ROSS1957 on the rules interpretation and IMO it wouldn't be outside the spirit to claim the find as there were three DNFs.
 
05-Dec-15
the ruled say you can find and move your own gnome. But doesn't say when. So iy should be fine.
 
05-Dec-15
And apparently I can't change the starting coords so the move has accumulated some kms and move. May a higher power strike me down if this becomes significant in the future. Apologies as this wasn't intended.
 
05-Dec-15
Now at this location
 
05-Dec-15
Turbo was there all along. There were two burnt trees. Clearly not easy to find. He will be relocated today. Sorry for the non clear hint.
 
04-Dec-15
Will check tomorrow in case I completely mucked up the coords. If not, I will archive.
 
02-Dec-15
Might as well add my not find as well
 
01-Dec-15
No joy for me here - it was obvious that someone had been there before me though.
 
01-Dec-15
 
30-Nov-15
Didn't find this little fellow in the dark although the mozzies found us.
 
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