GnoGrin - The Happiest Garden Gnome Kingscliff, New South Wales, Australia
By
petan on 01-Dec-15. Waypoint GA7830
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Moveable |
| Container: | Small |
| Coordinates: | S28° 15.345' E153° 34.000' (WGS 84) |
| 56J 555584E 6874336N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 3 m |
| Local Government Area: | Tweed |
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Description
Meet GnoGrin the happiest garden gnome in the summer of 15/16 GeGnome event
GnoGrin always has a smile on his dial and a song in his heart. Nothing upsets him, he is truly a ‘pollyanna’ amongst garden ornaments.
- If it rains and he gets wet… no problem, the plants will love it.
- If he gets covered in mulch… not an issue, think of all those worms I can watch working their magic in the soil.
- If he gets crapped on… wow! won’t the flowers love that extra fertilizer.
Nothing gets him upset.
This summer he wants to travel and spread around his happiness. He doesn’t really care where he goes - gardens or beach, towns or bush. Its all an adventure and you can help it happen.
How?
First: Find him and log him as FOUND on his cacher page.
Second: Sign the logsheet located in the bison tube embedded in his back. This way you will be properly introduced. Take a photo with him if you like and post it on the cache page. He likes people, especially small people, and he loves photos.
Third: Find a new place to hide him. This could be just down the road, or 100s of KMs away. Just make sure its somewhere that someone can find him and preferably not next to a geocaching.com cache- to avoid confusion. Contact a fellow cacher if you like. Let them know GnoGrin is just ready and eager to meet them too.
Lastly: Update this cache page with a MOVED log, add the co-ordinates of where you left him and a really good hint.
And finally, remember, you can move him more than once, just as long as someone else has moved him in the meantime.
Enjoy your adventures GnoGrin.
Logs
OK Now I know that the Krew (aka Samboo the Bear and his mates) have 'hacked' my email. Shortly after andrewbt's needs archiving message arrived in my inbox, a bear and his puppy came into the office and told us that we should archive GnoGrin's page because he wants to stay with us. At that point I hadn't read the message. Obviously the Krew are better than certain Russians.
Samboo was a wet and bedraggled bear we found in a cache in 2015. We took him home, dried him out and now he 'bosses' us around insisting that weekends are for adventures like geocaching not housework and to make sure we always have chocolate for him. Samboo collects friends like some people collect flowers, or stamps, or locomotive numbers. GnoGrin is one of those drawn to Samboo's inner circle. Samboo can't imagine a time without his gnomey friend and his gnomey friend wants to stick around because he never knows what Samboo is going to get up to. Hence this Archive log.
So in signing off, thank you to everyone who followed GnoGrin's adventures and helped move him on. He hope everyone has sun when you want it and rain when you need it.
Samboo was a wet and bedraggled bear we found in a cache in 2015. We took him home, dried him out and now he 'bosses' us around insisting that weekends are for adventures like geocaching not housework and to make sure we always have chocolate for him. Samboo collects friends like some people collect flowers, or stamps, or locomotive numbers. GnoGrin is one of those drawn to Samboo's inner circle. Samboo can't imagine a time without his gnomey friend and his gnomey friend wants to stick around because he never knows what Samboo is going to get up to. Hence this Archive log.
So in signing off, thank you to everyone who followed GnoGrin's adventures and helped move him on. He hope everyone has sun when you want it and rain when you need it.
Great news that he has made it hope safe and sound. Perhaps to ensure he doesn't go, he gets removed from peoples searches!
It's 8.30pm on the 31st of January and there is one tired little gnome flaked out on our lounge. After a short adventure today where he excitedly introduced us to some of the wonderful people who helped him on his journey, he decided on the way back to our house he'd like to take a break from travelling and just stay home for a while. He is most disappointed with the condition of my garden, saying that its been neglected but together we should be able to pull it back into shape.
As he talked about the places he has been, the other gnomes he has met, and most importantly the humans who helped him on his way. We feel privileged to have met either in real life, on the phone or virtually through a log - Youngi, Que Sera, Bear0503, Cheesymight, Crew 153, Maldawg and others who might have been playing along reading his logs.
Thank you from both GnoGrin and Petan.
As he talked about the places he has been, the other gnomes he has met, and most importantly the humans who helped him on his way. We feel privileged to have met either in real life, on the phone or virtually through a log - Youngi, Que Sera, Bear0503, Cheesymight, Crew 153, Maldawg and others who might have been playing along reading his logs.
Thank you from both GnoGrin and Petan.
With Mr Clippy at the Chinderah Cemetary. Not far from gc.com cache Chinderah Resting.
Look for Eliza King's Headstone. Hiding over fence behind tree. In line with entrance gate.
Look for Eliza King's Headstone. Hiding over fence behind tree. In line with entrance gate.
Planning on dropping two gnomes at Chinderah in about an hour. This ok? Gnogrin wants to keep travelling but we need to take geogranny to church.
Planning on dropping two gnomes at Chinderah in about an hour. This ok? Gnogrin wants to keep travelling but we need to take geogranny to church.
So happy gnorin and mr clippy were found. Was getting worried. We just missed the big storm. So many trees down.I am going to be finding some caches tomorrow. Looking at formation around midday. Need to drop off trackable 
We'd heard that the Gnome teleport zone was active again and arrived to find Gnogrin hiding amongst the yellow flowers.
"Did you see that storm last night? Lots of rain, can you hear the garden sing now that the plants have had a good drink".he said.
"But what about all the branches that have come down, and some of those flowers look a little sad", I queried.
"The council will use its mulcher, to chop the old branches into really small bits, then that will go onto the gardens to help stop weeds from growing. The flowers will decompose and nourish the soil. They will help new flowers to grow. Isn't that great? By the way, I have a present for you from QueSera", he said as he turned to show me his back.
"Why, how lovely" was my reply, "that was a very thoughtful thing to do. I will have to thank her for her gift. Would you like to come home tonight?" I asked.
"Yes", was his reply. "Its been lovely to have an adventure, but I have missed Samboo and all my friends who normally live at your house. I'll decide tomorrow if I am going to keep going on my adventure or rest for a while. I think you have been neglecting the herbs while I am away".
So GroGrin hopped into the back of the car, along with Mr Clippy and surprise surprise, Samboo whom he was delighted to see.
Thank you, QueSera for my little gift - Susan from Petan
"Did you see that storm last night? Lots of rain, can you hear the garden sing now that the plants have had a good drink".he said.
"But what about all the branches that have come down, and some of those flowers look a little sad", I queried.
"The council will use its mulcher, to chop the old branches into really small bits, then that will go onto the gardens to help stop weeds from growing. The flowers will decompose and nourish the soil. They will help new flowers to grow. Isn't that great? By the way, I have a present for you from QueSera", he said as he turned to show me his back.
"Why, how lovely" was my reply, "that was a very thoughtful thing to do. I will have to thank her for her gift. Would you like to come home tonight?" I asked.
"Yes", was his reply. "Its been lovely to have an adventure, but I have missed Samboo and all my friends who normally live at your house. I'll decide tomorrow if I am going to keep going on my adventure or rest for a while. I think you have been neglecting the herbs while I am away".
So GroGrin hopped into the back of the car, along with Mr Clippy and surprise surprise, Samboo whom he was delighted to see.
Thank you, QueSera for my little gift - Susan from Petan
Que Sera has dropped mr clippy and myself close to home. Actually one lot of row of flowers if I remember correctly from my start of my journey.Hope mum can find me.i have had a great time in brisvegas and made good friends. Brought back a present for mum... :lol . I miss home
So happy to find Gnogrin and Mr Clippy. I am going to Cabarita Beach this weekend and will drop these two cuties off somewhere close to my owner Petan.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Near Albion train station under bridge with mr Clippy
Lounging on the banks of the Kedron Brooke with Mr Clippy. 
Lounging on the Banks of the Kedron Brooke with Clippy.
Found hanging out with Me Clippy under the shade of a beautiful big leaf. Seeing Gnogrins lovely smile always makes me happy
Rated: for Overall Experience
Had a lot of trouble finding a muggle free spot. they were everywhere today. gnogrin and Mr Clippy are near large tree under small leaves under large leaf plant. i will put photo up cause its tricky
Under big tree .leaves touching ground next nudgee golf fence. Under leaves. With mr clippy
Coords lead to house. Scoured the park and found none of the 4 gnomes in the park.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Gorgeous little Gnogrin. Hope to see you again Soon. Nice park at Keperra.
Just behind Virginia primary school with mr clippy and gnome miner
Saying farewell to Gnogrin again. He is enjoying spending time with Gnome Miner in Boundary Park.
So excited to see the ever happy Gnogrin again. Hanging out with Gnome miner again
Rated: for Overall Experience
Wow this was fun. We didn't know where to park. Took long walk. Gps took us all over but good clue and happy to find. Got to get ready for Australia day.
Rated: for Overall Experience
I thought it was about time that I went Gnome huntingand I thought I had 3 to find today but the first one seemed to be missing from its hide and the third one was listed to be in the same position as this guy but after finding this guy and then searching for the other one I realised that thay had swapped places and the other one had moved off.
I have been into this bit of bushland a number of times now and I had no problem locating the spot and I soon saw his grin shining out at me.
Lets see where we can move himm to.
I have been into this bit of bushland a number of times now and I had no problem locating the spot and I soon saw his grin shining out at me.
Lets see where we can move himm to.
Thanks Petan for all the photos and lovely stories of the gnomes travels. Just loved it and I really enjoyed reading about their adventures
We were in Brisbane visiting some new babies in our extended family. As we drove back towards the motorway, Gnogrin was playing with my phone and realised that Flappy was nearby and asked to visit. When we arrived on site, Grogrin was so delighted to be amongst the scribbly gum bark he asked to swap places with Flappy. Imagine all the bugs he could watch amongst all the bark.
Good luck GnoGrin, its been nice to see you.
Good luck GnoGrin, its been nice to see you.
Oh dear, trouble in my household this morning
Then this morning...
We woke up to squabbling in the lounge room. It seems that G-nome had found the box of caching chocolates and while he had opened them, suddenly realised that Samboo had a box of Lindt chocolates that Santa had given him for Christmas. G-nome kept on asking why he had to eat Cadbury, when Samboo had a box of 'good chocolates'. The bear wasn't so sure about this, after all Santa had given him the box of chocolates and he didn't want to give the box to G-nome. Needless to say there was quite a to do with Samboo getting quite upset, G-nome and Gnome-Miner being insistent that the chocolate should be consumed not hoarded, and the middle of it GnoGrin trying to come to a compromise.
GnoGrin gently suggested that since there were five balls in the box, and only four people to eat them, Samboo should keep the extra chocolate. It was then that Samboo realised that he was amongst friends and that yes, he should share his chocolates because that's what friends do.
... and they all lived happily ever after.
When we went to bed last night Samboo and the gnomes were quite happily sitting and watching the Doctor Who Christmas Special. Gnome-Miner particularly wanted to see it because he's seen the previews on youTube but missed out his phone was all out of credit to be able to watch it on iView. Anyway, as I said they were all quite happily getting on when we went to bed.
Then this morning...
We woke up to squabbling in the lounge room. It seems that G-nome had found the box of caching chocolates and while he had opened them, suddenly realised that Samboo had a box of Lindt chocolates that Santa had given him for Christmas. G-nome kept on asking why he had to eat Cadbury, when Samboo had a box of 'good chocolates'. The bear wasn't so sure about this, after all Santa had given him the box of chocolates and he didn't want to give the box to G-nome. Needless to say there was quite a to do with Samboo getting quite upset, G-nome and Gnome-Miner being insistent that the chocolate should be consumed not hoarded, and the middle of it GnoGrin trying to come to a compromise.
GnoGrin gently suggested that since there were five balls in the box, and only four people to eat them, Samboo should keep the extra chocolate. It was then that Samboo realised that he was amongst friends and that yes, he should share his chocolates because that's what friends do.
... and they all lived happily ever after.
We woke up this morning to find Samboo (TB55G60) ‘playing’ on the computer. We looked closer at what was on the screen and discovered he was checking out a map of Ballina.
“There are gnomes down there, can we go and rescue them?’ Samboo asked.
“We don’t see why not”, was our reply and we packed some coffee, water and snacks and hit the road.
Travelling south, we travelled through the new St Helena tunnel and arrived at a spot near Emigrant Creek. Samboo elected to stay in the car but rushed out when we brought out the gnomes from their hiding spot. As he leaped from the car he proceeded to greet the gnomes. He was particularly excited to see Gnogrin. Gnogrin stayed with us before he started his own adventure.
Of course there was lots of chats in the back of the car as Samboo and the gnomes swapped news and stories. After a small side trip down to Evans Head, the gnomes will stay at our house near the beach, for the next day at so, resting up for the next part of their adventure. I heard at least one of them is hoping to go surfing.
“There are gnomes down there, can we go and rescue them?’ Samboo asked.
“We don’t see why not”, was our reply and we packed some coffee, water and snacks and hit the road.
Travelling south, we travelled through the new St Helena tunnel and arrived at a spot near Emigrant Creek. Samboo elected to stay in the car but rushed out when we brought out the gnomes from their hiding spot. As he leaped from the car he proceeded to greet the gnomes. He was particularly excited to see Gnogrin. Gnogrin stayed with us before he started his own adventure.
Of course there was lots of chats in the back of the car as Samboo and the gnomes swapped news and stories. After a small side trip down to Evans Head, the gnomes will stay at our house near the beach, for the next day at so, resting up for the next part of their adventure. I heard at least one of them is hoping to go surfing.
GnoGrin has been fishing near Ballina and is now having a rest under a tree not too far off the highway hoping to catch a ride
Wanting to watch a bit of AFL. Go the bombers
Well and truly buried. Lots of spiders beautiful tree. And now there are 4
Rated: for Overall Experience
Have hidden G-Nome, Gnome Miner, Gnogrin and new addition Gerry in an unnamed park or just vacant land on the corner of Sammells Dr and Rode Rd, Chermside
Found in a nice spot with two other gnomes (G-Miner and G-Nome). Ready to start their day travelling.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Hi Petan,
So glad you guys are enjoying watching Gnogrin on his travels. We are having so much fun moving/hiding the gnomes too and have become very fond of them. I am new to geocaching and saw your post about Gnogrin on geocaching SEQ Facebook page when you were getting him ready for the race. That was the first we had heard of the Gegnome race. So when we saw that Gnogrin hadn't moved for a while Que Sera and myself had to go and collect him and start him on his journey. We will continue to help him on his travels and very much hope that you guys might be able to catch up with Gnogrin (and the other gnomes) in Brissy some time soon.
Bear0503 (Leigh)
So glad you guys are enjoying watching Gnogrin on his travels. We are having so much fun moving/hiding the gnomes too and have become very fond of them. I am new to geocaching and saw your post about Gnogrin on geocaching SEQ Facebook page when you were getting him ready for the race. That was the first we had heard of the Gegnome race. So when we saw that Gnogrin hadn't moved for a while Que Sera and myself had to go and collect him and start him on his journey. We will continue to help him on his travels and very much hope that you guys might be able to catch up with Gnogrin (and the other gnomes) in Brissy some time soon.
Bear0503 (Leigh)
To Bear0503, Youngi, QueSera, and Cheeseymight,
Thank you for 'playing' with GnoGrin I am enjoying reading his adventures each time you find or move him. Its unfortunate that I live southern Gold Coast and can't easily get to Brisbane to play along. Although hopefully I might need to journey to the 'big smoke' soon for other things and hope to be able to detour to find a gnome or two or three (or even four if Flappy http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga7998 ends up following the gnome trail to BrisVegas )
Once again, thank you and happy gnome hunting.
Susan (one half of Petan)
Thank you for 'playing' with GnoGrin
I am enjoying reading his adventures each time you find or move him. Its unfortunate that I live southern Gold Coast and can't easily get to Brisbane to play along. Although hopefully I might need to journey to the 'big smoke' soon for other things and hope to be able to detour to find a gnome or two or three (or even four if Flappy http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga7998 ends up following the gnome trail to BrisVegas )Once again, thank you and happy gnome hunting.
Susan (one half of Petan)
Dropped the 3 little gnomes off at the banks of the Kedron Brooke. Left them at safe distance from the creek, just in case it rains. They may just get a lift with on of the cyclists or passers by.
Gnogrin is still enjoying the company of Gnome Miner and G-Nome. Found them hanging out near the train station, watching all the busy commuters hustle and bustle to their destinations. Some great views in this area too. 
A very clever hide, almost thought they had been muggled, slowly but surely 3 little gnome hats began to appear as the leaves were brushed away.
A very clever hide, almost thought they had been muggled, slowly but surely 3 little gnome hats began to appear as the leaves were brushed away.Rated: for Overall Experience
Waiting near a popular train station waiting for a lift 
Had an enjoyable game of golf with g-nome and gminer. Now we are overlooking golf course.
Moved to a park at Keperra on Camoola Street. Unsure of park name but possibly called Kindilan place. Gnogrin, G-Nome and Gnome miner still together. Enjoyed a very Christmas filled day at Chermside shopping Centre and then met a very friendly, festive pug called Charlie.
Found all the gnomes together in bush they were hiding from the rain.
Rated: for Overall Experience
After a long drive from the Gold Coast, enjoying a relaxing afternoon I a little known park in Everton Park with Gnome Miner and G-nome
Followed the ever travelling G-nome and Gnome Miner down the coast and look who I found it them hanging out with. Nice to meet you Gnogrin, you really do have a lovely smile.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Poor gnogin was so lonely. He is so happy now he has frends gminer and g-nome
Rated: for Overall Experience
After two rounds of surgery, plus what must have been an incredibly painful tattoo on his back, GnoGrin is still smiling and ready for his great adventure. He is currently enjoying the sight of some cheerful yellow flowers.
