Dopey GeGnome Mornington, Tasmania, Australia
By Sol de Lune on 01-Dec-15. Waypoint GA7923

One of many. Left him here.

back out

Grabbed, will move on soon. TFTM

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Handed to whitewebbs whilst caching in the area.

We found this moveable in the the hands of Tassie Trekkers

Collected

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This gnome has a new home
Down by the riverside in the touristy hamlet of Cobargo
Happy travels.

Cruising the highway today,
escaping the lack of summer down Mexico way,
I had a quick stop to make here on the banks of Tonghi Creek

There was a gnome in need of a lift

Crikey Mate !!
You've been waiting a while here !!
Over 4 years by my reckoning.

"What !!" came the reply from Dopey.

Listening to them cicadas for so long has affected his hearing

I brushed the cobwebs off and I'm sure that after a bit of a wash,
He'll be back to his olde self

Headed north now

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Waiting beside the Tonghi Creek listening to the cicadas.

On our arrival home from a trip south we were greeted by a delegation of moveable caches wishing to be picked up. This was one of them. We will move it on soon

We picked up some moveable caches in Hobart last weekend and they're hoping to do some travelling so dropped them off with a team who are about to depart for the big island. Happy travels

A quick find on a weekend in the south for a unicorn themed birthday party. Managed to sneak away for a few minutes to do some caching but the real focus of the weekend was on the grandkids, gotta love 'em! TFTC

Back out with a couple of mates

Noticed at Lunch in the City event.
TFTM.

After attending the lunch event Dopey came home with me. Will move on soon.TFTM

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Moved to the "Lunch in the City" event.

Hello Sol de lune Thank you for the cache.


Picked up off stainless-steel-rat.


Found on Monday, 15 October 2018 at 1403

Quick run out to grab some moveables tonight, will move on this week.

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back out and ready to be found

Neville is always happy to have a play mate (or drinking buddy). They'd both passed out when I found them

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At Neville's house

Nice to see a new moveable. Will move on soon. TFTM

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Ready to be found

Hi Sol de Lune
A quick find in Huonville
Sainted at 0915 hours
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
My Finds: GCA 3074; GC 3541; Tot 6615

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Found with Ol

Sorry for the long delay in moving...but taken to the deep south  near a good mate...cheers ST.

Hi Sol De Lune,
A quick find out near Targa...tftc...cheers ST.

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This was the hardest moveable to put out today. It was dark by the time this fellow jumped out - he was keen to stay in the warm car and out of the rain! I was concerned that cars might stop to make sure I was okay and had to keep turning my torch off. He is hidden in the end of the Armco .

This was a DNF on my way into the reserve to collect up the moveables that had been hidden here recently. I decided to have another quick look on the way back and what do you know I found this little fellow. Maybe I just needed to get my caching eye in. That reduced my DNFs to only two which was much better. Thanks for this moveable Sol de Lune

Out and about today on a mission to rehide all the moveables we had in our possession. Called a couple of family members in to assist and a good day was had by all

A quick find not far from our home base, this one only just fitted in it's hiding spot but the chances of anyone randomly finding it here were pretty slim. The local spider population had enjoyed the company! TFTC

Back out.

A quick find...tftc Sol de lune....cheers ST.

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Wanted to move these moveable caches on quickly to give someone else a chance to find them during the x5 points time period. Happy travels

Out and about caching on a beautiful autumn day when we found a group of moveables that need to see a bit more of Tassie, will try to get these out again today. TFTC

After a journey from SA Dopey is ready to see the sights of the little island. Out and about in the sun.

After finding a safe park just off a very busy road, we went to look for Dopey. The pine needles ensured that it was slippery underfoot. However we were soon at GZ and the hint led to a quick find. The cache was in good condition. We will move Dopey on soon.

The dopiest gnome in Australia has found a cosy little spot just out of Aldgate, in the Adelaide hills.

There will be a very short uphill walk to get to this gnome. Beware of mountain bikers in this area, as well as the odd hermit or two.

A nice quick find in a very beautiful location.

Dopey came back to our house, and spent some time frollicking in the garden, hoping to catch sight of the koala who visits the gum tree overhanging our fence.

We'll let dopey rest up for a week or two before setting him free once again.

Thanks Sol de lune.

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moved on today.

Oh dear...he did look a little worse for wear.

Thanks for replacing him, very good of you to do that. Hope the new guy enjoys his travels.

Cheers,

I must confess Sol De Lune, your Dopey GeGome has had to have a little bit of a make over. Unfortunately he met with a rather unfortunate accident, much like Humpty Dumpty we could not put him back together again. We have replaced him to another gnome similar in nature to what Dopey was, with the same log attached. Now that he is fresh and new I will get him back out into circulation soon.

Got this one today after noticing Dezzabels had hidden some nearby GCAs that I have not yet had the chance to find. Will move it along again soon.

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back in sa out in the country

Found today at the Moveable and Mystery Madness event.
Thanks to all the cachers who brought all these moveables along.

Found at Whiteman Park event. he is back travelling with me.

Found today at the Moveable and Mystery Madness event.
Thanks to all the cachers who gathered up all these moveables.

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Attended the very enjoyable GCA Moveable & Mystery Madness event (GA10647) in Whiteman Park today with Chwiliwr and Gwawr. We found this cache with all the other moveable caches that were brought to the event by the various GCA cachers in attendence. There were also a couple found not actually at the event.
Thanks for the cache.

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Attended the very enjoyable GCA Moveable & Mystery Madness event (GA10647) in Whiteman Park today with Chwiliwr and Gwawr. We found this cache with all the other moveable caches that were brought to the event by the various GCA cachers in attendence. There were also a couple found not actually at the event.
Thanks for the cache.

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Attended the very enjoyable GCA Moveable & Mystery Madness event (GA10647) in Whiteman Park today with tbh and Gwawr. We found this cache with all the other moveable caches that were brought to the event by the various GCA cachers in attendence. There were also a couple found not actually at the event.
Thanks for the cache.

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Discovered 'Dopey GeGnome' at the Moveable & Mystery Madness Event held in Whiteman Park. The forecast was for rain but we were blessed with good weather for the day. A small but dedicated group of geocachers and a couple of new faces attended and exchanged stories of caches found and missed. Many thanks Sol de Lune for the cache.

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Found at Whiteman Park event.

Discovered at event GA10647.

NOT at above coordinates.
Awaiting "Moveable & Mystery Madness" event GA10647

In my hands and happy to report is in good condition.
Thank you for the cache Sol de Lune

According to Wikipedia...
A gnome / noʊm is a diminutive spirit in Renaissance magic and alchemy, first introduced by Paracelsus in the 16th century and later adopted by more recent authors including those of modern fantasy literature. Its characteristics have been reinterpreted to suit the needs of various story tellers, but it is typically said to be a small humanoid that lives underground.
The word comes from Renaissance Latin gnomus, which first appears in the Liber de Nymphis, Sylvanis, Pygmaeis, Salamandris, et Gigantibus etc. by Paracelsus, published posthumously in Nysa in 1566 (and again in the Johannes Huser edition of 1589–1591 from an autograph by Paracelsus).
The term may be an original invention of Paracelsus, possibly deriving the term from Latin gēnomos (itself representing a Greek γη-νομος, literally "earth-dweller"). In this case, the omission of the ē is, as the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) calls it, a blunder. Paracelsus uses Gnomi as a synonym of Pygmæi and classifies them as earth elementals. He describes them as two spans high, very reluctant to interact with humans, and able to move through solid earth as easily as humans move through air.
The chthonic, or earth-dwelling, spirit has precedents in numerous ancient and medieval mythologies, often guarding mines and precious underground treasures, notably in the Germanic dwarves and the Greek Chalybes, Telchines or Dactyls.
The English word is attested from the early 18th century. Gnomes are used in Alexander Pope's "The Rape of the Lock". The creatures from this mock-epic are small, celestial creatures which were prudish women in their past-lives, and now spend all of eternity looking out for prudish women (in parallel to the guardian angels in Catholic belief). Other uses of the term gnome remain obscure until the early 19th century, when it is taken up by authors of Romanticist collections of fairy tales and becomes mostly synonymous with the older word goblin.
Pope's stated source, the French satire Comte de Gabalis (1670), used the term gnomide to refer to female gnomes (often "gnomid" in English translations).
In 19th century fiction, the chthonic gnome became a sort of antithesis to the more airy or luminous fairy. Nathaniel Hawthorne in Twice-Told Tales (1837) contrasts the two in "Small enough to be king of the fairies, and ugly enough to be king of the gnomes" (cited after OED). Similarly, gnomes are contrasted to elves, as in William Cullen Bryant's Little People of the Snow (1877), which has "let us have a tale of elves that ride by night, with jingling reins, or gnomes of the mine" (cited after OED).
One of the first movements in Mussorgsky's 1874 work Pictures at an Exhibition, named "Gnomus" (Latin for "The Gnome"), is written to sound as if a gnome is moving about, his movements constantly changing in speed.
Franz Hartmann in 1895 satirized materialism in an allegorical tale entitled Unter den Gnomen im Untersberg. The English translation appeared in 1896 as Among the Gnomes: An Occult Tale of Adventure in the Untersberg. In this story, the Gnomes are still clearly subterranean creatures, guarding treasures of gold within the Untersberg mountain.
As a figure of 19th century fairy tales, the term gnome became largely synonymous with other terms for "little people" by the 20th century, such as goblin, brownie, kobold, leprechaun, Heinzelmännchen and other instances of the "domestic spirit" type, losing its strict association with earth or the underground world.
The name gnome has been used in the Fantasy genre, typically in a cunning role, e.g. as an inventor.
In L. Frank Baum's Oz series, the Nomes (so spelled), especially their king, are the chief adversaries of the Oz people. They are ugly, hot-tempered, immortal, round-bodied with spindly legs and arms, have long beards and wild hair, live underground, and are the militant protectors/ hoarders of jewels and precious metals; Baum does not depict any female gnomes. Ruth Plumly Thompson, who continued the series after Baum's death, reverted to the traditional spelling.
In C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia, gnomes, or "Earthmen" as they are sometimes called, live in the Underland, a series of subterranean caverns. Unlike the traditional, more humanlike gnomes, they can have a wide variety of physical features and skin colours. They are used as slaves by the Lady of the Green Kirtle.
J. R. R. Tolkien, in the legendarium surrounding his Elves, uses "Gnomes" as the initial and later dropped name of the Noldor, the most gifted and technologically minded of his elvish races, in conscious exploitation of the similarity with the word gnomic. Gnome is thus Tolkien's English loan-translation of the Quenya word Noldo (plural Noldor), "those with knowledge". Tolkien's "Gnomes" are generally tall, beautiful, dark-haired, light-skinned, immortal, and typically wise but suffer from pride, tend towards violence, and have an overweening love of the works of their own hands, particularly gemstones. Many of them live in cities below ground (Nargothrond) or in secluded mountain fortresses (Gondolin). He uses "Gnomes" to refer to both males and females. In The Father Christmas Letters, which Tolkien wrote for his children, Red Gnomes are presented as helpful creatures who come from Norway to the North Pole to assist Father Christmas and his Elves in fighting the wicked Goblins.
The Dutch books Gnomes and The Secret Book of Gnomes, written by Wil Huygen, deal with gnomes living together in harmony. These same books are the basis for a made-for-TV animated film and the Spanish-animated series The World of David the Gnome (as well as the spin-off Wisdom of the Gnomes).
In J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, gnomes are pests that inhabit the gardens of witches and wizards. They are small creatures with heads that look like potatoes on small stubby bodies. Gnomes are generally considered harmless but mischievous and may bite with sharp teeth. In the books it is stated that the Weasleys are lenient to gnomes, and tolerate their presence, preferring to throw them out of the garden, rather than more extreme measures.
In Terry Brooks' Shannara Series gnomes are an offshoot race created after the Great Wars. There are several distinctive classes of gnomes. Gnomes are the smallest race. In The Sword of Shannara they are considered to be tribal and warlike, the one race that can be the most easily subverted to an evil cause. This is evidenced by their allegiance to the Warlock Lord in The Sword of Shannara and to the Mord Wraiths in The Wishsong of Shannara.
In the Warcraft franchise, particularly as featured in the MMORPG World of Warcraft, gnomes are a race of beings separate from but allied to dwarves and humans, with whom they share the lands of the Eastern Kingdoms. Crafty, intelligent, and smaller than their dwarven brethren, gnomes are one of two races in Azeroth regarded as technologically savvy. It is suggested in lore that the gnomes originally were mechanical creations that at some point became organic lifeforms. In World of Warcraft, gnomes are an exile race, having irradiated their home city of Gnomeregan in an unsuccessful last-ditch effort to drive out marauding foes.
BB's The Little Grey Men (1942) is a story of the last gnomes in England, little wild men who live by hunting and fishing.
After World War II (with early references, in ironic use, from the late 1930s) the diminutive figurines introduced as lawn ornaments during the 19th century came to be known as garden gnomes. The image of the gnome changed further during the 1960s to 1970s, when the first plastic garden gnomes were manufactured. These gnomes followed the style of the 1937 depiction of the seven dwarves in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Disney. This "Disneyfied" image of the gnome was built upon by the illustrated children's book classic The Secret Book of Gnomes (1976), in the original Dutch Leven en werken van de Kabouter. Garden gnomes share a resemblance to the Scandinavian tomte and nisse, and the Swedish term "tomte" can be translated as "gnome" in English.

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whiteman but it is NOT not at this location getting ready for an event.

found

had a longer drive and caught up with his friends in the car

on the move

Down the SW

With me

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Seeking car maintenance by a professional cacher

in my hands

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resting in some nice bush

moving to new location

Found whilst out walking. Looks like he has a mate. Have left them to it, baby gnomes soon??

Dropped off whilst on a walk in Whiteman Park.

Found with Chwiliwr.

Thanks for the cache.

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Found with dad.

Thanks for the cache.

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Found with granddad.

Thankyou for the cache.

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Picked this cache up today.

Thanks for the cache.

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Dropped off in the bush

In my hands

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Cache should be at current location, I logged the move before I logged the find when coming home

found with shaydex

Found Dopey but moved him before finding

Nice day for it

Down by the river

I have Dopey

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Moving out into the hill country

Discovered the cache in the hands of Lazarus_68, first time I have seen this fellow. Many thanks for the cache.

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In my hands

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Time to move Dopey on. He's been keeping me company since the end of the Electric Boogaloo race, now he's nestled in some mulch at he base of a tree near the beach.

in my hands

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Enjoying a few cones

In my hands

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Final day of GeGnome Electric Boogaloo, get out there and have fun!

With me

having fun with 3 friends

In our hands

In the fork of the road but lonely .... Someone find me

We came to the party

Busy little bee I am today

In my hands

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Another Gnome Party! Get in quick. These gnomes are talking smack about their recent movers.

Please distribute evenly

With me

Spent considerable time including past sunset searching surrounding trees of all size; but alas cannot see him.

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dopey is now visitin a great marine centre and resting at the base of a tree.