Gnome home Opunake, North Island, New Zealand
By happynappy8 on 01-May-15. Waypoint GC5TKYX

In between the signs

So cute!

I found this cache on a tour through Opunake. TFTC!

Lets goo found it. Got to get into the bushes

Wow, this would have to be my favourite cache so far in my time travelling NZ. Ridiculously cute! TFTC

So cool! Well thought out and protected love it, thanks!

Cool one

What a cool find

Coolest find so far

Very cute little find. Paid my respects to the gnome and left an ambulance sticker in the cache - apt as Im returning to Palmy from teaching first aid in Taranaki. TFTC

A popular cache here, and I can see why now I've visited. All good except for the barking dog, great job here.It's head home today after a couple of nights at Urenui beach. A nice long weekend in Taranaki was just what I wanted, too many times previously it's just been a time-constrained day visit and have never really scratched beyond the surface of the area, or the caching. I was keen to head home via SH45 surf highway and a couple of other caches. Also keen to up my cache finds by the CO Phronimos, and this was a Pheeding Phrenzy as I got a few of his, as a CO I'm aiming to get finds by him up to triple figures, today will help with that aim. Phanks very much to all regional COs for their placements and maintenance/choices of awesome places to get people to visit.

So cute

Found, love this cache, it's a shame door is broken

Nice little surprise. TFTC. Last one as I leave Opunake now onto Mania

Nice old cache. The doors are always open to geocaching. Umbrella for rainy days and gumboots on the feet, With a pen in hand off, we go. Somebody got the A TB is the bonus today.

Found this one today after looking three times

Thanks happynappy8 for the cache. Its #1897 for us. We found your cache on Tuesday 19 March 2024. Quick park n grab and dropped off a trackable.

TFTC after some gentle bush searching in between muggle transportation we found the awesome cache. Awesome cache

On our way through New Zealand where we looked for some geocaches on the road from Whanganui to New Plymouth. And luckily they were in our path. CO thank you for making it available and maintaining it. This way we were able to take our hobby with us. With friendly geocache greetings from the Netherlands

New Plymouth to Whanganui today and grabbed a few caches on the way. Parked nearby. Cache found after a quick search. Lovely hide, though the left door is broken, needing a rock to hold it in place Lovely cache getting an FP from us TFTCTim and Viv - ddm

Had to bundu bash a little, but found it! Didn't find a logbook... left a rock.

So cute

Awesome

Very cute! Tftc

Great cache! Glad I was a bit persistent, so keen to find it based on all the positive reviews. So good! Thanks heaps for the cache and happy new year!

Found! Thanks

Way cool tftc

Adorable!

Tftf

25/10 tftf

Traveling from whanganui to New Plymouth, stopped in Opunake for a look and found most caches. TFTC

Nice home for a gnome, such a great cache, very happy to be able to give it a favourite. Thanks happynappy8 for bringing us here.

Very cute.. first time geocaching and kids loved it

I don't often get to visit the Taranaki, and even rarer is a visit to New Plymouth. But I had a reason to be here over the weekend, and even though that reason was not geocache related I still managed to sneak a few caches into my itinerary

I had decided to make my return journey via 'the scenic route' in order to try and get a few caches to help me with my '360deg from home' count on PGC, as I have some ugly gaps on my chart.

It wasn't until I actually stopped here that I noticed the high number of FPs this cache has, so I hoped it would be an enjoyable cache to find, which it was. It took me a few minutes to actually locate it, but it was worth it. No issues at all with either finding the cache, or else with the container or contents. The log was soon signed and I was back on my way again.

Thanks for bringing me here today. Happy to give it another well deserved FP

It was pretty tricky

This cache took us a while. Thanks to photos from other cachers we found it after 10mins. Cute little whare too.

Cute little home found nice and easy, thanks for hiding this one!

Good look but no luck this time

Found with hill-billies. Cute cache-home!

Found with KiwiMadScientist

Needs some attention but a cute find.

Found on the way to Opunake.

We are travelling from Christchurch to ️️ Wellington to Turangi to New Plymouth to Opunake to Hawera, to Picton ️ ️ back home over the next 8 days What a wonderful hide. I dropped off a travel

A nice hide, well thought out, tftc

More later

Found it very cute little gnome & home!

Our second find & the cutest so far!

Cute

Cute

So cute!!

Cute little gnome home, took a little to find but little gnome was calling out !

Tftc Mr gnome was home when i visited and said all good. Mr gnome not much of a talker

Found this one when on a road trip visiting family. They all enjoyed telling me about it so just had to check it out.

Sneaky one

Cute spot

I Did Not Believe Grandad When He Said We Were Goin To Meet Mr Gnome.Sure Enough Mr Gnome Was Home,Cuppa Later And Off To The Next Cache.

Almost missed this but then I spotted the guardian, and quickly had the cache in hand, great hide, cheers

Thanks for the Cache

There's no place like gnome.
TFT Cool Cache.
Love it

Called here after a lunch stop in Opunake. I had unfinished business with this one, I had come here several years ago after driving over from Stratford to meet with a friend for dinner. Unfortunately it was dark and pouring with rain, and I gave away the search reasonably quickly. No problems today, a nicely themed cache. Signed log, TFTC!

I walked right past this one. Luckily malinkaly has some eagle eyes. Well themed cache container.
Malinkaly and I planned a road trip to go to the MEGA but Covid has postponed the event again. We decided to continue on with our planned journey making adjustments as we go with the ever-changing travel restrictions.
Greetings from Dunedin!
Thanks for the cache, happynappy8
#2657

Homey Gnomey. What a nice house you have.

TFTC happynappy8

*** Out on our MEGA Roadtrip with Wilbywarrior. Who says this can only happen when the MEGA is actually held?! Greetings from Dunedin, caching friends
#412 ***

Cool cache! We dropped offa jeep TB for the gnomes to use until someone moves it on. Lovely spot and nicely placed. A FP from us pd course. Tft

This is a great cache. Really cute

The GPS bounced around all over the place. I was on the point of moving on when I spotted the protector. TFTC

Nice quick find on our way home from a very wet walk to Dawson’s Falls. Cute little hide TFTC

LOVE IT!! Tftc

Cool as gnome home !

#9564. I am travelling north to Taranaki to pick up some of the TMGT geotour caches in this region. I am having a 4 day weekend so there is plenty of time to drive here and take in the scenery and find some geocaches. Spent the first night in Hawera and after doing some local caches in Hawera I am driving around the west side of the mountain today. I parked close by and headed into the bushes to find the gnome home. The gnomes are good at hiding the entrance to their house. I looked around quite a few places before i spied something a bit different. Checked and saw it was the cunningly hidden porch for the home. Signed the logbook and replaced the cache where found. Thanks happynappy8 for hiding it here.

no problem finding this one, cache is all good, deserves a fp for something different, tftc

#12,374. Parked for a little walk off South Road in Ōpunake. Fortunately, GZ was all quiet at the time of our visit. Relatively quick find. Great gnome home. The cache was in good condition, all nice and dry inside. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log.

Favorite point added.

Thanks for the placement, and for bringing us to this site, and …

.T h a n k s. .f o r. .t h e. .c a c h e.
.M a u r u u r u. .k o e. .n u i. .a t u. .h o k i. .t e. .k e t e r o k i.

Two of our team went and found nothing, as I went, I wondered how blind they were. Both container and logbook were in good condition.a snail was stuck on the container, must be a great hiding spot. Thanks for the cache, it concludes our day on the surf highway.

Found

what neat hide

Nice one! Fav ️ Thanks

Cheers for the amusing cache was great had to take sum snapshots as was rather unique an haven't quite come across 1 quite like gud luck hunters!!

Absolutely beautiful! The container might be leaking as was a little wet. Very pleasant surprise none the less!!

What a neat little hide. Very creative.

TFTC happynappy8!

Found at 6 January 2021 8:41 am.

I'm on a short geocaching roadtrip to Taranaki, logging my finds as I go (where possible). Will expand when I get home. TFTC

Great hide. Kids loved it.
Thanks.

Cute

Definitely getting a favorite from me. Awesome tftc

We are on our summer holiday, we usually take a few weeks and travel around the South Island, but this year we are heading around the North Island. Heading up the West coast and back down the East coast. Finding only a select few caches along the way, we are mostly targeting some challenges we have qualified for, some large size caches, some that fill gaps in our date placed grid, a few D/T combinations, some with lots of favourite points, letterboxes and anything else that grabs our fancy.

I had a fall a couple of days ago so I have a very sore and swollen ankle so I am just looking for caches that intrigue me and gk is having to go to find any other caches that are a bit more of a walk.

I had hobbled across the road and gk found the cache, he said it was worth me looking at so I carefully edged my way up the little slope. Yes it was a cute one and one I am pleased to have seen. It was a nice quick find, gk signed the log and returned it as he found it.

Thanks for placing this cache and thank you for the smiley.

How fabulous! Many thanks for the effort here

Awesome find! Such a unique, cool geo cache. Definitely worth it

This is an awesome cache, in good condition. It deserves a favorite

Tftf very cool little house

Grandad Decided To Stop Of At The Gnomes Home On The Way Home To Show Me And So I Could Grab The Cache Last For The Day In The Rain ,Hot Bath When I Get Home To Warm Up.

Rick-a-mortis was here OZR3RZ

What an awesome cache

Thank you for bringing me here

Tftc. Best cach ever. Well done

realised i was lookin in the wrong place cache a quick search and was finaly in the bag ,i love this one well thought out a fav point for this

Very unique cache!

The Kobe’s scared me but found it

We went into the trees, and soon spotted the gnomes, lying in the grass. We pondered if one should have contained the logbook, but as previous logs referred to their home, we searched a bit further, and found it a few metres away. We then returned the gnomes to what we assume was their rightful location. A favourite from us. TFTC

Found it while in Taranaki for Waitangi long weekend. Great hide! Well done. Another FP for well deserved nice placement. TFTC! TB out

A beautifully put together cache! and well worthy of a fav point from me.
Travelling home from New Plymouth after staying up there for a week in lovely weather and swimming most days at one or other of the many beaches around the wider area. ..Lovely.
thanks for the work that has gone into constructing this clever cache. All was well here.

Read the history so made this an easy find. Great cache! Thank you so much

Found after much searching while driving from New Plymouth to Whanganui. Very impressed by the cache! Loved the home. Tftc. MattieH from Tassie