On a recent country drive in the Darling Scarp, west of the West Australian Wheatbelt, I came across this place:
A congregation of gnomes (1 Viewer)
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Why they came to be there is not exactly clear, but it is believed a woman once placed gnomes on the roundabout at this country location at the intersection of 2 roads, playing a cricket game. After that, it just grew and grew and now numbers approximately 5,000 gnomes.
Of course, they look dirty and broken, but perhaps that is just the pall of 3D over the concept that there are communities of real live critters in other dimensions, that we can only touch and see by making plaster images of them.
Of course, they look dirty and broken, but perhaps that is just the pall of 3D over the concept that there are communities of real live critters in other dimensions, that we can only touch and see by making plaster images of them.
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I should mention that the other critter that, to be truthful, infests this place, is the biting horse fly. These flies are fitted with a type of "hyperdermic" which is strong enough to pierce the tough hides of field animals, and suck their blood. Youch.
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If anyone is travelling in WA, and wants to see this, it is in the Shire of Dardanup, at the intersection of Wellington Mill Road and Ferguson Road.
A bit south of here is the wine region (including the famous Margaret River wineries) and our world class "South West".
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Wow! I think it may have become a tradition over time to bring a gnome to this location. I wonder what began it in the first place?
Here in America, we have Ben’s bells—handmade ceramic bells in trees, representing a mother’s loving way to work through her grief after her son died. She made and put them in trees. Other parents who lost a child followed suit. Ben’s bells were soon seen in all 50 states.
Here in America, we have Ben’s bells—handmade ceramic bells in trees, representing a mother’s loving way to work through her grief after her son died. She made and put them in trees. Other parents who lost a child followed suit. Ben’s bells were soon seen in all 50 states.
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Yup - you're on the money with that!
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While I lived in Perth in WA, I never ran into this place. If I ever come back I will want to visit!
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I love things that start with just one deliberate placement of one thing. And then they grow.
Gardens are like that too.
Gardens are like that too.
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Oh for goodness sake. I misread the dang post. BELLS, not balls. Not nearly as funny now.Oh. My. Soooooo hard to resist. Must...not...go..."there"...
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BREAKING NEWS
On New Years Eve, I was catching up on the Year that was (2018) when I came across the story of the local stream bursting at Wellington Mill and washing away some of the gnomes at Gnomesville. Not all of them were swept away. Here are some pictures:
On New Years Eve, I was catching up on the Year that was (2018) when I came across the story of the local stream bursting at Wellington Mill and washing away some of the gnomes at Gnomesville. Not all of them were swept away. Here are some pictures:
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