Gnomesville, Western Australia

We saw Gnomesville on a segment of a TV travel show and put it on our list to visit. We were not sure what we would find - TV shows can be very misleading. It was only a slight detour from where we were going - Wellington Dam - and was one of about four detours we made that day. I thought we would drive past slowly, take some photos, and keep going. No, once we were there it was an enormous amount of Gnomes.

Located at Gnomesville, LOT 4059 Wellington Mill Rd, Wellington Mill WA 6236, Gnomesville even has its own webpage. There are a few different stories about how these lovable garden ornaments came to be here. What is known is that a random gnome turned up here and slowly people started adding their own messages and gnomes.

It is estimated that there is over 6000 different gnomes, of all different sizes and all with their own story.

Gnomes are magical creatures, and walking around one can feel the magic. I'm not sure that kids today have experienced much with gnomes as stories today are not as magical as in 'my day'.

With so many people visiting daily, facilities were being built when we were there. There were picnic tables and some wooden paths and a small car park. It was free to visit and there was a wishing well with proceeds going to a local club. 

The council is trying to limit spread of the gnomes. Next time we will take a gnome or two to live with their friends.

We had moved from our free beach side camp in Bunbury (we had stayed our allocated 48hrs) to Burekup free camp for 72 hours - 16 kms from the Bunbury camp to continue exploring the area. Gnomesville is 20km from Burekup.