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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Gnomesville

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Thousands of kitschy lawn gnomes have taken over an Australian roundabout.

Transcript

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0:00.0

In a scenic corner of Australia, you'll find a town that's just like any other small town, really.

0:08.6

There are local sports teams, an ambulance service, a postal system,

0:13.1

and notable eccentric residents who are known for their colorful habits and attire.

0:18.6

There's even a jail for when things get out of hand.

0:23.1

But the residents of this town are a little different from the residents of most towns.

0:30.0

These residents, well, they're all garden gnomes.

0:34.7

It truly is a very weird place, Nome'sville.

0:38.6

It totally is something different to everybody.

0:41.6

Wimsycle, wacky, strange, creepy.

0:45.6

Even, creepy to some.

0:47.8

I'm not sure I'd like to be down there at night.

0:50.4

Nomes will be doing their own thing.

0:52.2

He knows.

0:57.2

I'm Dylan Thuris, and this is Atlas of Skira,

1:00.1

a celebration of the world's strange, incredible, and wondrous places.

1:04.5

And today, we're taking you to a metropolis.

1:07.8

We're Nomems rule.

1:09.8

A visit to Nomesville. After this. Driving around the Ferguson Valley of Western Australia, you will pass miles and miles of lush rolling green hills.

1:40.5

They are dotted with cows and trees and bales of hay.

1:44.7

It's very pastoral and scenic.

1:47.3

That is, until you come to a traffic circle or a roundabout.

1:51.5

And as you pass one small stretch of that roundabout,

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