Gnomesville
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2025
⏱️ 12 minutes
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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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