Joel Tarling's Fieldnotes

My place I'd sneak through the farmer's property  always fearful of a bull (which was never there). Jump the fence again and dis...

Walking the coast to  Wes and Narelle's place , I became quite keen on investigating a dark and mysterious  sea cave . Every time I wa...

Kate Broadhurst and me play on the swing The Broadhurst's had the best tree swing in the world. As kids we were amazed by it's ...

Sometimes we'd walk the long way down to the beach, to pick berries.  But because blackberry is an invasive weed these vines were on...

As a kid some monsters seemed more honest and friendly then some of the adults who pretended they weren't monsters. This is a draw...

In  Bermagui public school there is a grand old tree growing in the middle of it's playground. I have always loved this tree, it re...

My big sister, Dan Scollay and I, inspired by a combination of  The Police  song ' Message in a bottle' and  Robert Louis Stev...

Bermagui tip collecting yellow bricks There were lots of good things to salvage at the local tip. Our best score was a pile of yellow b...

Amber and Danny looking for tiny abalone shells at their  favourite secret beach

Wes Stacey's home camped by the sea Over the years growing up in Barragga Bay our family became close friends with Wes Stacey and his...

Wallaga Lake's historical wooden bridge was opened in 1894 The wind was so strong the pages in my sketch book were flapping eve...