3 Years in the Rainforest: Our Story

We’ve been living alone and off grid in the Australian rainforest for 3 years now and we’ve achieved a lot! We’ve built an art studio to live in, grown a cottage garden following permaculture techniques, cared for so many animals, planted tropical fruit orchards, painted, sewed and learnt more than we could have imagined. Join us on our journey!   / motherthemountain  

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Anastasia's Instagram:   / anast.asia  
Julia's Instagram:   / juliavanderbyl  

We are sisters, Julia and Anastasia Vanderbyl. A few years ago, we began a journey to live a life in perfect harmony with nature. A life of caring for animals, growing fruit, planting trees, gardening, cooking, creating, building and learning to live with the land.
In this time, nature has taught us more than we could have ever imagined.

Our environmental films document the landscape, the lessons we’ve learnt and our work as regenerative farmers here on Bundjalung Country.

We live on the land of the Arakwal and Minjungbal People of the Bundjalung Nation. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Country we live on and recognise their continuing connection to the land and waters. We thank them for protecting this rainforest and its ecosystems since time immemorial.

Music by Borrtex:
"Sprawling", "Eternity", "Living", "Flowing", "Withdraw", "Failure Over Regret", "Rising of the Sun" and "Momentum"

A big thank you to all of the incredible artists who share their music in each episode! All of the music included can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7AX...

Chapters:
0:00 3 years, alone and off grid in the rainforest
3:52 1. Gardens
6:55 2. Orchards
10:32 3. Animals
13:06 4. Us
16:14 5. Soil
19:39 6. Regeneration and Hope
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