One Year of Raw, Calm Moments from our Rain Forest Home: Relaxing Sounds of Birdsong and Foraging

Some peaceful, calming scenes from the past year in the rain forest. Let the sounds of tropical rain, birds, waterfalls and babbling streams transport you into another world. This raw, unfiltered video is a little gift of calm from us to you - to thank you for joining us through this special year. We’ve been in London exhibiting our art alongside the launch of our book, and experiencing so many new sights and sounds. But it is these soft moments of rainforest living that ground us, and we can’t wait to return home to the mountains and gardens and animals. Lots of love from us to you!

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.

Chapters:
0:00 Spring
8:06 Summer
15:57 Autumn
19:26 Winter