Discovering a Hidden Rainforest in an Ancient Volcano Crater

This week has been wild! We discovered a hidden valley under a waterfall, through a cave, and deep into the rainforest. It was a challenging but incredible adventure, pushing ourselves but learning from the intensity of being so alone in nature. Anastasia’s Instagram: Julia’s Instagram: 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. 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: Chapters: 0:00 Finding a lost world 1:12 Fear, snakes, spiders and the challenges of the rainforest 2:10 Swimming on the edge of a waterfall 2:59 The beauty of spontaneity 3:53 Through a secret cave 4:55 Climbing down waterfall cliffs 5:46 There’s no way back from here 7:41 Are we lost? 8:37 Finding the hidden valley 9:21 Surviving in the rainforest 10:13 Finding hope in nature 10:56 We found our way home! 11:15 Our morning routine 12:03 Finding beauty in monotony 13:06 Skipping with goats