Life Lessons from the Rainforest

The truth is, this life in the rainforest can be hard. There is beauty and hardship in each day but there are lessons woven through everything. 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. Music By Alexander William “Winter“, “Learn to Live Alone“ and “Wonder“ 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 Lessons from the Rainforest 2:12 Some very sad news 4:55 Foraging figs and skipping with goats 6:16 Fixing fences in the jungle 8:26 Swimming on a very hot day 9:55 Exciting projects 12:18 Building gates for naughty goats 14:45 Saying goodbye