This week has been truly magical, our days are filled with baby goat cuddles, creating in the art studio and cooking delicious meals for Anastasia’s birthday!
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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 Ocie Elliott:
https://www.ocieelliott.com/
"Like a River", "I Got You, Honey", "My Everything", "A Place" and "Tracks"

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 Living simply in the rainforest
2:23 It’s Anastasia’s birthday!
3:35 Cuddling baby goats
5:39 Sewing on a vintage singer sewing machine
7:24 Fixing fences
8:16 Spring days gardening with baby goats
9:29 Hard work, fencing sheep paddocks
10:26 The simplicity of craft, embroidering a jacket
10:55 Making hummus and gluten free flatbread
12:11 Afternoon routine, cuddling ducks and embroidery
14:05 Lighting an outdoor fire and cooking dinner
15:17 Skipping with the goats through the rainforest
17:29 Driving a tiny kei truck through the jungle
18:40 Finishing our project!
19:55 Night routine, collecting the bouncy goats
#nature #simplelife