The Endless Summers of the Rainforest

We live in an ancient volcano crater in the rainforest, and in this slow life, time moves differently. The eternal summers bring endless beauty.   / motherthemountain  
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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 Melissa Lingo:
https://www.melissalingo.com/
“Ophelia”, “Tangerine Touch”, “Gravity”, “Vertigo”, “Just Kids” and “Not Your Moon”

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 The endless summer
1:42 Learning from the rainforest seasons
2:19 Routines of a slow life, skipping with goats and celebrating repetition
3:44 Swimming under waterfalls, contemplating time and presence
4:32 Big news! This changes everything
5:28 Exploring the rainforest
6:18 Lessons from the setting sun
7:57 Gardening with baby chickens
9:50 Ancient trees and flowing streams
11:38 Planting a tree
13:16 Skipping with the sheep
13:37 60-year old orchards teaching us lessons of time
15:44 Hard work in the community garden
17:01 The meaning in life