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A Very Honest Q&A: Two Girls in the Rainforest



We’re answering your most personal questions! Everything from snakes, loneliness, future plans, lessons and the reality of our life in the rainforest.
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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.

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/7AX7Cbpn6IiMIg8QhGOGLX?si=58686c1aa39f4605

0:00 the reality of our life in the rainforest
1:40 Our childhood in the jungle
1:57 Loneliness
2:31 Painting, art and observation
3:21 Eels and crocodiles?
4:00 Leaving for the city
4:21 Shaving?
5:18 Climbing trees and summer heat
5:43 Escaping the city
6:31 Hiking to a waterfall
8:14 Goats
8:56 Snake attack!
9:36 Swimming in nature
11:24 The struggles and reality
12:25 Farming as women
13:19 Swimming at the beach!
15:07 Where we get our food
15:42 Picking flowers from the garden
16:25 Cooking tempeh gado gado
17:01 Inspiration and lessons
18:04 Exciting future plans!
18:40 What we have learnt

50 Comments

  1. A E

    May be your fellow compatriot who also has a YT channel aussie farming philippines can help you with the goat calling?

  6. Bradley Edwards

    The never cold part sounds wonderful!!! Give more than you take!!! Can you imagine if everyone had that mindset. Thanks for sharing.

  7. Jeff Merschdorf

    Thank you for being you!! Both of you, all of you!! Your all amazing people. Thank you so much for sharing a slice of your lives so that we can all get a glimpse of your part of the world. I love you guys, you make me smile.😊❤

  13. Martin Castillo

    The call “ come on “, I love. I use it before and I could imagine I was with the animals and they were my friends like yours . I did it to my little chihuahua ❤ I love to see y’all hands cooking I want to eat and be healthy like y’all . I will stay watching cool nature people 🥰

  15. Joseph K. Purvis

    Do you like "live" in the forest, or just live on your family's like, farmland and have a proper house/shelter?

  17. Nice Guy82

    How far away is the ocean from you? Thank you for the wonderful videos you guys are great!

  18. John Jewell

    My mom is lucky 82 and I moved to a city dwelling here in Kansas City Misourri , USA. From a Mountain 7000 ft. above sea level in Utah. I finished an ( OFF GRID LIVING ) video that I had been working on since june of 2022. Well I'll drop the link when I rewatch this one again from that channel. I like barefeet so much I feel humanities feet where ever I can see them. USA, U.K. Asia… soooo. much more connected to Earth.

  19. Off Grid Living

    Well I finally added a new video to my channel [ OFF GRID LIVING ] I have one more in the can, but learning a plethora of software programs to enable me as an Artist to creat what my mind imagines to world to be like is such a challenge. heres my june to december off grid living video. https://youtu.be/nx6_UcO7_0g

  25. Humblebee Rules

    Q: "Where do you get your food?" – A: "Well we are milking this goat."
    Can this be any more superficial, shallow and dishonest? But I learned about your armpits for some reason, awesome. Btw it's quite rich of you whining about how hard it is being a woman farmer while literally the only thing you are doing in this channel is selling a soft-porn fairy tale, using your body as a clickbait while most of the content is young women running around in their underwear…I get it, it's easy money. Then just get it over with and start onlyfans.

  27. HyZom

    try to visit philippines more culture and more adventure,beutiful nature,amazing on earth beach paradise

  30. GoodLuckTube

    Thoroughly enjoyed this "Q&A" session. I thought the question about shaving to be a bit rude or intrusive, but your answer was on point! Your answer to the final question left me with a feeling of peace; a feeling I always get after watching your works. Thanks!

  33. Darin Sutton

    I just think yall our the best . Nice video , and great answers to the questions .. I wish yall and those in your circle the best life can offer .. thanks from FL ..

  38. PHILLIP GREENE

    Well…
    I'd imagine that Gillette
    had more interest in
    shaving Women for profit
    than
    profiting from shaming Women.
    🤨

  39. DVDG

    Vocês conhecem a planta de nome Mandioca e também outra de nome Batata -doce ? Seria muito bom se plantassem pois são plantas raiz típica da América do Sul em especial aqui no Brasil. Façam uma pesquisa. Beijos aqui de São Paulo Brasil.

  41. григорий пришвицин

    настена ты просто умнечка правельно считаеш что женшина ненадо негде брить волосы я обожаю мохнатки❤

  44. RAFD DANE

    Beautiful 0000 I want you to make a very small request – to write my name in the sand or anywhere😥😥😥😥😥😥

  45. Brent Gordon

    I enjoy your you tubes they have a Coming affect on Me please keep making them!!!!!Thank-you Luv Brent Gordon of Canada🥰🐨🎄

  50. BOUSSAID MED

    Salut vous avez beaucoup charme avec cet jolie nature . Pourquoi vous cache.votre charme de vous jolie fleur ? D'intérieur

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