3 Years in the Rainforest: Our Story

We’ve been living alone and off grid in the Australian rainforest for 3 years now and we’ve achieved a lot! We’ve built an art studio to live in, grown a cottage garden following permaculture techniques, cared for so many animals, planted tropical fruit orchards, painted, sewed and learnt more than we could have imagined. Join us on our journey! 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 ou