Harvesting and Cooking the Rare Fruits of the Australian Rainforest

There are so many magical rare fruits ready to be harvested. We spend our days picking and cooking -- while of course caring for the baby ducklings. 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. Chapters: 0:00 Harvesting rare Australian fruits 2:05 Cooking from the garden and food forest 4:20 harvesting rainforest plums and cooking an infused honey sauce 6:26 Walking the cute ducklings to the creek 9:21 Baking a pavlova pudding from the rare rainforest fruits 10:39 Picking bunya nuts, mangoes, jambu and Malay apple 14:04 creek splashing with the ducklings 15:58 A sad discovery