The Magic of Summer

Summertime brings immense beauty, we watch the ducklings play in the water for the first time, cook from the garden and sew a dress from zero waste. 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. 0:00 The magic of summer in the rainforest 0:51 Playing in the stream with the ducklings 3:35 Harvesting chestnuts 4:51 Sewing a dress with zero waste 7:45 Cooking from pumpkins picked from the garden 11:31 Draping and sewing the patchwork dress 13:50 Moving the sheep to a new paddock 15:54 Deshelling chestnuts 17:27 Gardening with ducklings in the finished dress!