Sleepy Nature Forecast
52 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago -Sleepy Nature Forecast is recorded on my iPhone (currently... because it just sounds so good out there ... outside my head ... outside my house ... out there) I will get a decent recording device soon so apologies for any inconsistencies (though at times the raw sound is also somewhat appealing) ... not far from the World Heritage Border Ranges National Park in the Nimbin Hills on Bundjalung Country ... Respect ... I am recording as a relaxation tool and to document the different sounds throughout the seasons … There are over 40 species of bird I've seen in this soundscape ... enjoy out there!
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Bats and crickets and leaves blowing in the treetops
April 13, 2024 12:55 - 37 minutes - 17.8 MBNoticing more bat activity in the trees near me this last few evenings ... it hasn't been a common evening sound in the last few years ... hopefully a good sign that the last few wetter years may be boosting their populations again (since the heat waves and dry hot years)
Yellow Crested Black Cockatoos start the morning chorus ... NE NSW ... Bundjalung Country
April 02, 2024 17:08 - 59 minutes - 28.1 MBIt's just so incredible the variety of creature's birds, frogs, cicadas, giant crickets ... and more and of song 🎶 on this little hillside I call home ... rains are due by the weekend ... red sky this morning ... Bundjalung Country
Australian Birdsong on an Overcast Autumn Morning in the Nimbin Hills
March 13, 2024 18:03 - 59 minutes - 28.6 MBOvercast and cooler weather ... my bird neighbours are singing and human neighbours on occasion drive past along a remote dirt road ... Lorakeets, Currawong, Whip Birds, Pigeons, Finches, Wrens, Magpies and more
First light under heavy dew and clouds
March 12, 2024 20:39 - 59 minutes - 28.6 MBMarch 13 2024 ... dew drops dripping off the roof ... star's are still visible... fading away to daylight ... kookaburras have the first laugh and some plovers have a cackle... more and less each day the cycle forwards
Slow sub-tropical Sunrise
March 06, 2024 21:19 - 59 minutes - 28.6 MBThe sun was slow to rise this morning a coolness in the air the seasons are cooling autumnish is in the air
Chirping crickets, bleating frogs, Currawong and wrens welcome the overcast cool autumn day
March 02, 2024 20:46 - 59 minutes - 28.6 MB6:20-7:20 am ... overcast autumn morning... hot 36 degrees yesterday and at the edge of a storm and rain last night ... the humidity and heat have subsided for now ... the days are getting shorter
Chirping crickets, bleeding frogs, Currawong and wrens welcome the overcast cool autumn day
March 02, 2024 20:46 - 59 minutes - 28.6 MB6:20-7:20 am ... overcast autumn morning... hot 36 degrees yesterday and at the edge of a storm and rain last night ... the humidity and heat have subsided for now ... the days are getting shorter
Frog gathering ... sample after the rain 2am
February 24, 2024 15:05 - 5 minutes - 2.55 MB2am froglet party in the tank overflow pond ... tiny but deafening little cuties ... so many of them too
Frog party sample after the rain 2am
February 24, 2024 15:05 - 5 minutes - 2.55 MB2am froglet party in the tank overflow pond ... tiny but deafening little cuties ... so many of them too
Mystery bird awakes (tiny finch like bird)
February 23, 2024 23:04 - 1 hour - 75.9 MBAfter a scorching hot day of 36 ... it didn't get below 26 degrees Celsius last night ... arrrgh mozzies and humidity) ... coolish breeze at dawn as everything came alive again ... a red sunrise and sprinkles of rain ... waiting on a storm ⛈️ today
Mystery bird call
February 18, 2024 23:57 - 7 minutes - 3.38 MBI can't recall ever hearing this bird call ... an overcast day ... wondering if it's a call of the Blue Kingfisher that's been living along the dam and creek
Alien Landscapes part 1
February 17, 2024 13:11 - 13 minutes - 24.8 MBSounds of birds, frogs, wind, creatures crawling through the raspberries, an airplane and a dog ... with the audio tinge of alien landscapes ... familiar sounds made unfamiliar yet comforting somehow buzzy fuzzy and zoney ... Dec 5 2022
Frogs and crickets in the midnight hours
February 16, 2024 20:40 - 59 minutes - 28.6 MBRecorded out my bathroom window ... Rain has been a regular feature this summer ... as we enter what feels like a more tropical weathery time in NE NSW ... will we enter a period of perhaps more cyclonic times ... oddly the leeches have not been around the last couple of weeks in the rain ... where do they go? ... do leeches migrate underground I wonder ... as they've been seen kms away at the other end of Webster's Ck this year ... secrets of the earthen world
Sounds of dusk as the sun moves on
February 15, 2024 11:13 - 44 minutes - 21.2 MBRecorded just at my back door as the clouds danced across the sky ... cotton balls and shapes ... appearing throughout the day and disappearing and morphing again into what is now rain at 10pm ... Nimbin Hills ... on an east facing hillside with a dam and a creek below (platypus spotted a few day's ago! Whoop 🙌 exciting) ... the creek is fuller than it has been in recent years (I've been here about 7) in this spot cicadas and cricket's and frogs and the birds all speak of rain ... I brush cut...
Big Scrub Geological and Muddy Beginnings
January 31, 2024 10:17 - 27 minutes - 51 MBThis is a podcast concept ... gathering ... gaining momentum in ideas and use of voice ... )) ... this was originally a little get well morning bedtime story ... it's here for all to enjoy as it describes the land you're listening to ... excuse the throat clearing ... if/when reread the material... may learn to edit and quieter the uhmms and page turns in the future ... or maybe it's a more natural touch ... kind of a practice/preview for episodes to expand on ... educational snippets episode...
Sounds of the Night Life
January 21, 2024 13:44 - 59 minutes - 28.5 MBFrogs, cicadas, crickets and other creatures of the night under the moonlight ... Jan 20 ... 2024
Storm brewing at Dusk ... Sub Tropical humidity finally cooling down
January 18, 2024 13:45 - 59 minutes - 28.1 MBCicadas ... birds ... frogs ... thunder ... rain drops on tin roof ... perhaps a couple of wind gusts ... I haven't listened to this yet ... recorded on Spotify for podcasters app
Frog paradise Rainy Summer Nights
January 15, 2024 17:35 - 59 minutes - 28.4 MBRain is really settling in tonight ... frogs are so loud and so many ... I'm just posting this as is ... recorded on this app ... hopefully the rain on the tin roof isn't too loud ... or the frogs ... ha I can't listen back as the rain is too loud and I'm heading back to sleep 😴
Foxes about in the hills ... a threat in this ecosystem and an unusual sound
January 12, 2024 06:59 - 14 minutes - 26.5 MBThis sound the fox makes really gets my dog wound up ...
Magpies and Friends dawn birdsong
September 08, 2023 23:29 - 1 hour - 130 MBAfter a pretty hot week ... 28 degrees C ... 14 degrees C at night previous day ... this morning was brisk and chilly wind and a cooler week ahead
A chorus of Australian Birdsong ... (Satin Bowerbirds were throwing a party today)
August 07, 2023 11:03 - 1 hour - 121 MBSatin Bower Birds (stoked I got some recorded) ... so many (15 or more) amidst a chorus of Australian birds, frogs, insects ... the odd plane and car ... after a day of gentle rain 🌧️ ... about 7mm ... the hills are alive!! ... the dusky end of the day
Almost dusk almost winter birdsong
May 29, 2023 08:38 - 51 minutes - 23.8 MBAfter having the paddocks slashed this morning ... recorded the birdsong hillside sounds just from 4-5pm ... neighbours tractor in background for a moment ... Nimbin hills ... can here me and my dog walking away and walking towards at the end ... a tad louder end and start crunching grass
Birdsong awakening to sun rays ... Winter approaches gently
May 26, 2023 23:34 - 59 minutes - 27.7 MBA fresh air to wake to ... sun breaking through the trees ... shimmering light ... buzzing of insects ... bird choruses ... and a deep sense of calm ... 8-9am Sat 27 May
3 part sound sessions of a day on the east facing hillside
May 25, 2023 05:38 - 1 hour - 89.5 MB3 parts of the day from the hills of Nimbin ... living out bush ... bees, birds, insects, aircraft, cars, chooks, clunks, dog bark, sunshiny mid season day
After the May Heavy Rain about 4pm
May 16, 2023 15:28 - 37 minutes - 17.4 MBI haven't listened back yet ... am going to now to sleep ... clouds cleared birds sang and frogs croaked ... and a mega rainbow as the sun set
Heavy May rain
May 15, 2023 22:38 - 59 minutes - 27.6 MBReally heavy rain in this recording ... under a tin verandah roof sounds a bit like white noise ... some birds and some quieter moments through the rains perhaps some frogs in the background ... will do another recording after the rains ease ... decent watering
Still autumn dawning... with a chill and birdsong awakes
May 08, 2023 21:31 - 59 minutes - 27.6 MBA still clear autumn sky at dawn ... birdsong awakes ... and chooks cackle as the sun rises towards the end perhaps to lay an egg ... teenage rooster perhaps trying to cockadoodledo ...
Break of dawn wintery breezy
May 08, 2023 03:14 - 59 minutes - 27.7 MBRecorded unedited at dawn ... the first chilly chill breezes heading into the cooler months ... listening as the birds change with the seasons ... Nimbin Hills
More sounds from the Nimbin Hills
March 27, 2023 03:37 - 32 minutes - 57.4 MBSome more sounds of the east facing hillside
Afternoon sounds from the hillside ... including planes, birds, insects ...
February 15, 2023 16:29 - 12 minutes - 24.1 MBSome afternoon sounds from the Nimbin Hills ... I think it's a whip bird making different sounds at the start ... maybe a baby ... they were playing around on the ground and in the wild raspberry bush
4am after some rain broke the almost 40 degree day steamy muggy sticky
February 15, 2023 16:18 - 59 minutes - 27.7 MBFrogs, crickets and other happily rained on night critters on the hillside... Nimbin NsW
After the rain in the dark midnight hour ... after the hot hot day ... frogs and crickets 🦗 ...
January 07, 2023 12:36 - 58 minutes - 26.8 MBAfter the rain that cooled to humid sub tropical day ... I should just say in Nimbin ... cause it's just over the hill ... literally ... frogs and crickets and some breeze's ... from the east facing hillside ... I find the wind almost like static ... windy white noise and a couple of gusts 💨
Storm brewing over the Ranges
January 04, 2023 10:34 - 56 minutes - 26 MBJust under an hour .. unedited sounds of the storm moving over the Border Ranges ... NE NSW ... Bundjalung Country ... from frogs, cicada's, birds, windy gust's, swaying tree's, banana leaves rustling, rain drops sprinkling, perhaps me chasing the neighbours doggo home before the storm kicked in ... thunder rumbling and a massive crack as it hit just overhead ... loud and quiet bits ... 💥 ⚡️ ⛈ ... some decent rain followed after the recording ... excellent!!
Textured morning sounds of the birds and other critters on the east facing hillside
December 18, 2022 00:53 - 59 minutes - 27.7 MBAn hour of morning chorus ... spectacular soundscape to wake up to this Sunday morning
Cloud Identification- types and species
December 15, 2022 17:14 - 37 minutes - 17.3 MBJust some early hours weathery mozzie woken break in the sleep ramblings ... to describe some cloud types and species to you to educate and inspire and hopefully also encourage a new fascination with the sky and the clouds that inhabit that space ... and hopefully calming to listen to ... I haven't listened back yet so will do that now myself and hopefully go back to sleep ... 4:13 am here ... was quite a relaxing way to spend my woken hour and now back to zzz for me with some cloudy meanders...
Midnight sounds from the hillside
December 08, 2022 23:00 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBSome Koala grunts in the background if you listen closely at the start and another time I think ... crickets , crinkling trees, wind, some drops of rain and maybe a tree falling and other odd critter noises, frogs, to help you switch off your mind for a few minutes
Dog and bird alien landscape part 2 short nib
December 04, 2022 13:32 - 1 minute - 2.83 MBJust a snippet/nib of alien landscape dog and birds ...
2022 November full blood moon eclipse ... Nimbin Hills
November 08, 2022 12:15 - 28 minutes - 51.9 MBSounds on the east facing hillside as the mist thickened and the full moon began its eclipse... hope you enjoy ... perhaps it'll help sooth and sleeps will follow the excitement ... what a joy this earthy sphere is to experience with all the senses 🌕🌚❤️
First light ... sounds before a rainy day
October 21, 2022 22:04 - 1 hour - 131 MBFrogs, kookaburras, insects, a plethora of birdsong, frog-song and raindrops ... through a misty cloud filled sky scape ... this one is great ... I actually slept an extra hour back in bed listening to this one ... excellent!!
A Morning Chorus
September 26, 2022 19:38 - 10 minutes - 18.5 MBBirds, frogs, insects and spring breezes for your auditory please ... take 10 mins to immerse yourself in the 5am sounds of the sub tropics at dawn ... Nimbin NsW
Morning chorus of frogs, birds, spring breezy
September 26, 2022 19:33 - 10 minutes - 18.5 MBA 10 min sound nib for your auditory pleasure ... 5am spring is alive with a chorus of creatures ... NE NsW ... Nimbin sub tropics
Fully sick
September 11, 2022 09:08 - 33 minutes - 58.6 MBA reading from a book called "The Book for people who do too much" by Bradley Trevor Greive... Just an episodic reading for all the fully sick folk out there who maybe need to rest a bit more ... do less ... recover and then bounce back with freshness ... yes
Fireside cooktop eggshell crackers for chooks
August 13, 2022 09:53 - 5 minutes - 2.35 MBEgg shells for calcium booster pops and crackles metal expanding and timber explodes ...
Rainy august Saturday morning 2022
August 12, 2022 22:20 - 59 minutes - 27.6 MBJust used the podcast record tool ... haven't listened back yet ... rain sounds section ... some birds maybe frogs behind the rain on tin roof ... 7-8am (it automatically stopped recording or would have been longer)
Dusk and Dusky Froglet's
August 02, 2022 10:06 - 34 minutes - 48.1 MBUnedited ... Using Garage Band on iPhone to record ... seems to have some white noise/ static ... may invest in a sound recorder before doing this podcast thing seriously ... anyways hope you enjoy the froggy sounds from the east facing hillside 🐸
Morning bird song July 2022
July 28, 2022 22:41 - 33 minutes - 15.3 MBThe sun has arrived over the horizon... some morning greetings from the birds on the east facing hillside to help you relax into the day
Podcast concept freeform speech bubble ... 23 aug 2021)
July 26, 2022 23:48 - 17 minutes - 34.7 MBJust a concept freeform ramble when I was awake before dawn ... no editing just pressed record ... august 2021 ... almost a year ago ... have since this episode been diagnosed on the autism spectrum ... coupled with adhd ... I'm well versed in sleep disturbed nights ... anyways thought I'd put this here too ... kinda like a random diary and backstory ... maybe one day it'll all come together in a magnificent chorus of all the things that you really don't have to listen to ... but can if you c...
Polk funk feathery fluff for the ears
July 21, 2022 10:01 - 10 minutes - 14.1 MBBirds and slow beats and then just birds ... pretty chill ... makes me feel a bit chill ... beats only go for a small bit at the beginning... just contemplating ideas for this soundscape
Some wordy streams
July 20, 2022 09:30 - 10 minutes - 14.1 MBStill working this out ... zilcho idea about the tech side of things ... deco could be better edited with fade in and out and levels ... just going to share as is ... I like it somehow been listening for a cpl hours lol enjoy ... just sweet bird sounds for the last few minutes ...
Dawn bird song
July 20, 2022 03:50 - 6 minutes - 11.9 MBA few minutes of the birds at dawn ... and my now gone rooster Roo Roo joining the chorus at times ... it's a busy time ... August 2021