The Northern Rivers area of eastern Australia is famous for its... rivers! This recording was made near a waterfall in one of the many waterways that form on the slopes of the Wollumbin volcano, which forms the northern edge of the region. The water here is cool and the hue is brown from the rich volcanic soils over which the rain flows before gathering in the river valleys. The area is famous for its healing energy and with this recording you can see whether this energy can be transmitted at a ...
Nov 07, 2022•11 min
The last time Wollumbin erupted was 23 million years ago. So, in bringing the fire element from the slopes of Wollumbin the sound comes from the combustion of local wood that had been felled by a recent storm. Even though the volcano once stood at more the twice its current height and breathed fire with such force that it created the largest erosion caldera in the entire Southern Hemisphere of planet Earth, it is quiescent now. But that energy still courses through the plants that grown from its...
Nov 06, 2022•11 min
The Eastern edge of the Wollumbin caldera has eroded down into the sea. This point, called Cape Byron, is the Eastern most point of the entire Australian continent. It is often a very windy place. This recording was taken just off the beach beneath a Coastal Pandanus tree and captures the Air Element where it intersects with water (the South Pacific Ocean), earth (beneath a weathered tree perched between sand and mountain), and Fire (at the foot of a wise old volcano). Being so ephemeral, we can...
Nov 06, 2022•10 min
The north eastern corner of the Australian state of NSW is home to a primordial remnant of Gondwana Land's original rainforest. This area, sometimes called "The Big Scrub" was once a vast subtropical lowland rainforest fed by the rich volcanic soils left over from the ancient Wollumbin Volcano (or what white settlers called Mount Warning). The forest was largely destroyed starting in the 1840’s by the timber and then the dairy industries. Today the original rainforest exists only as isolated rem...
Nov 06, 2022•10 min
Not far from what is now called Sydney, on 7 May 1770, Captain James Cook sailed along Australia’s Eastern seaboard and described in his journal "some pretty high land which projected out in three bluff points.” One of the three “bluff points” was called Tudibaring in the local Aboriginal tongue, purported to mean 'place where the waves pound like a beating heart', perhaps because of the flat rock shelves at the base of the high bluff that the surf continuously pounds. This recording was taken d...
Jan 22, 2021•25 min
As you travel from Australia’s Eastern seaboard, the temperate forests and lush undergrowth slowly shifts to rolling grassland and eventually to a hard scrabble semi-arid region that marks the beginning of Australia’s great deserts. The biggest town in the area, Broken Hill, sits within a small range of mountains--hills really--that the English settlers called the Barrier Ranges because they marked this final shift from a land of the living to a land of apparent emptiness and death. To the East ...
Jan 14, 2021•1 hr
On the remote eastern shores of Maui lies one of the worlds natural wonders: the Pools of ‘O’heo Gulch. Access to the wild shoreline where these pools empty into the Pacific Ocean is only by a multi-hour journey through dense rainforest and a seemingly endless number of muddy single lane bridges and tight coastal switchbacks. But when you finally arrive you are rewarded with an extraordinary river that runs out into the sea through a series of startlingly beautiful waterfalls and deep pools. Dur...
Mar 05, 2020•1 hr
Shenandoah is a phonetic rendering from the Algonquian schind-han-do-wi which means "beautiful daughter of the stars." The rolling hills are so iconic that not only have songs been written about them but the Shenandoah song is also known as the Ballad of America. The steady hum of crickets from deep in the woods in this section of the Blue Ridge Mountains will lull you to sleep or ensconce your meditation or study time into the sounds of Appalachia. Perhaps you will remember that you, too, are a...
Oct 01, 2019•1 hr
The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, for most of its acreage, is a harsh and unforgiving landscape of slickrock and sand, creosote bushes and cacti. But here and there you will find dry washes in the twisting, layered, petrified sand of white slickrock. And in some of those washes there are small, cylindrical basins with a bit of mud and grass. And if you’re lucky a little water. This recording was taken high up on the side of one of these slickrock mountains next to just such as wat...
Aug 01, 2019•1 hr 1 min
Southern Utah on a map or from the air looks like a land of sand and rock and heat. But threading through the almost Martian landscape are scores upon scores of narrow canyons and deep gorges. At the bottom of these gullies are rich riparian environments that support a wide range of plant and animal life. In this recording you will hear the calming sounds of birds at dawn from the bottom of one of these canyons in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. If you listen closely you may cat...
Jul 01, 2019•1 hr
If you are looking for a vibrant, undulating, natural white noise to allow you to focus on your meditation or studying or melt into sleep, this windy winter day’s recording near Australia’s Eastern shores makes an excellent choice. Just an hour or so to the south of Sydney lies a sprawling park that has over a hundred kilometers of walking tracks and some of the finest coastal vistas you will find anywhere on earth, which is probably why it was one of the first areas in the country to be set asi...
Jun 01, 2018•1 hr 1 min
Bondi Beach is one of the world’s most beautiful city beaches. It is graced with clean white sand, turquoise water, perfect sunrises, and a steady swell for surfers. The Northern Headland (aka Ben Buckler) of Bondi Bay consists of weathered sandstone cliffs that drop right down into the surf. But at low tide when the surf isn’t too large, you can walk among the tidal pools and watch the waves steadily pound and surge up onto the flat rocks that jut out into the bay, forming a point just a few hu...
May 01, 2018•1 hr 7 min
The sounds from a busy spring afternoon on a quiet Sydney harbor neighborhood beach: The periodic ferry and occasional rumble of a sea plane or helicopter flying overhead. Clanging of boat rigging. Laughter and calls of children. Cicadas. Lapping waves. Birds chirping. The simple sounds that herald the coming of summer in a quiet corner of a beautiful city. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 01, 2018•59 min
Muir Woods is nestled at the foot of Mt. Tamalpais, near where it meets the Pacific Ocean. The floor of the valley where this extraordinary redwood forest makes its home is a popular place for tourists and locals alike to visit. Because of this, as beautiful as it is, it lacks the solitude and peace that many crave when they seek out time in the wilderness. A little accessed part of the landscape lies only a couple of miles above the valley floor in a network of mostly empty trails that crisscro...
Feb 28, 2018•14 min
Muir Woods is nestled at the foot of Mt. Tamalpais, near where it meets the Pacific Ocean. The floor of the valley where this extraordinary redwood forest makes its home is a popular place for tourists and locals alike to visit. It is popular mainly because of its extraordinary beauty but it doesn't hurt that Star Wars: Return of the Jedi located the filming of the Endor scenes (home of the Ewoks) not far from here. Because of this, as beautiful as it is, it lacks the solitude and peace that man...
Feb 28, 2018•1 hr
Las Virgenes Creek lies in the Santa Monica Mountain range near Malibu, California. Not far from the Reagan Ranch it also hosts the (now dilapidated) location for the old television series MASH (it is LA after all). It is hard to believe it is a mere 30 minutes from downtown Los Angeles. While it is a well-used gem, if you arrive there early enough, you can often have the whole 8,000+ acre park to yourself. This soundscape was recorded at dawn at the height of spring. It was a rainy year, coming...
Jan 31, 2018•31 min
Sounds from deep in the heart of the Australian rainforest. Situated near the famous Glass House Mountains and not far from the beaches of Noosa Heads, Kondalilla Falls provides an unexpected diversion from the more popular spots. Though the creek is small, at nearly 300 feet, it is an impressive waterfall by any standard. There are swimming pools at the top and bottom and the surrounding rainforest is filled with all the sounds you would imagine in such a lush location. This recording was takin...
Dec 31, 2017•1 hr 4 min
The enchanted island of Miyajima lies on the Seto Inland Sea in Southern Japan. It is famous for the World Heritage listed Itsukushima Shrine. At high tide the whole temple looks like it is floating on the water and the giant Torii gate is said to be a point of connection between the spirit and physical worlds, a place you can pass back and forth between these two planes of existence. Just a short walk from the shrine itself is the little wooded valley of Momijidani. There you will find the beau...
Dec 01, 2017•35 min
This rainy nighttime soundscape was captured from a balcony overlooking a small, protected bay on the eastern side of Chiloé Island just before midnight in late autumn. Chiloé Island sits at the northern end of the Patagonian Archipelago, which stretches south for another 1000-plus kilometers. Picturesque snow-covered volcanoes located on the mainlaind can be seen in the distance. The word Chiloé is from the indigenous Mapuche language and means "seagull place". You can hear the gulls off in the...
Nov 01, 2017•1 hr
An ideal nature sound background track for meditation, massage, insomnia, yoga, travel, or working. The rainforest here just south of the Tropic of Capricorn is rich in dense vegetation and unique flora and fauna. Though the recording is mostly just the quiet and rhythmic sounds of the small night creatures of the rainforest, occasionally you can hear the sounds of some sort of larger mammal. Perhaps it is the famous Toucan bird landing on a branch nearby or a Sloth moving slowly along the fores...
Oct 01, 2017•1 hr
The King Leopold Range lies in the remote northwest of Australia, along the famed Gibb River Rd. It is most renowned for its extraordinary waterfalls, such as Bell and Lennard Gorges, but it also contains innumerable billabongs and other quiet waterways and fishing holes amidst the low hills that rise up above the rugged savannah of the Kimberley region. Home to roughly 20% of Australia’s bird species, the King Leopold Range is an island of diversity amid the hostile and extremely rugged landsca...
Sep 01, 2017•1 hr 14 min
Home to roughly 20% of Australia’s bird species, the King Leopold Range is an island of diversity amid the hostile and extremely rugged landscape that characterizes this part of the world. This low-lying mountain range (though they are more like hills, really) lies in the remote northwest of Australia, along the famed Gibb River Rd. It is most famous for its extraordinary waterfalls, such as Bell and Lennard Gorges, but it also contains innumerable billabongs and other quiet waterways and fishin...
Aug 01, 2017•34 min
This soundscape was captured on a rainy autumn morning in Kyoto's temple district. The monks were chanting their morning prayers in an open temple as the rain poured relentlessly down on all sides. The normally busy temple grounds were deserted, allowing for a pure experience that probably could have been had in the same way just about any rainy morning in Japan for the last few thousands years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 01, 2017•18 min
