[ singing] Aurora is a small town that lies at the foot of the mountain
Aurora is a small town that lies at the foot of the mountain
And then it continues..... [ guitar sound] shika boom, shika boom ..... [laughs]
My name is Elizabeth Loff, but everyone calls me Bettie
Aurora is known for the Maclear Beacon
it happened in 19.. no 1700
when Abbe De la Caille, a Frenchman came to South Africa to do measurements
because he found that the Northern Hemisphere was round
so they sent him to the Southern Hemisphere, and in Aurora ....
he started measuring from here to Table Mountain
and at the end of it all they came to the assumption that the Earth is round. So very important historically.
I am Liz Coetsee, and I live in Aurora, Western Cape
Before we moved here um we were so excited to be going to this little
place in the middle of nowhere that we used to sit in the swimming pool and sing "oh
we're going to aurora, oh the sunny California sea" [laughs] it was into the sand with
sunshine and fleas or something like that but anyway that that was our song that we sang
Hi i'm Ingrid and I'm from Blikemmer Private Dining Club here in Aurora, a little town in the
middle of nowhere because that's how what we first thought of it when somebody said
why don't you look at Aurora, that's but it's the middle of nowhere and is is in the middle of
nowhere and that's it's charm that is exactly what we love about it because nobody knows where it is
there's nothing it's open it's wild and that's living in a small town and away from the city
is what what just it does it for me every single day, you wake up to the peace and the quiet and
the birds and the tortoises crossing your path, that's my my little corner of heaven on earth
As the sun starts to set, is actually the best time of day to go for a walk ...
then the guinea fowl...
there is a bluegum tree here, behind us where the guinea fowl go to sleep, and you hear them calling each other to sleep..
there's an owl next to that tree that calls out when he sits there ... hoo hoo...
its strange, you know, they know it's time to to go to their sleeping places....
yeah... and then these HadiDas.... Hadi Daaas.. them as well, you hear them calling ...
I'm really in tune with nature.. intrinsically...
Its a quiet place ... and I've worked in the Cape and all over.. but always said I'll go back to Aurora
and for me its a wonderful place to stay, when I look this way I see trees, I look behind I see mountains...
It's amazing to stay here.
What would describe the town well is the Aurora Borealis
those lights, the Northern Lights, because that's the name of the town, Aurora.
The colours of the lights.... and it shines through ...
everyone person in this town. Every person has their own light that shines...
and their own internal beauty.
And that's what makes this town so attractive and beautiful
unbelievable...is that people from ..
different backgrounds and stuff can come together and just be.
because people care about one another here, they love each other, they try to help and support each other, and this you don't find easily.
And this is what's here in Aurora, people stand together, and shine this light out to the world that says we can and we do.