Its a fishing community, absolutely fishing and there's a large, integrated
history around the fishing and fishermen in the town
Everyday is there are at times four seasons, I say at times five seasons, even though there are only four
in one day, but, yeah, what a place. I've never had a day yet that I didn't enjoy. It's something you have to experience.
I am Henk Reyneke, this is Paternoster, and at the moment we are sitting at The Warf.
In Latin Paternoster means Our Father
and that's what the Portuguese way back when they were ship wrecked, when the dawn broke
and they saw that they were on a beach, surrounded by bush and nothing else
and they christened the place Paternoster, Our Father, for they had landed safely here in Paternoster
I am Selma Brutus, we are in Paternoster
The guys who sailed the seas, came across
these rocks in Paternoster, now if you study those rocks in Partenoster, in the sea
then you will realize that it looks like beads forming a parternoster, now what is
a paternoster, a paternoster is an old version of the rosary, where the rosary has got 54 beads
a paternoster doesn't have, it can have any amount of beads. I am Uro Erichsen, we're in Paternoster.
I'm a full-time artist, and I paint contemporary art
The name of this lighthouse is the Cape Columbine Lighthouse
Its name is thanks to a ship, the Columbine that ran aground on the rocks here on the 31st March 1829
So any ship arriving from Europe, the first lighthouse they see is the Cape Columbine Lighthouse
My name is Wayne, my surname is Brown, we are in Paternoster , it's on the West Coast of the Western Cape
and most of our residents live off of the sea.
For me as the Lighthouse Keeper it is up to me to ensure that they are able to safely go to sea and return safely.
Paternoster must be one of the best small towns in the country
It is still an old working "fishing village" if we can describe it as such
and it has also developed into quite a big tourism destination.
I am Danie Breytenbach, we are currently at WOW E-bikes in Paternoster
Development began in earnest here in '95, before that there wasn't much. There was the hotel, the Post Office
the Cafe, and also Paternoster Fisheries at that time. The Hotel building
was erected in 1863, the hotel started in 1940
My name is Giorello Carosini, we are here at the Paternoster Hotel , I've lived here my whole life 49 years.
You are born a Fisherman, and once you have that love for the sea, you can't move away from it
In the early morning when I go out here, and I we push our boats through the waves
I'm pushing my boat through the waves and my boat is moving and we're rowing, then my heart is filled with song
sometimes I laugh at myself, but I just sing, full of happiness
I am John Edward van der Heever, a fisherman, and we are sitting in my house in Paternoster.
Our seasons here in Paternoster don't revolve around how hot or cold it is, it is centered around the type of fish we can catch
Look, of course we have seasons, we have our summer and our spring season
and then we have winter. Winter is our Snoek season
and in summer, November, that is our crayfish season, up to and including April
and then after we have our, April. May .... June, May is when we catch our hottentot fish ( small bronze-grey seabream )
and then after it is snoek season because it is winter. This is Paternoster.
So that energy of the paternoster you can feel that in it if you walk on the beach
as I always say to people Paternoster doesn't need anybody, Paternoster is Paternoster
just the nature. People just come and go, come and go here, if you walk in if you walk between
the rocks on the beach there you will feel that energy, it's a very stable life energy
Balie Swart said that it was for him "a moment like the World Cup Rugby", but he almost wanted to say it was better than World Cup.
Firstly I think we are really privileged to live here and have a business
We joke and say we are the gateway to Heaven, we are almost there, we must just step over, it's a fantastic town
with the best sunsets, especially in the winter, the calm bay. Everything you've ever dreamed about is in Paternoster, it's an unbelievably great town.
This Lighthouse, whether you are on land or sea, this Lighthouse will shine for a long time to come, and direct people that are at sea, and direct people on land the way to Paternoster.
It's the loveliest place to live
Paternosters registration number for vehicle numberplates is CFG. Come For Good.