General News

It is always a joy for us and our staff when we have visitors who really appreciate what we do in the heritage world at Sandstone.

Sandstone has been the subject of many film and video productions over the years.   Recently we were visited by Rogerio de Oliveira, a feature film producer from Cape Town. Rogerio is looking at Sandstone as one of the locations for a forthcoming production. 

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One of Ficksburg’s, and the eastern Free State’s greatest supporters is Gavin Boy , the owner of Victoria House, a wonderful guest house in Ficksburg. Gavin is on a serious mission to promote and uplift Ficksburg and his first post on Facebook was this wonderful, illustrated article on Sandstone. We are proud that Gavin chose Sandstone for his first article!

For some time the Sandstone Heritage Trust has been in discussions with the Railway Safety Regulator regarding the fact that we ,as a small, private, closed loop 2ft Narrow Gauge steam railway,  are having to comply with the same specification as large freight trains operating coast to coast on the National Railway network. In order to complete the very detailed questionnaires and to comply with the substantial amount of administration regarding the above, we are obliged to keep a number of people busy, almost all year round.  Due to rising costs and the fact that, in our opinion, we should not be regulated by that particular set of specifications, we have been forced to postpone all events until further notice. 

This is the second of our two galleries celebrating our recent Cosmos and Honey Easter Festival with some wonderful photography from our visitors and volunteers.

Our thanks to: Hayley Mole, Dennis Green, Yolandi Schreuder, Brendan Nixon, Gerald Nichol, Jeandre Gordon, Thinus Dennis, Martin Oberholzer, Shawn Spaan, James Attwell, Dave Richardson, Wilfred Mole, Brodie Bennett, Bianca van Rooyen and Rudolf Pretorius.

 This is the first of two galleries celebrating our recent Cosmos and Honey Easter Festival with some wonderful photography from our visitors and volunteers.

Our thanks to: Hayley Mole, Dennis Green, Yolandi Schreuder, Brendan Nixon, Gerald Nichol, Jeandre Gordon, Thinus Dennis, Martin Oberholzer, Shawn Spaan, James Attwell, Dave Richardson, Wilfred Mole, Brodie Bennett, Bianca van Rooyen and Rudolf Pretorius.

A photo gallery by Stimela Events from the recent Sandstone Easter Cosmos and Honey Festival. Run by James Attwell, this group organises photo charters to varied events and has been a regular visitor to Sandstone. Enjoy the picture show!