Sandstone has acquired a Ford/FMC fire engine which was  built in the USA but spent its working life in South Africa.
Read the full story and enjoy the picture gallery here.

The Sandstone Visitor Management team, led by Mariette Palmer, has been strengthened by new arrival, Sam Gilson. Sam has experience in tourism management and is currently studying Hospitality Management and will be a welcome addition to the team. Mariette has singlehandedly managed all visitor enquiries and walking tours as well as accommodation bookings for nearly two years and is most appreciative of some assistance!  Our Visitor Experiences will certainly be enhanced by Sam’s arrival. We wish her all the very best in her new role.

Caption; The Sandstone Visitor Management Team, left, new member Sam Gilson and right, Mariette Palmer.

New life in the Donkey herd.

Recently we had the birth of a new donkey foal at Sandstone. He has been named Kagiso after the famous South African cricketer, Kagiso Rabada!

Our pictures show Kagiso with his mother and also some information, courtesy of Wikipedia, on the Kagiso who inspired the name for the new born!

Stepping away from fossil fuels!

Visitors to our 2022 Easter Steam event will remember the Donkey Cart that provided so many great pictures alongside the railway line to Grootdraai. We have now introduced a new Donkey Cart of more modern design that can be used as executive transport, much cheaper than a diesel bakkie!, and will also offer rides at the forthcoming Cherry Steam Festival event on November 18^th and 19^th 2022.

Our picture, by Leon Hugo, shows the Donkey Cart at Easter just before the heavy rains came and our video, a recent staff test drive for the new cart!
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