BBQ Adventure

We have been wanting a grill in the backyard, but they are so expensive here to get a Weber.  I started looking on Gumtree (Aussie version of Craigslist) and found a brand new Weber charcoal grill down in Wollongong.  I figured, why not, I'll message the seller.  Surprisingly he responded back quickly and was willing to meet us about halfway.  Halfway is in Waterfall..definitely had to google where that was. It's literally in between the Royal National Park and Heathcote National Park. And it's the last stop on the train before having to switch to a different train line.

So Brooks and I decided to go have an adventure and caught the train and took about a 1-1.5 hour train ride south.  While waiting for the guy to show up, there was a sign that said "Kiss and Ride"...so random.  I still chuckle at the name for parking lots..."Car Parks".

We met the guy, Rod, saw the grill, paid him and then went back to the train.  The train came about 10 mins later and the conductor came up to us and asked if there was a gas tank.  Apparently that's not allowed on the train.  When we said "no", he was so happy and even offered to carry the BBQ onto the train for us.  We didn't get too many weird looks until closer to the central business district.  We had to change trains at Central, which is the busiest train station in Sydney, and I had to carry this Weber through there and up an escalator.

Just sitting on the train with the new BBQ

One guy said, "seriously a Weber?!?"  We made it to our stop and Aram met us there to help carry this BBQ home. It was great and we used the next night to make pizzas on the grill.  We did buy shrimp to put on the grill, just so we could say "Shrimp on the barby".  Which we aren't quite sure how that saying came to be due to the fact they call shrimp prawns here.

Overall it was an adventure and well worth it because we had some awesome pizza :)