Barbies not allowed

And I don't mean the ones that are blonde and in the shape of abnormally skinny women.

In Oz you can have a barbie in any park. Typically you just add your $1 for the public ones or take your own. 

If you're home then most people on a warm summer night will enjoy firing up their barbie to cook a good steak, burger or snag.

But here..... we walked to three different parks all in the vicinity of our home, and barbies were banned. I don't get it. These guys don't live in the hottest and driest part of the world ! It rains practically every day and yet you can't have a barbie. What the?

We gave up in the end and resorted to cracking open a lovely bottle of french champagne served with our free strawberries (because we complained at the local supermarket - it pays to give feedback!) in a local park. It was relaxing and lovely to soak up the vitamin D but we were a bit naughty.....

We did light up our portable BBQ out on the balcony to try and cook our lamb and rosemary snags. Unfortunately it kind of smoked a bit too much and we had to extinguish it rather quickly with a bucket of water. 

Thankfully the frying pan and stove works just as well!