Man completes quest to eat a snag at every Bunnings in Australia
Heading to a Bunnings sausage sizzle is undoubtedly a huge part of Aussie culture, but one man has taken his love of the hardware store's snags to a whole new level.
New South Wales man Josh Eastwell made a commitment two years ago to eat a sausage at every Bunnings in Australia; and he has just completed his goal.
Mr Eastwell and his brother Ace, whom Mr Eastwell refers to as his "snag buddy," accomplished their mission by driving and flying between each Australian state.
The pair accomplished their trip, which has been dubbed The Great Australian Sausage Crawl, around work commitments and Covid-19 border closures.
“We did Tasmania in a weekend, Victoria took three weekends and we were able to head into the ACT during a lockdown gap,” Mr Eastwell told Yahoo News.
“Driving home from Western Australia, borders were locking down behind us and we kept getting text messages that other borders were closing, which was a bit interesting.”
“It took two years, but if you took Covid-19 out of the equation it would have taken eight months.”
Upon eating his final Bunnings snag at his last destination in Darwin, Mr Eastwell posted a celebratory photo on his Instagram to commemorate his trip.
Mr Eastwell also told Yahoo News that he’s not sick of sausages despite eating over 282 of them, saying “I’ll still slam one.”
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Best and worst snag locations revealed
Mr Eastwell has also revealed what makes the perfect Bunnings snag, and where you can find them.
“The best snag has gotta have crispy skin, have a bit of girth to it, a bit of length, but not enough to overhang the bread,” he told Yahoo News.
“It has to be on a slice of bread, not a bun, sat diagonally with nice brown onions at the bottom and a little drizzle of tomato sauce.”
Mr Eastwell said his best Bunnings snag was from the Seaford store in South Australia, whilst his least favourite sausage came from Willetton in Western Australia.
“The bloke hadn’t cleaned the grill and there was gunk all over my snag which wasn’t good,” he said.
“Another no-no for snags is if they’re cold or the bread is stale. But it’s definitely difficult to make a bad snag that’s for sure.”
Revealing why he opted to visit every Bunnings in Australia for a sausage, Mr Eastwell said that he wanted to travel and wanted to give himself something to do during his trip.
“I hadn’t seen much of Australia and I needed a motivator to go, so I decided to travel to every Bunnings sausage sizzle,” he said.
How your Bunnings snag can help with flood relief
All Bunnings stores around Australia will be hosting a national sausage sizzle fundraiser this Friday to assist those impacted by the New South Wales and Queensland floods.
Between 9am and 4pm on March 11, customers can pick up a snag at their local Bunnings store, with all funds going towards GIVIT’s Storms and Flooding appeal.
Bunnings Managing Director, Mike Schneider, said the sausage sizzle would be run by staff members.
"As a part of the local communities who have been affected, we want to help," he said.
The national BBQ complements the $120,000 worth of donations Bunnings has already made to the recovery effort through donation of essential products as well as financial contributions.
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