Steven Rowlandson

Its been a few years now, but I haven’t bought any Lamb of Beef from anywhere else other than Little Creek Cattle Co (Little Creek Beef).

Not only is the meat of a fantastic quality its also priced very very well. At only $9.99 per kg for a side of beef, which is roughly 60 kgs. It can be a little daunting at first to get such a large volume of meat, but when divided up with a few friends, family or neighbours, its a very attractive and cheap way to buy meat.

We have for the last 4 orders had divided our bounty up 5 ways. which fills just over 2 drawers in our upright freezer full of meat.  Upon delivery, we are always stuck for choice on what to eat first. Whislt the tasty 30mm thick eye fillets are a premium steak, the flavoured sausages are to die for. Roasts are perfect on a cold winters day, as well as diced beef for beautiful stews and casseroles as well as slow cooked curry. If you have thought of getting quality meat, talk to Little Creek, its well worth it and you won’t regret it.

Don’t forget to tell Craig Steve sent you

Its been 7 months wince we took delivery of the Toyota Rav4 ZR6. Overall, the car is fantastic. Its performed its job with ease and is a very comfortable vehicle to drive. Its has plenty of power on tap and the driver assist features of Downhill Assist, Hill Start assist, traction control and the centre diff lock all work wonderfully.

The extra features of the ZR6 are worth the extra investment in my eyes, Whilst having the sunroof fully open in summer does little but baked the interior to an unbelievable tempreture and give you sunburn, tilting it up slightly helps the vehicle with a bit of fresh air flow. Its main value is in allowing natural light into the car. The Heated seats whilst a little useless at first appearance are a welcomed relief each morning when gazing down and seeing its 4 Degrees C outside. The climate control is a feature that once you have it, you can never live without it. Setting the tempreture to 23C and leaving it alone to do its stuff is what motorists want. Hassle free driving.

The Sat Nav is fairly simple to use and the integrated phone system works flawlessly. Being unable to ‘download’ my Apple iPhone address book is a pain. Also the inability to stream music via Bluetooth, as I can in my Poverty pack Aurion ATX is also a major pain. We do leave a 3.5mm jack cable in the centre console for this purpose.

The front and rear parking sensors are handy (well the rear are), I cna’t say I am overly impressed the Front Parking sensors button is backlit in Green when the rest of the dash is Orange. A complaint to Toyota revealed whilst this complaint is common, there is ‘nothing we can do’.

The lack of a Distance till Empty / Fuel Consumption gauge on a vehicle costing over $50k is a little dissapointing also. Especially when so many other vehicles in Toyota’s fleet have this feature. Maybe its a deliberate ploy in hiding the at times, woeful economy of the V6 and the lack of fuel capacity. I’d gladly trade my underfloor storage area for a decent fuel tank. I reckon I could get another 80 litres in there giving the rav a decent range.

I would be tempted to look at upgrading the suspension as it feels a little soft for my likeing and a little more lift would be welcomed offroad.

Overall its been a fantastic vehicle and I have no regrets in buying it. Even if the Toyota Prado Kakado looks like a Fantastic buy. If your interested in one, why not pop over to Discount New Cars. Its the site I go to to compare specs / features and getting an upfront discount to start your negotiations with dealers is a welcomed start for me.

Its been about 3-4 months Since the Honda FT500 lived again, was registered at Vicroads under the Club Permit scheme. The Bikes done about a thousend kms and the only issue to date (touch wood) was the internals of the speedo self destructing. This wasn’t a big issue as I use a Magellan GPS which I have permenantly mounted to the speedo and wired directly (through a FUSE!) to the battery.

Since the earlier post I have fitted a pair of Metzeler tyres, purchased, fitted and balanced by Pablos’, who I can’t recommend enough. They did a fantastic job and the prices were on par with importing a set directly from the US and who can be bothered both waiting and the hassle to then get the tyres fitted.

I have also installed a new Cam, Cam chain, Gear Selector Rubber, head gasket, front andrear sprokets (both stock gearing) new Olink 530 chain, new oil and oil filter and a set of valves from the US. Peter Stevens supplies most of my new parts and most are again cheaper and easier than importanting from a lot of the overseas sites such as thumperstuff.com and Davidsilverspares.co.uk.