New Car

Since we use our 4WD quite a lot for our trips we thought we’d look at swapping it for something newer. After a lot of reading and a tour of the car dealerships we decided on something quite different. The 2011 Toyota FJ Cruiser. The FJ Cruiser is a retro-style 4WD produced by Toyota and features styling reminiscent of the original Toyota FJ40 Land Cruisers from the 1960s.

After some test driving, deciding on the colour and options all there was left to do was negotiate a really good deal.

Since the model is only just for sale in Australia, the car still needs to be built and the Tsunami in Japan has delayed production. We are currently expecting it to arrive in September/October. The Patrol has since then been sold, so for the next few months we are without wheels.

The yellow one is the dealers demonstration model

This is the colour we ordered, Titanium with a white roof.

Melbourne

Another long weekend, the Queens Birthday in this case, took us to Melbourne. We stayed in the city for one night and with Aukje for the other night.

In Melbourne we did some shopping, went for lunch and met up for dinner at Longrain with Chantal and Christel. The next day we drove our rental car to Cockatoo for a long overdue visit to Aukje, Arthur and the girls. We played with the dogs, fed the horses, chased the chickens and cooked dinner.  The next day we had breakfast with eggs fresh from the chicken coop. After that we went for a walk in the Dandenong Ranges followed by lunch. Then back to the airport for our flight back to Sydney. Too short again!

Egg-net dish	Duck curry
Yes that is a chicken
Making horse-food	Cooking lamb
Feeding a cockatoo