(ive got no idea about where east melbourne is haha) but we go to knox wholesale meats - they have slabs of meat and we just cut it up ourselves - nice too!
we actually took our engle fridge down there a month or so ago and bought over $200 of meat, got about 5 rump slabs, an eye fillet slab, a porterhouse slab..
There is one near us that is fantastic, off Westall road, is that near you? I will get the address from DH if it's worthwhile...
Other place is Springvale market, they have weird cuts and I don't buy their mince as I am a little suspicious, but good value, also the seafood is great...
When we were kids, we used to go to a farm and buy half a cow or something. It was cut up into various cuts and we stored in the deep freeze for months. I don't know if that is an option.
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