I would be interested in your method for STOL or are you folk fortunate enough to not have to deal with short bush strips?
The technique taught flying to mountain strips in France is exclusively "point and power" - and the strips can sometimes be exceptionally short.
The view is that for a short landing, nothing is more important than an accurate touchdown point, which can only be achieved using a fixed aiming point and stable speed. If pitch is used to control airspeed, it becomes impossible to focus on the aiming point - and consequently you will miss the touchdown point, which on the shortest strips means you will break something.