The day Bowie came to my outback town
An alien lands in Carinda, NSW.
A suburban status symbol or just another weekend chore?
Our relationship with lawns is all but clean cut.
In truth, it’s long, deeply rooted and a sometimes complicated Australian story.
Venture deep into the backyard and discover ‘lawn policing’, meet a lawn doctor and find out why Australia’s coat of arms once included grass.
First broadcast on ABC RN’s Off Track in June, 2013.