couch grasses are the most common lawn grasses around, can understand the ex-cockie not wanting it in his pastures or in his vegetable growing areas if he where still on the farm but as lawn it is good.

i'm not a lawn sort of person as i see them as resource wastefull at the very least, i would suggest you wait until the rains come yo will be very surprised how fast the lawn will come back.

or turn wasteful lawn into productive more water efficient gardens.

len

Kids & pets can't run around in a yard full of plants. If you plant the correct species for your situation, you will find that the grass uses no more water than a mass of plants would. I water my grass about as much (or less) than the garden (which isn't much these days), and it is looking OK.

Cheers
Chop