I'm laughing because last friday I got the Scotts speedy green spreader out of the shed and spread about 8 kg of lawn fertiliser over the lawn (worked out at around 40g per m^2).

Figured it might help a bit after all the heat

Then I spread 5 kg of wetasoil over it and watered it in well.

Before I did that, I scratched the thatch out of the dead spots with the rake

We have been fortunate enough to get a bit of a hammering with rain over the last few days. Not tonnes, but good-ish. Its been a week now, and it is starting to look better

It has been so dry that the weeds on the verge have barely grown

Once winter comes, my fortnightly mowing increases due to the verge. Will be an extra 150 ish sqm + 110 council land that has to be slashed. Lucky I enjoy giving the mowers a workout