Coach from another era in Australia to open grounds (6)
I believe the answer is:
landau
'coach from another era' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'australia to open grounds' is the wordplay.
'australia' becomes 'au'.
'to' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'open grounds' becomes 'land' (I am not sure about the 'open' bit.**).
'au' put after 'land' is 'LANDAU'.
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for landau that I've seen before include "Transport" , "Old four-wheeled covered carriage" , "Four-wheeled vehicle with two folding hoods" , "Four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage" , "Old-fashioned four-wheeled covered carriage" .)