Hairdressing while travelling Oz
Submitted: Friday, Aug 19, 2011 at 20:01
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Member - Kiwibound eventually
One of the inevitable necessities whilst travelling is the need to have a haircut. We are currently in
Weipa after travelling to
Cape York and we are a long way from
home in
Melbourne and the usual hairdresser. Today my husband was a "model" at
Heritage Hair and Beauty who were looking for men to have their haircut and allow a mature apprentice to practice her haircutting skills while being supervised by a qualified hairdresser. The result is an excellent haircut at no charge, and and a pleasant hour spent chatting to a couple of locals and learning about the area. If you happen to be in
Weipa we can recommend
Heritage Hair and Beauty in Nanum Shopping Centre.
Reply By: Fatso - Friday, Aug 19, 2011 at 20:18
Friday, Aug 19, 2011 at 20:18
G'day Kiwibound. Sounds like you got a bargain.
One of the
young fellas mates is working in
Weipa & reckons it is very expensive for everything up there.
$42 for a haircut he reckons. That's no perm & blow dry either. Just a crew cut with clippers.
I wonder if, like in most of the more isolated
places, they blame the inflated price on transport costs.
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Follow Up By: Member - Kiwibound eventually - Friday, Aug 19, 2011 at 20:49
Friday, Aug 19, 2011 at 20:49
Hi Fatso. When we enquired about the cost of a haircut they quoted us $29 for a man's cut which I didn't think was too far different from other towns. However the offer of a cut for free was very welcome. We have often seen notices outside hairdressers asking for models but never had the time previously. Now we do, and we are very happy with the result. We have noticed some of the goods are more costly here, but the majority of goods arrive by barge each week so it can only be expected to cost more. The most amazing thing in Woolworths was to see all the bread frozen - it is frozen before it leaves
Cairns or it would be stale before hitting the shelf in
Weipa. We paid $1.679 a litre for diesel which was significantly better than the $2.24 in
Seisia.
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Follow Up By: Member - Joe n Mel n kids (FNQ - Saturday, Aug 20, 2011 at 21:52
Saturday, Aug 20, 2011 at 21:52
yes we "blame" it on transport ............ and we "inflate" the price, that is why we still are here to actually have a
shop so all the tourists can leave the cotton wool wrapped citys with all the cheap crap and come visit us, tis funny as we dont go down to them and comment how cheap it is down there, maybe because we dont want to get shot at or stabbed, but hey the fuel is cheap and haircuts are $30 bucks less ....... funny as the mining towns have really
well paid jobs, the shops are expensive ..... not that hard to work out eh..
Ok back under my
rock
Cheers
Joe
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Reply By: Fred G NSW - Saturday, Aug 20, 2011 at 09:32
Saturday, Aug 20, 2011 at 09:32
We need a gallery here, or should that be "rogues gallery" LOL maybe, of members heads so as we can see for ourselves.
Maybe we can have a best hair, or lack of it, comp at the gathering in a few weeks. Now there's an idea for a fundraiser Dave.
A recent thread revealed Doug T has a healthy head of hair.
But then again, he's got other reasons to stay spruced up at present ;-)
Fred
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Follow Up By: Member - Kiwibound eventually - Saturday, Aug 20, 2011 at 11:18
Saturday, Aug 20, 2011 at 11:18
My husband would be in the contenders to win the competition! If he doesn't have a haircut every six weeks or so he looks like a mop head! We really wanted to give the hairdresser at
Weipa (there is only one salon) some acknowledgement and hopefully encourage other travelers to consider using their
services.
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