When Doug Michalk walked down the street, with dreadlocks measuring at least 60cm you could spot him coming a mile away.
That was until now.
He's looking fairly ordinary these days but his heart and his actions couldn't be further from it.
The Parkes local had his head shaved at the Cambridge Hotel on 8 March, raising funds for two great causes in the process.
With his last haircut in August 2017 and dreadlocks halfway down his back, Doug was getting frustrated with his hair-do and decided it was time to give it the chop.
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Of course with such a hairstyle, it was always going to be quite a spectacle and Doug embraced it.
His why-not attitude raised $4325 for Beyond Blue and $4360 for Parkes Can Assist, and then came the auction.
"The auction alone raised $9780," Doug said.
That's a total of $18,465 for the night.
"It was a great night... it was also to celebrate my birthday which was the next day," Doug said.
"We maxed the pub out, there would have been 400 people there easy."
Doug said he was feeling pretty good about the amount they raised.
"I didn't expect to make that much," he said.
"Pat Bailey (from Parkes Can Assist) was gobsmacked at how much we raised.
"The boys threw the hat around and I think there was $600 just for the eyebrows, I wasn't gonna fight that."
That's right, even Doug's eyebrows saw clippers.
What added to the energy on the night was the moment Doug's father Peter Michalk put up his hand to have his shoulder-length hair shaved too.
"Dad was saying in the week leading up 'I might get done too'," Doug said, adding that he didn't believe him.
"It was the first time I'd seen his head shaved."
Sally Hoy was the hairdresser behind the shave and nine of Doug's mates came up to help.
"My mates have always wanted to chop it off," he said.
Doug wanted to support Can Assist because "they do a lot for people doing it tough" and Beyond Blue for all their work with mental health.
"I always have an open door for anyone who needs to talk," he said.
Doug encourages others to get behind a good cause and help your fellow man out.
"I know times are hard but support a charity, any charity really," he said.
"And be nice, it's not hard."
With all that hair now gone, one would expect it'd be a lot cooler for Doug but he doesn't agree.
"No it feels hotter when the sun hits my head," he said.
"I used to wet my hair and I was right.
"It felt weird the first time on a four-wheeler," he laughed.
Either way, there's no doubt he looks like a different man.
Doug helps out on the family farm in Parkes and works at the Tomingley Gold Mine, where he's already attracted some attention.
"Someone asked me the other day 'are you the new bloke?'" He laughed.
Doug would like to thank all of his sponsors for the head shave: McPhersons Parts and Service, AgriWest Parkes, Frank Spice Parkes, Souters Auto Electrical and Mechanical, Blatch's, Telescope Tyres, Sprayer Barn, Ploughman's Hill Olives, Kinsela Plant Repairs, Kindred Beauty, Cakes By Alicia, hairdresser Carrie Cusack, Orange Mountain Wine, Bianca's Kitchen at Orange, Ian Henry, Peter McPhee and Tom Cowen.
Doug apologises if he's left anyone out and thanks everyone involved for their generosity.
