Community • July 8, 2026
This ‘Outback Barber’ Brings Hair-Cutting Workshops to Remote Islands, Leaving Dignity and Doos in His Wake
Originally published on Good News Network

There's an old saying: cut a man's hair, and he's fresh for a month. Teach a man to cut hair, and he's fresh for a lifetime. Er, wait—wasn't it something about fish? For Queensland barber Jon James, stepping off a small plane onto Mornington Island off the northern coast of Australia, he found a community
There's an old saying: cut a man's hair, and he's fresh for a month. Teach a man to cut hair, and he's fresh for a lifetime. Er, wait—wasn't it something about fish? For Queensland barber Jon James, stepping off a small plane onto Mornington Island off the northern coast of Australia, he found a community
Originally published on Good News Network.
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