A highlight of the Kiama Farmers’ Market at Coronation Park on Wednesday 25 October, 2023 (eclipsing even the unexpected visit of three large llamas) was the South Coast Kook getting his luxurious surfer locks shaved down for charity. 

The event started at 4pm and took a good hour because he had so much hair!

The South Coast Kook raised an amazing $2658 (mostly in five dollar cash donations) to donate to One Wave is All It Takes which runs mental health initiatives at local schools including Fluro Fridays.

The South Coast Kook (real name Matt King) told The Bugle his hair will be donated to help clean up oil spills around the world. The South Coast Kook is a well known podcast based on the South Coast on the themes of surfing and mental health.

The Kook has been involved in a whole range of fundraising and recycling efforts, most recently recycling 64 surfboards with some boards being made into memorabilia for the Clearly Festival. He has also participated in a number of activities supporting Veteran Mental health and teen mental health in local schools.

The llamas left fairly quickly and it was unclear what the llama drama was but it is possible they were spooked by the large crowd they attracted on their arrival and according to reports also from the dogs at the markets.