My sister was here on holiday a few years back and commented on the number of men with beards, quite a few of which were on younger men and were ginger!! I have to say I hadn't really noticed after being here so many years.

HOWEVER, I have just returned to Oz after a year in the UK and I am seeing them everywhere now too.

Just why is it do you reckon? In the UK other than George Michael type goatees, the only beards I saw where on old codgers..........

Maybe they all think they will get mistaken for Brad Pitt..
Weirdos with beardos everywhere you look round here.
Guy next door looks like some ZZtop reject-turns out he is only 20!! Why would you do that to yourself?????

I have found in Adelaide that it is usually the bogan men that sport the 'ZZ top' beard. It is usually matched with a bald or very closely shaven head or with a mullet. And when you've seen one, you have seen them all - these men all look the same!!

It's really weird eh? In my last place of work there were a few office type guys sporting these ginger horrors!! They were in their 20's and looked like old grand-dads!!

Funny how I never noticed it before until my sister pointed it out and then I went back to the UK and saw all these clean shaven types!!

Never saw a mullet or a rats tail haircut until I got back either!!

Even more alarming are the kids with rats tails. Beardy men are usually bogans or of bogan heritage or theyre bikies.

Yup, Rats tails, horrible blast from the past - i thought i had gone through a time portal or something when i saw them still being worn here

Yes I agree, children with rats tails aren't nice.

I remember my son having one when he was about 12, he is now 35 and DEFO doesn't have one LOL!!

There's a lot of Bearded Pony here too....

Hmm, apart from the odd Rabbi, I haven't seen many in the inner Eastern suburbs of Melbourne - now Frankston, that's a different story

When we were in the UK we went out a lot on the gay scene as we both had gay friends. in fact we met in a gay nightclub. The "look" for gay men was goatee beard and often leathers. So when we arrived in WA to see all the bikies on the news we just found it hilerious. They would have a great time on Canal street in Man

I could just imagine some of these long bearded young men in Canal Street, there would be a riot as they tried to persuade the gay guys that they were not that way inclined LOL!!

Weirdos with beardos everywhere here I noticed it as soon as I arrived here. I think it looks disgusting I'm sure theres a bit of red neck/ machismo mentality that goes with the beards they seem to think it makes them more manly to have a great big dirty beard hanging from their face whereas i just think it makes them look like they are homeless tramps.

Noticed it a lot when working out in the bush. How can young men think it makes them look good or atractive?

ZZ Bearded men - Not a good look! LOL