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Hairs to living the dream
by Marcus Priaulx 27 April 2014
T
yrone Murray was giving away thousands of dollars in free haircuts before he met Gina Oberle. The Murgon Mustangs, rugby league five-eighth had a fantastic natural talent for doing tracks and showed it on anybody who wanted a haircut. Any hairdresser would have charged more than $100 for most of them but Tyrone just liked doing it. Friends would come round to his Cherbourg home and they’d also bring friends and children to have their locks trimmed and styled. Then hairdresser Gina directed Tyrone to the internet and showed him what salons were charging for the same work. Today, Tyrone works for Gina from Wednesday to Friday within a Cherbourg salon they have started. He also works at her OriGINAl
hair, by Gina located at Murgon’s PCYC on Monday and Tuesday if she’s busy. Tyrone is doing his apprenticeship through the salon and training is provided to him through Nurunderi TAFE at Cherbourg. Gina said he was naturally talented and the training was guiding him. “He’s very highly skilled,” she said before adding their Cherbourg salon in the Bunya Trees Room also does womens cuts and would soon be equipped for Tyrone to wash and colour hair. Tyrone enjoys the study, uses the internet to gain extra inspiration and knowledge and admits he’s living the dream. “I’m doing something that I love and earning a living,” he said. “I never thought this would happen.” To book an appointment at either salon, phone 0427 757 633.
Above: Tyrone Murray shows the same magic in the barber’s salon as he does on the footy field. He’s pictured with happy customer Daniel Aubrey. Below: This is the type of work that got Tyrone Murray started as a hairdresser.
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