We are Wavell

Ponytail Project 2026

We're rocking the chop to put a stop to cancer!

Did you know that 1 in 2 Australians will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime?

We're taking part in Cancer Council’s Ponytail Project campaign to raise funds that will support people impacted by cancer.

Throughout the year, we will be growing my hair as long as possible, alongside peers all across Australia, before chopping off my ponytail and rocking a brand new hairdo. Every ponytail chopped will make a difference to the lives of people affected by cancer #chopforchange.

All funds raised will go towards essential cancer support services, prevention programs and lifesaving research. This means everything from transport to get cancer patients to and from their medical appointments, to assisting childcare facilities to keep kids safe from the sun.

We know that we can help create change.

Will you support us?

You can find out more about where your donations go at ponytailproject.com.au/about-cancer-council. 

Thank you!

Our Achievements

Shared on socials

Invited friends to join team

Added a blog post

Girl squad assemble, you will achieve incredible things together!

Confidence is your best hairstyle! You look great, now conquer the day!

Halfway there! We believe in you

PROUD! You have reached your team fundraising goal! Your squad are inspiring

Thank you to our Sponsors

$300

Keels Newsome

For grandma

$215

K Honey

For grandma honey 🧡

$215

Grannie

Love you Gracie

$215

Mark Thomson

Proud of you!

$215

Roxane Osborn

$215

Mkrc

Proud to support you and this amazing cause. You’re making a real difference for families impacted by cancer.

$215

Uncle Kilaku :)

The hope in this world, shines on in your future.

$200

Brandon Smith

$200

Beth And Jordan

$200

Abdul Samad

So proud of you, Mahdi! ❤️ Your courage to rock the chop for such an important cause is inspiring. Wishing you all the best on 15/09! ✂️💙

$190

The Ali Family

All the best Mahdi! We are so proud of you! Go you good thing!! 🎉👏🏼💖

$159

Harrison Barnes

$141

Caitlin Langton

$128

Theresa Langton

So proud or your big heart and generosity. I know what a big thing cutting your hair off is !! Love you

$121

Benjamin Gaunt

Good on ya Bella ❤️

$111

Luke Raffin-englefield

I am so proud of you Holli

$107

Kelly Jones

$107

Mum And Dad

You go girl!! We are proud of you!! xx

$107

Isaac Barnes

$107

Anonymous

U go Glen Coco!

$107

Kim Smith

A cause close to many people’s heart ! Your amazing darling xx love auntie Kim & uncle Paul xxxx

$107

Anonymous

Good Stuff Freyah

$107

Margaret Langton

Can't wait to see the new hairstyle.

$107

Eamon Langton

$106

Matt Winters

Great cause Lily, well done

$106

Family

We are very proud of you

$106

Jasmine Williams

Proud of you x

$106

Anne-maree

$106

Benny T

Well done beautiful girl🥰

$106

Joanne Harding

Great cause Olivia!! You will rock a new do 🥰

$106

Sharmi Ali

Good luck with your fundraiser. I hope you reach you target❤️

$106

Shama Ali

Well done on supporting such an important cause. I’m so proud of you Mahdi, what an inspiration💛

$106

Phena Lin

$104

Anonymous

We're so proud of you!!!

$104

Perrin Irving

Great cause sweetie!

$100

Bews Family

You are amazing Lily! Can't wait to see your haircut! Some lucky person will get to share your beautiful hair. Great job!

$100

The Shaw's

Well done, Olive.

$100

Tony Denman

Uncle Tony is my favourite uncle

$80

Jonathan Klamer

go bald bud

$76

Tracey

$72

Izzy

Love you Kiddo, proud of you

$72

Andy Jones

Proud of you Olive- you rock!!

$72

Simon

Great work Oli!

$72

Sally-anne Palmer

Well Done Grace, worthy cause - your Dad filled us all in at work.

$71

Dad

Proud of you Lily, supporting a great cause.

$71

Anonymous

So so proud Freya! You have such a beautiful heart ❤️❤️

$71

Hayley Thirkettle

Go Lily!

$71

Janelle Osborn

Good on you Bella

$71

Ma & Pa Connolly

We are proud of you for taking part in such an important initiative.

$71

Cassandra Barclay

$71

Peter Krincevski

$71

Sean Hallifax

Your Daughter is a bloody Legend mate. What a great cause.

$71

Mon

$71

Joe Lin

$65

Liz Hood

Good on you Lily!

$64

Elizabeth Gillan

You go girl!! So proud of you 🙌🥰❤️

$64

Thedueks

Best wishes for Thursday HH

$64

Carmel Connors

$64

The Loanes.

Proud of you Matty.

$64

Nana & Poppy

Great cause Zoe, won’t be long and it will be grown back 💕

$64

Eamon Langton

Good job Ruby!!!

$64

Jen White

So proud of you Grace x

$64

Chris Gane

Well done Grace - such a great cause!!!

$62

Safiun Yunus

Great initiative, proud of you my princesss

$62

Jessica Goble

What an amazing cause Freyah, well done!

$62

Jade Williamson

So proud of you Grace! You’re such a beautiful human inside and out

$62

Sue Golightly

Amazing work Olivia! Your ponytail will make such a difference to someone

$62

Anne-maree Ryan

$62

Jules & Iain

So many lives affected. Thank you Olive for supporting such an important cause. You will rock the chop! ✂️ 💕Jules & Iain

$62

Shan

You rock Olive ❤️

$62

Justin Hallarsis

Thank you for doing your part, Sienna!

$62

Anonymous

Do it all in Love Freyah. We love you and everything you do.

$62

Anonymous

well done Hollii great idea your fan GP

$62

Joel Mccormick

Good work Hollii !

$62

Anne-maree Ryan

$62

Anne-maree Ryan

$62

Anita Knight

Congratulations Lily. So proud of you.

$62

Anton Franchi

$62

Anonymous

All the best Mahdi , good luck

$62

K Honey

$62

Foxtone Andy’s Cctv

$62

Claire Aynsley

Great idea Olivia - can’t wait to see the new do 😉

$62

Caleb Gittins

$59

Jo Robinson

You will rock the new do!

$57

Nikki, Riley, Cooper & Annika Markham

$57

Rylee

beyond proud of you girl 🤞🏽🤍

$57

Wendy Reynolds

Proud of you for contributing to such a great cause

$57

Benita & The Bell

This is fabulous Olive, what a great thing to do - I know you will rock the chop 💇‍♀️💕

$57

Alicia W

Well done Grace

$56

Sarah

$56

Mr. Kirk And His Better Half

I just wanted to wish you all the best with your Rock the Chop. It’s great to see you getting involved in such a positive initiative. You are also confident enough to get your hair cut shorter for to help others which is not something everyone is willing to do! Keep this up, you will go on to do good things Freyah!

$56

Anonymous

Great cause and a meaningful act of kindness!!!

$56

Geoff Tempany

Good on you for doing this for such a great cause.

$56

Paul Wildman

go Hollii

$56

Shahifa Shahi

So proud of you Mahdiyah. Your kindness and generosity is commendable. You got our love and support in everything esp for this great cause ❤️

$56

Samara Shahi N Ibrahim Ali

Love you Mahdiyah bubu. You are so inspiring and amazing!

$56

Lynda Graham

Love You 😘😘😘😘

$55

Ian & Jo-anne Williams

Live from Grandma & Grandad x

$55

Nanna And Poppy

Love the cause your donating to. Love Nanna and Poppy.x

$55

Kevin Denman

$55

Tracey Wilson

Great job. Lily

$55

Emma And Rob Clark

Well done, Lily - such an amazing cause! ❤️

$55

Uncle Graeme

Well done Lily…don’t chop all your lovely pony tail off.

$55

Cass

You are an amazing young lady Olive. Well done x

$55

Jodi & Michael Murphy

Great cause Lil, well done!

$55

Jess Lauer

$55

Anonymous

Wish i could’ve doubled it

$55

B

$50

Madi

$50

Claire Harris

$49

Anonymous

Good luck Maddy

$46

Anonymous

Good Job Matty

$45

James Miles

well done matty from miles family

$45

Paul And Carole Berg

Good on you Lily. It's a great cause. ❤️💝

$45

Ruwani S

Go Eliza!

$45

Sue Clayton

$45

Don Helmore

So proud of you xx

$45

Zavier Glyde

$34

Sharon Waddingham

$34

Hugh King

$34

Anonymous

$34

Mini Brookes

Rock that chop sister! Proud of you!!

$34

Amanda Layton

Happy chopping for a great cause

$34

Olivia

A brave act for a great cause!

$34

Zareena Shekell

So Proud of You - What a Beautiful Thing to Do 💛

$34

Ash & Dim

Such a great cause! Go Lily!

$34

Sawyer Family

Great cause. Good on you, Lily!!

$34

Andrew Ferguson

$34

Madi

$34

Paddy

$34

Michelle Nye

Great job Madhi!!

$33

Chelsea Chilton

This is such an amazing cause! Im so proud of you !!! Cant wait to cut ur hair !!! #benicetome #bibble

$32

Mh

$30

Anonymous

$30

Sophie Corkhill

$30

Hannah

$29

Karen Bent

$29

Alicks

Go Grace!! So awesome that you're supporting this great cause 💛

$29

Grace Langton

$29

Joann Mcconnell

$29

Sophie Giammattei

👏

$28

Valerie Harrison

Good luck and send us a photo of your hairstyle

$28

Belinda Ferguson

Proud of you!

$28

Muz And Leanne

Go Mahdi!!

$28

Aden Young

#frickcancer

$28

Liamo

Good work Lily, you’ll look even more like your mum now!!

$28

Trish Jones

Good luck Zoe, I’m sure you will reach your goal

$28

Lily Ryan

$28

Stella

$28

Jasmine Steele

$28

Harry Boyd

$26

Shane Burnett

All the best with the fundraiser, Zoe!

$26

Shane Burnett

All the best with the fundraiser, Sienna!

$26

Shane Burnett

Best wishes with your fundraising efforts, Freyah!

$26

Shane Burnett

Well done Olivia!

$26

Shane Burnett

Well done, Olive!

$25

Indie Rooney

you inspire me everyday ! ily always 🩷

$25

Indie

this is beautiful Freyah! ily 🩷

$25

Muazzam Ali

$25

Anonymous

$24

Madi J

i’m so beyond proud of you my girl🩷

$24

Rachel Burnett

Well done Ollie xoxo

$24

Amanda Solomon

Congrats on doing great things for a great charity! Can't wait to see the chop

$24

Natalie Bell

Very proud of you beautiful girl!

$24

Jack

$24

Michelle Bertinato

👏🩷

$24

Amy Bell

So proud of you Freyah!!

$24

Albs

$24

Harry West

$24

Aunty Leis

Good on you Ollie! Love you honey 😘

$24

Tia Jones

$24

Chantelle Mcpherson

Proud of you Lil xx

$24

Matt Turner

$24

Catherine Baker

Good on you for doing this.

$24

Holly

$24

Rory Ferguson

Go Lilith

$24

Anonymous

$24

Rachel Meehan

Well done Lily! What a wonderful cause to support. Your hair is beautiful and will make someone feel special during their difficult days.

$24

Linda Windsor

Good work Lily.

$24

Anonymous

$24

Carmen Cheng

good job !

$24

Libby Malone

Way to go, beauty!

$24

Spargo & Kelly Family

Great work Olivia!

$24

Ross Amato

$24

Anonymous

Super effort Lily

$24

Anonymous

$24

Molly

$24

Zaine

$24

Jackie Stevens

$23

Jade Pereira

$20

Grace Eden

Absolutely love everything about this!

$20

Jack Sigma

SIX SEVEN

$20

Anonymous

$20

Aimee Tither

$20

Kyra Daskalakis

So proud of you. Such a great cause❤️❤️

$20

Anonymous

$20

Judy

$19

Anonymous

$18

Dileep Varghese

$18

Josh Lewis

Bye bye hair!!

$18

Anonymous

$18

Ruby

i’m so proud of you grace 🫶 i love you so much!!

$17

Anonymous

$15

Xanthya

$14

Anonymous

$13

Lisa Burgess-halloway

$12

Cailie

$12

Kdo

$12

Jessie Finch

$12

Anonymous

$12

Anonymous

$12

Gabi Wade

❤️❤️

$12

Ruby

I’m so proud of you lily 🩷 you are so inspiring xx

$12

Anonymous

$12

Kovid Godbole

Not much but Yh

$12

Ruby Fernando

Well done Miss Freyah!

$12

Mila Coetzee

💇‍♀️💕

$12

Ella

go girl!!

$10

Tawana Mapfumo

Go Freyah! Amazing cause🫶

$10

Matilda Mcdarmont

#rockthebob 💕

$10

Jayde Baldry

So much love for you Ruby x

$10

Mali

$9

Anonymous

$7

Anonymous

make the number even

$7

Dexter Mott

go bald

$6

Bella Cinco

sent by pigeon! amazing job lil ❤️

$6

Campbell Hooper

Chanty beluga

$6

Angela

Thank you Grace! A brave thing with big impact.

$6

Nadine

love ya

$6

Lily Ferguson

$6

Eva Millard

$6

Anonymous

$6

Anonymous

$6

Anonymous

$5

Kate ❣️

proud of you sweetie ily

$5

Matilda

🫰

$2

Lily Fergudon

Love u Frey Frey. This is instead of getting a cookie btw

$2

Bibble

hi again

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