HEADS shook in horror when Toowoomba’s first strip club opened last week.
Now, the controversial establishment has further raised the hackles of angry locals by opening a topless barber shop.
Hairdresser/stripper Bree Francis is giving the in-your-face haircuts as a cheeky added attraction at The Vault on Ruthven St.
“A fellow last week paid for three haircuts just to look at my boobs and then he gave me a $120 tip afterwards,’’ Ms Francis, 21, said.
“It’s so different from normal hairdressing. I’m more comfortable because I’m naked.’’
But Toowoomba locals who fought unsuccessfully to stop The Vault from opening in a former Commonwealth Bank building say the topless barber shop is “just rubbing our noses in it”.
Local church leader Paul Galligan said 3000 locals objected to the “striptease joint”, along with senior police, the Toowoomba City Council, Chamber of Commerce and local Newman government MP Trevor Watts.
But the Queensland Civil and Administrative Appeals Tribunal last month rejected an appeal against the decision to grant LA Showgirls Pty Ltd an adult entertainment permit to open the $2.5 million club.

