Douglas Hackett, Riley Halder, Isaia Karetai, Cade Meikle, Rohan Murray and Taylor Holdaway have been friends since childhood.
"We’ve been mates since forever. I think it has been about 12 years," Isaia said.
"We went to the same school and [we] like to do four-wheel driving, fixing things, have fun, hang out ... We spend pretty much a lot of our time together."
They said they were friends at the good and difficult times — and proof of that was when they decided to help Riley’s sister — 12-year-old Indy Halder, also known as "Possy".
She was diagnosed with alopecia about four years ago, but recently her hair loss had become more noticeable.
A couple of weeks ago at a party, someone offered to give $50 to charity if Douglas shaved off his three-year-old mullet.
While the idea was generous, they decided to take a bigger step.
"We thought that actually we could do better — we could all shave our heads and do a kind of fundraiser to support Possy," Isaia said.
"It was kind of a no-brainer for us... Doug then set up the Givealittle page and we started from that."
Rohan said the initial aim was to raise $3500 for a wig, so they all shared the fundraiser on their social media.
"We found out wigs could be quite expensive — we had no idea."
Isaia was pleased with the outcome.
"We reached the goal in less than 24 hours, which was quite amazing, and now about a week and a-half after beginning, we raised more than $5000.
"All the money will be donated to Possy for her wig and care."
Indy’s brother, Riley, felt humbled by his friends’ support for his younger sister.
"It was pretty awesome what they did. They’re all like my brothers and she has been pretty amazing with the whole thing."
Indy and Riley’s parents, Arna and Dave Halder, said they were surprised and touched by the boys’ efforts.
"It’s not often you get a young group of lads wanting to do something like this," Mrs Halder said.
They said her daughter impressed them daily with her positive attitude and her strength to deal with the "life-altering" condition.
Mr Halder said Indy was a one-of-a-kind daughter, and usually thought about others before herself. He said it was amazing to see her brother’s friends come together to support Indy.
"We’ve been blown away by the support, not only from them, but the whole Riverton community.
"We are bloody proud of her and the boys."
