Let the shampoo run free again

These floods will have a silver lining for Cate Blanchett, who can at last reach for the Sunsilk again. Not like four years ago:

THE drought has hit so hard that even one of the world's most glamorous women is doing it tough, resorting to not washing her hair.

Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett yesterday visited drought-ravaged North Pine Dam, north of Brisbane, to promote a new Australian Conservation Foundation online campaign whoonearthcares.com.

"I actually have little races with myself, thinking 'Oh no, I'm not washing my hair. I only need to have a two-minute shower'," Blanchett revealed.

Blanchett and Australian Conservation Foundation director Don Henry visited the dam – presently at just 16 per cent of capacity – to see the effects of the drought and to share her passionate views about climate change.

(Thanks to reader Matthew.)