In a few weeks I'm embarking on a 2 month trip across Australia and New Zealand. I don't know for sure but my impression is that these places are way sunnier than where I live (Midwest USA) so I need to get a serious hat as I feel the standard trucker cap won't do.

The thing is though, I'm bald and I don't want it to look like I'm coping or trying to cover up, and I have no idea what kind of hat sends that message. Panama hats seem the most universal but I don't know. What do you guys suggest?

>>18490394 (OP)
you know its winter there right now, right?

>>18490394 (OP)
A Panama hat is usually fine anywhere for warm or hot weather. Even those who complain about the perceived colonialism of those styles aren't the majority anywhere in the world. Some people might get upset if you decide to wear a pith helmet, though. In general, while virtually any kind of straw hat is safe, if you are serious about a fur felt or wool felt hat, try to look into the Akubra or Stetson companies. Make sure you figure out what your correct hat size is, as it is better to be slightly up by one size than below your ideal size. Akubra leather sweatbands (interior hat band) shrink slightly, and the Stetson ones a bit less, but all leather inside bands shrink at least a little bit with wearing them, so expect your hat to be slightly loose upon wearing it for the first time or few, until it adjusts itself closer to your head shape. As for the style, look into flatter-brimmed cowboy and outback hats in a moderate to somewhat wide brim if you want to start out with one, or try a moderate-brimmed fedora of around 2 1/4 to 2 7/8 inches in width, even a wider 3 inches or a little over, if you want to, but that gets into the territory of more country sorts of hats like the cowboy and outback styles. A narrow-brimmed hat probably won't be helpful against the sun for anything other than your scalp, so consider the shade of a wider-moderate or wide brim, but probably not too wide, anymore than you are comfortable with for your first hat.

>>18490394 (OP)
It's winter here you dumb cunt. You should know this if you are about to travel the fucking land. Trucker caps are what most blokes wear, stop over thinking it. If you really are that much of a faggot and want more than that you can go buy a boonie hat from kmart for 12 dollars when you get here.

Make sure to get some of the local sunscreen, it's top tier, and banned in MAGAland by the party of small government

Don't forget your burner phone so you don't end up in a gulag in central america because you liked a post about the epstein files and forgot to delete the evidence

>>18490394 (OP)
Depending on where you go in Australia depends on where you need a hat, it will be fucking freezing and dreary in Melbourne.

It is sunny and hot in Mackay, Townsville and Cairns (Central and North QLD).

Where are you going in Australia? You could buy an Akubra when you are here if you have a bit of money