Party out back as mullets most magnificent go on show

It's business up front and party out the back as the unmistakeable mullet is celebrated in style. (Darren Pateman/AAP PHOTOS)

It's a quintessentially Aussie haircut, one in which business and pleasure clash in a coming together of the tightly cropped with the long-locked.

The mullet has taken its annual moment in the limelight with hordes of enthusiasts of the short-sides, long-back hairdo vying for the coveted prize of "best mullet of them all".