- KAKADU
DROVER
- THE
ULTIMATE IN FASHIONABLE PROTECTION
THE FABRIC FAVORED BY THE
OUTBACK DROVERS HAD ITS ORIGINS ON SYDNEY'S DOCKS IN THE EARLY 1800'S. AN
ENTERPRISING SCOT BY THE NAME OF ANDREW LEROY HIT ON THE IDEA OF TURNING
SECOND-HAND SAILS, SOAKED IN LINSEED OIL, INTO WATERPROOF CAPES AND THEN
SELLING THEM BACK TO THE SAILORS.
HERE WAS A FABRIC THAT WOULD
REPEL THE STRONGEST GALE AND WAS DESIGNED TO LAST. WHEN STEAM REPLACED
SAIL, MANY OF THE SAILORS SWAPPED A ROLLING DECK FOR A GALLOPING HORSE -
DROVING ACROSS THE VAST OUTBACK. THEIR OILSKIN DROVERS WERE JUST AS HANDY
THERE.
OVER THE YEARS, IMPROVEMENTS
WERE MADE. COATS TREATED IN LINSEED OIL TENDED TO CRACK OR ROT. NEW OIL
AND WAX PROCESSES WERE DEVELOPED WHICH WERE JUST AS WATERPROOF AND WOULD
LAST FOREVER - WELL, ALMOST.
KAKADU TRADERS HAS GOT THE
PROCESS RIGHT. WE USE ONLY THE FINEST FABRIC - LONG FIBERED COTTON,
TIGHTLY WOVEN AND CONSTRUCTED TO LAST. THESE GARMENTS HAVE NATURAL,
IN-BUILT CLIMATE CONTROL. THE PROTECTIVE COATING IS SPECIALLY PREPARED TO
PROVIDE AN INSULATING BARRIER THAT BREATHES BETWEEN THE WEARER AND THE
ELEMENTS. AT FIRST, THE WARMTH IS HELD INSIDE WHICH MELTS THE MICROWAX™
AND LETS EXCESS HEAT ESCAPE. THIS REDUCES THE INTERNAL HEAT WHICH ALLOWS
THE MICROWAX™ TO SET AGAIN - RESTORING THE INTEGRITY OF THE GARMENT.
KAKADU GARMENTS ARE BUILT FOR COMFORT, KEEPING THE WEARER WARM AND DRY IN
ALL WEATHERS.
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