Information About Kakadu Drover

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.

OUR FIRST DROVER, AGE 79 YEARS AND IS STILL AROUND
AFTER ALL OF THE ABUSE FROM MOTHER NATURE.