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We are an Aussie couple, both with a background in health and business. We have two very active boys. The whole family are keen surfers, mountain bikers, hikers and campers.

We love staying active outdoors, but when it’s time to come back inside, there is so much mess!

Originally muk mat came about as a solution to keep the sand, dirt and grass out of our car after a surf. Then we found it useful to clean our feet/shoes after running, footy, golf, riding and camping.

We’d pop our “patch of grass” on the ground, clean our feet and complete strangers would come up to us and ask what it was, where we got it and where they could get one.

Australians love the outdoors lifestyle and we saw an opportunity to provide a product to make it easier to stay active and keep the muk outside.

A little insight into why we do what we do. muk mats VISION is “to inspire everyone to enjoy the great outdoors… without the worry of bringing the muk indoors.”

Then came… the muk mat!

Aussie Disposals is a 100% Australian owned family business founded in 1962 by Bill Purvis with the support of his brother George with its first store in located in Moe Victoria! We are camping enthusiasts who love the outdoors and hope to provide customers with our own knowledge and experience. We have grown to 23 stores across Vic, SA and NSW and with 13 of those stores as franchises. The company is now owned by Bill’s son Mark, who together with, Peter West, Mark Lewis and Jamie Dorrity own and run Aussie Disposals. We provide quality camping and outdoor equipment to allowing you to get away into our amazing Aussie outdoors for a great price!

WHERE IT ALL BEGAN

Based in regional Victoria over 26 years ago, Darche revolutionised the traditional swag market with the introduction of the Dome style swag. DARREN O’DWYER, the founder of Darche with his wife CHERYL (DAR-CHE), embarked on an eastern sea board journey. Wanting a shelter arrangement that was quick, practical and easy to stow, Darren used his imagination and created a canvas shell with fibreglass poles and the dome style swag was born with his creation being the talking point at many camping spots throughout their journey. On his return, Darren O’Dwyer decided to showcase his new creation at a hunting and firearm show held at the Melbourne Exhibition Building. Using nothing more than a simplistic foldable card playing table as a prop, Darren soon become inundated with order requests from both Hunters and Firearm stores alike. Darren realised he required a suitable and purpose-built factory arrangement in order to suffice demand. Setting up in both Kialla, Victoria and Campbellfield in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Darren employed locals including his brother David to create functional manufacturing and assembly factories. Using Australian supply chain partners at the time including Bradmill, Charles Parsons, KS Textiles and ABC foam makers, Darche had become the leading swag and canvas converter in Australia, at one stage being the largest converter of 100% cotton canvas in the country.

2012 – TODAY

Today Darche is proudly owned by the Charles Parsons Group who have been actively involved for over 20 years in supplying textile and trim componentry to Darche. Charles Parsons are the largest textile wholesaler in the Southern Hemisphere with offices in every capital city of Australia, including offices in Fiji, Auckland and Shanghai. The day-to-day running of Darche occurs in a warehouse facility based in Thomastown, Victoria with a site area of more than 40,000m2. Darche is overseen by experienced textile product developers, business strategists and passionate staff who are keen outdoor enthusiasts with sound knowledge and experience to match.

OUR PROMISE

We are passionate, dynamic and keen. We enjoy the same lifestyle choices as our consumers. We strive to provide our consumers the very best value, reliability and service and most importantly we recognise the trust they place on us. We welcome our consumer’s feedback both positive and negative and promise to keep delivering whilst listening.

SERVICING YOU, OUR PARTNERS FOR LIFE

We are mindful of our vulnerable environment and build our products to last the journey. We encourage life time use and if over the years it requires attention, even if it is a discontinued product, we endeavour to find a solution, on a best effort basis, to have it back and performing for you. If over time you feel an upgrade is on the cards, please do not dump or turf your no longer required Darche item. “Consider our environment” and perhaps hand it over to someone less fortunate or someone just starting out.

WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT?

Darche’s growth and shortage of experienced canvas converters and local machinists, has seen Darche establish reputable off shore assembly and supply chain partners. Operating from four major plants purposely selected and audited by Darche. Machinists, assemblers, finishers, tool makers and QA/QC supervisors are included in our required workforce of over 180 people over our four plants. It is vitally important to note Darche do not use Trading Houses or vertical arrangements off shore to source product. We at Darche develop all product prototypes in Australia and are involved from concept through to market release. Utilising Charles Parsons accredited laboratories and leading processes, all developments are then vigorously tested at the Thomastown facility and again in real life situations by developers.

COMMERCIAL SUPPLY ARRANGEMENTS: BRITZ

Britz chose Darche when they were looking for a well-engineered, highest durability solution for continuous use in a rental environment. Our products deliver the very same build quality, service, dynamic design and construction value that Britz require to all our customers.

Hema Maps is a Brisbane-based mapping and publishing company that was founded in 1983. The company has expanded purposefully to the point where today it has comprehensive Australia and overseas map coverage in a variety of forms including folded maps, atlases, guides and digital products such as apps and dedicated GPS navigation systems.

With a keen focus on off-road touring, Hema Maps has steadily built its reputation as masterful map makers in the four-wheel driving and outdoor adventure industries. This reputation has come to the fore thanks to the company’s relentless pursuit of accurate cartographic detail relevant to outdoor explorers, realised by its unparalleled updating process.

The job of collecting and updating this data falls to field-teams known as the Map Patrol, who are responsible for exploring and mapping the vast array of off-road destinations in Australia to keep Hema Maps’ data accurate and up-to-date. Since 1996, Hema Maps has GPS mapped over 690,000km of tracks and 545,000km of unsealed roads throughout Australia, and will continue to pursue premium quality and accuracy within its product range into the foreseeable future.