Cairns Cooler

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What Exactly is a Cairns Cooler? The Cairns Cooler is a soft-sided, easily stowable, naturally insulated, grab-n-go, Bottle & Can Cooler, which keeps your drinks cold & wet, and your hands warm & dry, from the first sip to last.

Simply slip a cold (or hot) drink into your Cairns Cooler, and it instantly adopts the temperature of the bottle or can, and can hold temperature for hours. Perfect for standard 12oz. to 16oz. Bottles and Cans.

How Long Will My Drink Stay Cold? Up to 4-6 hours. Environment will have something to say about the duration, just as it will have a say in the pace at which you finish your drink. Bottom Line: No more getting down to bottom 1/3 of a bottle or can and realizing you would rather pour it out than drink it.

What is a Coolamon®? "Coolamon" is an Anglicized version of an Aboriginal Australian word for containers used to gather and carry food and drink. The First Australians began making Coolamons by carving a piece of bark from select trees; shaping and curing it over a fire; to create a bowl-shaped carriers.

Our 21st Century Coolamons carry forward this Australian tradition of combining the best of Mother Nature with human ingenuity to allow you to Experience a Slice of the No Worries Life.

Built to Work. Built to Last. Oilskin (waxed cotton) Canvas was developed roughly 700 years ago as Sail cloth, by the Fishermen who sailed the North Sea. It is water-repellent, exceptionally tough, with a life expectancy measured in decades, not mere months or years.

Pure Australian Wool is an Active insulator which is water-repellant, flame retardant, durable, and an exceptionally great insulator, with a life expectancy measured in decades, not mere months or years.

Combined, you have a ruggedly elegant, water-repellant, actively insulating, Drink Cooler you can expect to enjoy for years to come. Yes, you can wear your Cairns Cooler out, but you’ll have a great time and make many memories along the way.

Sheer Simplicity. As an Active insulator, Aussie Wool adopts the temperature of its immediate environment and actively works to retain that temperature. Your Cairns Cooler will adopt the temperature of the bottle or can and recycle it back as necessary to maintain the original temperature of your drink as long as possible. It is simply Mother Nature at her very best. Think about it … You don’t see sheep shivering in the fields, do you?

Sheer Performance. Aussie Wool is extremely durable, making it particularly well suited for rugged, repeated use applications. Being a spring-like fiber, Aussie wool can be stretched or compressed but will always try to bounce back to its original shape. Unlike man-mad, largely petroleum-based insulators, Aussie Wool retains 100% of its thermal properties wet or dry.

The compact, collapsible Cairns Cooler is also more versatile than those bulky double-walled metal and heavy plastic drink coolers which can be prone to breaks, dents, or rust. Plus, the “Clip & Strap” handle allows you to conveniently hang your Cairns Cooler from a belt loop, backpack, golf bag, purse, carabiner, even the life-line on a boat.

Sheer Sustainability. Australian Wool is organic, abundant, renewable, and sustainable. In addition to outperforming and outlasting man-made insulators, Wool is biodegradable and compostable, offering environmental benefits to the ecosystem. Man can simulate Nature, but we cannot replicate it. When it comes to finding the best insulator on the planet, there is nothing better than Mother Nature at her very best.

Sheer Genius. The genesis of these great ice-free coolers traces back to the great Wool surplus of the 1990’s. Barbi & Leigh Hemming produced Wool blankets, Wool outerwear, and other Life Accessories on the Sunshine Coast of Australia. Concerned for their Rancher friends Barbi & Leigh began searching for new uses for Aussie Wool. In a stroke of genius, they asked themselves:

The Hemmings set out in hopes of creating a soft-sided cooler which would keep ice frozen longer than traditional ice-box coolers. Little did they know, until the completion of the original Australian Cooler Bag that they had created a cooler which does not require ice.

• 1995: The Didgeridoonas brand of Wool-insulated coolers was launched in Australia.
• 1999: The Phillips Family of Cape Woolamai Mercantile® (USA) received a Didgeridoonas Woolly Wine Cooler as a Christmas gift.
• 2005: David Phillips (age 12) began selling Didgeridoonas ice-free coolers off the Dining Room table in the Family home, at school, and in local shops. Naming his business Southpaw Express.
• 2006: Southpaw Express was asked to display a collection of Didgeridoonas ice-free coolers at the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival at Walt Disney World. Where they received a tremendous reception.
• 2012: Southpaw Express began selling these amazing Aussie products in Pop-Up Stores at Local and Regional Events.
• 2016: David graduated from college, and our pop-up shoppes graduated to a new name Cape Woolamai Mercantile Co.®
• 2017: The Coolamon® Collection of premium+ ice-free coolers was born in response to the many requests from our American Friends for versions of these awesome Australian products tailored to better fit the unique characteristics of the modern American Lifestyle.
• 2019: Cape Woolamai Mercantile Co. launched our Outpost Program by which other aspiring entrepreneurs can join our Team as independently owned and operated Cape Woolamai Outposts.

Sheer Support. Cape Woolamai Mercantile® is in the business of making your Life more comfortable … Guaranteed. All Didgeridoonas and Coolamon products are Guaranteed for Life against defect in material or manufacture. Visit the What to Know section of this site to get ideas on how to best use and care for your Didgeridoonas and Coolamon® products, and to learn about the Cape Woolamai Performance Guarantee.