About Us
With our own children involved with non-contact sports and living in hot North Queensland, I was amazed at the lack of appropriate headwear available to wear while playing sport. I got a bee in my bonnet about designing practical, sun-safe headwear with flexible brims that would be acceptable for contact sports. This was in 2002 and resulted in a range of caps and broad-brim hats with flexible rubber-lined brims. As bucket hats were beginning to overcome caps in popularity due to increasing sunsafe awareness, we decided to branch off into this area as well.
Somewhere in here we had the bright idea of a reversible bucket hat with the school colour and logo on the outside, and the various sports house colours and names / logos on the inside (my husband and I disagree as to which of us actually had this brainwave, but I can assure you it was me!). Schools found that their students loved these hats and from here on the business flourished. We now have our broad-brim hats available as reversible also, and this is proving very popular.
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The school hat is probably the most abused item in the school uniform. It is often pulled in and out of school ports, ‘frisbeed’ in the playground, trodden on, sweated on, and washed regularly. And yet so many of the available hats are not made to withstand this treatment. At MackaHat we have designed all of our hats with this treatment in mind.
As the business grew we realized that it was the personal, one-on-one service that customers were appreciating. They loved the fact that they only ever dealt with the one person, from their initial contact right through to their continuing supply. We have steadfastly maintained that personal approach despite our continuing growth.
Being on school P. & C. Committees in the past myself, I am aware that not all committees have members who are knowledgeable or confident when it comes to making changes to the school uniform. Our system of ordering is easy, friendly and efficient.
Since 2002 our business has grown steadily. We now have a customer base extending from N.S.W. up to Cairns and the N.T. and out to Mt. Isa. We believe that the key to our success is our excellent service and practical headwear at very affordable prices.
Cathy McKenzie
MackaHat