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| THE LONG haul/ To the young bogan couple from Adelaide who bought a half decent recycled number plate journal off a card table at Salamanca Market back in 1998 to get the show on the road. We thank you. the haul story... It was late last century and Scott Kilmartin had returned from years living in the US and Europe running bars and flogging software, in debt and determined not to become another shark in a suit. The parents had a garage that soon became a number plate punching workshop. The mother's sewing skills meant ideas became samples & then bags. The pool room became an office and the father constructed a market stall. A little business called "Urban Boomerang it's coming back", was born. A journal became a range of number plate accessories. Rubber truck inner tubes morphed into bags. Markets evolved to trade fairs and retail sales. Urban Boomerang moved to Melbourne and old billboard vinyls entered the mix. In 2004 the enterprise needed a more industrial name with an edge, and haul became a street accessory brand. Fast forward to 2008 and haul is green, street, design, furniture, art and innovation. haul makes product for enterprises from their billboards, uses both found and recycled materials for installation art pieces, makes furniture for bars and cafes and designs urban lifestyle accessories. Bigger but not big. haul is still a family show. The mother still makes rubber bags, the father still works the haul stall at Salamanca Market and the brother collect number plates in WA. There are more haulers these days and Gus who keeps us sane. And the beat goes on in 2009, another haul retail store will open in Melbourne's city laneways mid year and more products are percolating away on the drawing board. stay tuned... |
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