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It is usually necessary to mail-order good quality dye, except for the lucky few who live near the mail order retailers. I know of two Australian sources for fiber reactive dye, Batik Oetoro, which sells Drimarene K dye, and Kraftcolour, which sells Procion MX type dye. Neither are particularly near you, I believe, but that's what mail-order is for.

Drimarene K dye is quite similar to Procion MX dye and is definitely worth a try. Procion MX has better reds, but both are good types of dye.

Some people mail order to Australia from the US. Rupert Gibbon and Spider does mail order of 8 ounce and larger jars of Procion MX type dye. Unfortunately, you cannot order via their web site. Postage from an Australian company might save you a lot of money.

KraftKolour's web site looks good, at http://www.kraftkolour.com.au/catalog_page.htm . It appears that Batik Oetoro, at http://www.dyeman.com/, has started carrying Procion MX type dye as well.

To paint with fiber reactive dye, you can thicken it, use the Serti technique (outline with wax or gutta), or use afterfixing with a sodium silicate solution. KraftKolour sells Reactafast for the latter purpose. Alternatively, you can presoak fabric in soda ash solution and line-dry it before painting it, with regular or thickened dye solution, depending on your technique.