When the weekly event Naked Tuesday fell on the day after her mum’s funeral, Tuncurry's Tracey Cook didn't hesitate to participate.
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She had no doubt her mum, Joy Smith would have approved.
For the uninformed, Naked Tuesday is Melbourne man Craig Coombes’ support mechanism and his way of dealing with terminal cancer, a condition which will eventually take his life.
Every Tuesday Craig gets his clothes off, takes a snap and then uploads the photograph to a Facebook page viewed by thousands of people every week.
Since he began getting naked Craig has amassed a huge following of supporters, who in turn also get their gear off. While cancer will get me, I'm going to have some fun before it does, Craig says as he continues to encourage everyone to try and do the same!
His simple philosophy make the rest of your life the best of your life (MTROYLTHOYL) forms part of Craig’s bucket list for life.
Craig implores everyone not to wait for bad things to happen but to start living life to the fullest.
Craig is trying to encourage everyone to get out of their comfort zone and relish life but do it in a way that suits them.
And, that's exactly what Tracey and her long-time friends Kathie Reardon, Nabiac and Susan Morgan from Sydney did one chilly May morning.
With Susan's photographer husband Glen behind the lense, the women got down and naked posing at various locations along the Tuncurry foreshore, to the delight of many locals.
“Our hope is give you the readers a smile, and to encourage others to MTROYLTBOYL, to remember not to take yourself too seriously and just as importantly to encourage the people of The Great Lakes District to continue to donate to Love Your Sister or directly to the Garvan Institute, till Cancer is completely banished,” Tracey said.
Love Your Sister (LYS) is another of Tracey's favourite charities, an organisation which raises money and awareness of breast cancer, donating funds to the Garvan Institute.
Joy was 81 when she died in late May after being diagnosed with cancer earlier this year. Supported by her GP and community palliative care nurses, Tracey, her family, Kathie and Susan were by her side when Joy died peacefully, in her home.