A Queensland retiree has travelled across Australia knitting fake breasts for cancer survivors and documented her journey in a series of scenic photographs . Retiree Dawn Toomey , 69 , from Deception Bay , north of Brisbane , drove around the country with her husband Ray for three months last year sightseeing and making prostheses – called 'Knitted Knockers ' – to be donated to women who have undergone mastectomies . Ms Toomey 's husband Ray took pictures of her knitting in all the spots they visited in New South Wales , Victoria , South Australia , Western Australia and the Northern Territory . Retiree Dawn Toomey , 69 , travelled across Australia knitting fake breasts for cancer survivors . Ms Toomey got the idea from her daughter , who read an article about the charity Knitted Knockers Australia and suggested she get involved . Knitted Knockers provides volunteers with 100 per cent cotton yarn , which they buy at a discounted price from Bendigo Woolen Mills with money fundraised by the organisation . Ms Toomey got the idea from her daughter , who read an article about the charity Knitted Knockers Australia and suggested she get involved . In three months Ms Toomey knitted 128 breasts , and after returning home to Queensland she set up a local branch of the charity . There are 15 around Australia including the head office in Burwood Victoria . Knitted Knockers provides volunteers with 100 per cent cotton yarn , which they buy at a discounted price from Bendigo Woolen Mills with money fundraised by the organisation . 'Wool is no good , people get itchy with wool , but the cotton is very soft , ' Ms Toomey said . Ms Toomey said the Knitted Knockers are very popular with women who have had mastectomies and have decided not to undergo breast reconstructions . Ms Toomey pictured at a spectacular gorge in Karajini National Park in Western Australia . Discussing knitting techniques with a very friendly Jenny after our camel ride at Monkey Mia in WA . Ms Toomey pictured at the skywalk in the Dorrigo National Park in New South Wales . Ms Toomey pictured knitting among grape vines at Pokolbin in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales . 'The very first person I gave a set of prostheses to was my friend Brenda , she had been wearing a heavy silicon prosthesis , ' she said . 'If they sit against the body people get a heat rash , they are hot and heavy . 'When I actually gave her a set of knitted knockers she was just in tears . 'If you just wear weightless ones it still makes you look feminine without the weight of the silicon . ' Ms Toomey 's trip took her all around Australia , and she took photos in places such as the Hunter Valley and Coffs Coast in New South Wales , Karajini National Park and Monkey Mia in Western Australia and Ceduna in South Australia . Next to a four-trailer road train carrying iron ore at Port Hedland , in the Pilbara region of WA . Ms Toomey pictured on the only seat she could find at Sawtell Beach near Coffs Harbour , New South Wales . Knitting with a turtle at the Ningaloo Visitor Centre in Exmouth , Western Australia . Knitting at sunset on the jetty at Ceduna in South Australia .
Dawn Toomey travelled whilst knitting fake breasts for cancer survivors . The Deception Bay retiree volunteers for charity charity # ##care . The cotton breasts are for women who have undergone mastectomies .