For country women, buying a new bra isn't as easy as popping down to the shops; many women have never been professionally fitted. But a trailer full of bras trucked to the bush changed that.
At 59 years of age, outback Queenslander Coralie Balderson was fitted for a bra for the first time in her life."I didn't even know you could get fitted for a bra. The confidence in me changed," she said.She underwent a single mastectomy last year after being diagnosed with stage three breast cancer .
Ms Mays is usually based in far north Queensland but at the invitation of the Barcaldine Regional Council, the "silver sisters" loaded a trailer full of lingerie and drove to outback Queensland."Especially for women in areas like this, where you're on a quad bike, you're on a motorbike, you're on a horse, you're doing a lot of physical work, you need to be supporting your breasts properly.
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