OUR
MISSION
The mission of Casting for Recovery is to enhance the quality of life of women, who are recovering from breast cancer. We do this through the sport of fly fishing within a supportive environment at week-end retreats.
The retreats offer opportunities for women to find inspiration, discover renewed energy for life and experience healing connections with other women and nature.
Casting for Recovery retreats are open to women of all ages, in all stages of recovery and are free to participants.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
PARTICIPANT, 2021
"Truly wonderful weekend, loved the experience of learning to fly fish, meeting such passionate and supportive people and to meet other breast cancer survivors, to support each other. We will continue our new friendships.
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DAWN
“ It has been an extraordinary experience ….. for a group of women, who have shared one of mother nature’s hiccups, a problem that presented each woman with quite a challenge to survive! …...... Fly fishing is a lovely new sport to us all ….we had a fabulous experience being spoiled and nurtured ….it was a lovely healing experience …. wish you all enormous and ever lengthening fish records ….”
SALLY
“It is great to focus on something totally new. It is quite technical and not as easy as it looks, but there is fantastic support and tuition, a great experience. Where has this been all my life?”
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Breast Cancer Facts
Over 20,00 cases will be diagnosed in 2022 in Australia, second most diagnosed cancer
One woman diagnosed each day in the ACT
Every 30 minutes one woman is diagnosed with breast cancer in Australia
1 in 8 women in Australia will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime
Survival rate for
at least 5 years is 92 %
