A record 120,000 Australians on Sunday made Mother's Day a special celebration by participating Domain Mother's Day Classic walk and run event, which was held across Australia to raise funds for breast cancer research.

Event organizer Women in Super, recorded a total of 120,000 Australian attended the event this year in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Gold Coast, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney plus 29 regional towns across Australia. It is the highest number of participants in 14 years.

Every step taken by participant helps support National Breast Cancer Foundation's breast cancer research projects investigating prevention and cure for the disease.

In Sydney's city, there were 3,300 participants, including 856 men and 2,444 women engaged in either the four kilometers or eight kilometers contest. While a few hundreds have also enjoyed the Domain Mother's Day Classic free entertainment and activities under a sunny weather.

The festival atmosphere on the day has been filled with a sea of pink, as thousands of participants wear pink and colorful T- shirts to celebrate the life of survivors, pay tribute to those lost to the disease, as well as to enjoy doing something special on Mother's Day.

Majority of the participants also wrote messages of love and support on a paper, and pinned the paper at their backs of T- shirts.

Amongst the walking participants, a nine-year-old girl wore a shirts with "Love Mammy" said she does not know what breast cancer means, but this is a very special year to celebrate the family day.

"We had barbecue last year (Mother's Day) at my home with my cousins, uncles and aunties," Tracy told Xinhua reporter.

"But there is a lot more people celebrating Mother's Day with us this year."

"And I am happy".

She then turned to her mother and gave her a kiss.

Meanwhile, an international student, who took part in the eight kilometers running race, found a very special way to show love to his mother despite being overseas.

Chris Lai, from Guangzhao of China said he hopes to win the race, so that he can send the trophy as a gift to his mother back in China.

"Even if I cannot win the prize, I can still collect an official certificate to prove that I have taken part in the event, " Chris told Xinhua.

He joked that "I hope my mum will not cry when she receive it ( the trophy or the certificate)."

National Chair of Women in Super Mother's Day Classic, Louise Davidson said it was touching to see so many people walking and running to support or remember a loved one affected by breast cancer.

"The success of this year's events means we will see the total funds donated by the Mother's Day Classic to the National Breast Cancer Foundation's research programs exceed 10.1 million U.S. dollars since our first event in 1998," she said.

Earlier, the 11th annual Save The Children index, which rates the best and worst places to be a mother amongst 160 countries, ranked Australia as the second most mother friendly country in the world, just behind Norway.

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