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Cold Nips arrives in Tasmania on 100-day, 100-dip tour for mental health

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Cold Nips is an Australian mental health organisation focused on wellbeing. Image / Supplied

An Australian mental health organisation called Cold Nips has embarked on a unique 100-day, 100-dip tour across the country to raise funds and awareness for mental wellbeing.

The tour began in Cairns on August 2nd and will conclude in Perth on November 9th, with the Cold Nips team travelling thousands of kilometres and taking dips in the ocean in every state and territory along the way.

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The initiative aims to raise $1 million for mental health programs run by the Happiness Co Foundation, a charity partner chosen for their shared commitment to improving mental wellbeing.

Cold Nips took the plunge into the Bass Strait at Bluff Beach on Thursday, Long Beach in Sandy Bay on Friday and Kingston Beach on Sunday.

Kingston Beach was another stop for the Cold Nips team. Image / Supplied

The team will continue their journey this morning with a dip in Binalong Bay on the east coast.

“I’m so excited for this and also just so grateful from the bottom of my heart,” Happiness Co founder and director Julian Pace said.

The 100-day, 100-dip tour started in Cairns on August 2nd. Image / Supplied

“Helping people is at the core of what we do, who we are and Cold Nips support means the world to us.”

Cold Nips co-founder and director Jain Wong Yen said there are “countless studies” showing how rising early positively benefits mental health.

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“We aim to break barriers and ignite conversations about mental health through the power of community, connection and nature,” he said.

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