Real life

Tracey Goodall made a throwaway comment: ''Imagine if we lived somewhere like this.'' And then they were living in that very place.

Judie plunged in to the sea, only to find herself joined part way through by three large creatures of the deep.

These women and their mission are anything but antiquated.

''Everyone thought I was crazy − my friends were telling me it was just a mid-life crisis... I had a good job, what was I thinking?'' says Gabriela De Urtiaga.

''It was pretty basic back in the day. You would have a reel and a line, and you'd sit on the beach in your bikini with a little beanie on and that was it, says Carol Quirk.

A community comes together amid terrifying close calls.

This year Catriona will complete a month-long cycle tour in France.

''To this day, I still have the same terrible feeling of being shut in. My bedroom and lounge door are never shut tight.''

Haven't found a meditation practice that's right for you? The ultra-relaxing technique of transcendental meditation might be worth a try.

A “cheeky little woman” talks us through her 70 years as a nun and shares some of the gems she’s learned along the way.