Everyone has a story - but if you passed them on the street you’d never guess how incredibly moving it might be. Dr Andrew Kwong, a GP on the Central Coast of New South Wales, spent his early life surviving the famine and persecution of Chairman Mao’s Great Leap Forward. It was a long road to escape, but he eventually made it to Australia. This is his story. 

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Remember when you got all your information about the world from the Encyclopedia Britannica? For Graciela Szwarcberg and Hector Poch, a couple of paragraphs in that encyclopedia was all the information they had about Australia, before they moved to Sydney from Argentina in 1991 with their two young children. 

But that’s not where the adventures stopped. Once their children grew up, they headed off to Europe and bought a motor home. They’ve travelled through more than 30 countries together and are still on the move eight years later.

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Lloyd Godman began adult life as an apprentice electrician, but a one-way ticket to Hawaii with only a backpack and a surfboard to spend nine months living in a treehouse would change his trajectory forever. 

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When you left school, did you know what you wanted to be when you grew up? A spur of the minute decision for Jenny Muldoon started her on a journey that would lead to some pretty extraordinary life experiences, including dinner with John Travolta. So what was it that she decided to do?

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Gill Shaddick was in her early 20s and living in Hong Kong, spending her spare time becoming an avid amateur sailor. One weekend on her way to compete in a sailing regatta, the yacht was hit by a storm - she and her teammates were captured by Chinese communists, becoming the subjects of a huge sea and air rescue operation.

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No Regrets is the latest season in the Life's Booming podcast hosted by James Valentine. It’s all about the incredible stories of Aussies who made a decision that changed their life forever. 

You’ll hear what it’s like to have dinner with John Travolta, escape Chairman Mao, what it takes to join the sisterhood, live in a treehouse, travel through more than 30 countries in a motorhome, as well as the terror - and unexpected hilarity - of being held hostage after your boat is lost in a storm and ends up in foreign waters. 

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Blossom the possum, a non-dating website, and a whole lot of luck was responsible for bringing John and Noreen, both 64, together. 

But something is threatening to tear them apart.

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John was married with four children when he suspected he might be gay, but it wasn’t until he was in his 50s that he finally came out and told his wife and family. 

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In this episode of Dare to Date you’ll hear five diverse stories and a good dose of excellent advice! From the funny to the downright emotional, The Dating Diaries has all bases covered. 

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Online dating is not just for the young. Barry and Liz met on the phone dating app Tinder in their early 60s, and after saying they will never marry again – decide to tie the knot.

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