They are all over 80, but their inner gymnast is still young at heart.
For the past three years, Tom Bence and about 40 of his octogenarian peers have been taking gymnastics classes in Toowoomba.
"We were all members of Probus Club, or we were originally — now we've got a few other people here and we all decided we needed a little bit of exercise," he said.
"Our balance wasn't what it ought to be — we're all over 80, well most of us are anyway."
The classes are helping to return confidence in aging bodies.
"We're increasing their balance, strength, coordination and their vestibular system," said exercise scientist, Frankie Devitt.
"When they first come, absolutely, they don't think they can do any of it.
"However once we integrate them slowly and they build up — they tend to have a go at it all."
This week, Netta Obst turned 86, but she moves around the sprung floor of the gym better than some half her age.
"I don't know if I found any of it very hard," she said.
For Ms Obst, staying active was a top priority.
"As we get older, we need to keep ourselves fit — if you don't use it you lose it," she said.
"I'd just like to stay as mobile and fit as I am right now."
Fitter and sleeping better
Not everyone can take on the high beam like Mr Bence, preferring instead to look on as he confidently crosses back and forth, tucking one foot behind the other.
"I think I'm a little bit fitter, I sleep a lot better — I think all of us just enjoy the company and the exercise that we do," he said.
"I think they're amazed — a lot of them are doing things that they never thought they could do."
"We've got one fellow who's about 88 and he swings on a rope — a lot of us now walk on beams and we couldn't do it before."
Ms Obst said the classes were about maintenance, not muscles.
"It's not as if we're trying for big muscles or anything — we're just trying to keep the mobility that we've got for as long as we can."
