If you ever caught the wonderful SBS series “A Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia”, then you would understand how Sheryl Backhouse enjoys her retirement. Sheryl enjoys horticultural pursuits and quickly discovered that much information on the subject was missing from publications- something she wanted to improve.

Through her roles as the organiser of the Qld Skeptics Association, the Sub-Tropical Fruit Club of Qld, the Qld Bushfood Association and is leader of the Australian Food Plants Study group, she has interviewed knowledgeable people and recorded talks, then converted the material into articles for non-attending members to have access to more information. Sheryl believes that being an active member of the skeptic community has helped her gain access a great source of knowledge and intellectual stimulation that wouldn’t normally come across through mainstream media.

Married to Robert, she enjoys travelling, loves country life, enjoys the arts of Asia and lives with thousands of books.

“Life’s good – hope yours is too but … life is what you make it. As the saying goes: You only get out of life what you put into it.”