Cherie was born in Queensland but shifted to NSW on marriage in 1970. She now resides in the small seaside town of Urunga, NSW. After raising a family she decided to travel overseas on a shoe-string budget to various world destinations (many off the tourist track), and join diverse community groups and organisations in Australia. These decisions have allowed her to reconnect with her inherent interest of story-telling, most forms of writing and artistic creatively, to make life fulfilling She has been quite successful as a public speaker and as a hobby writer with magazines. Cherie endeavours to make each day purposeful.