About Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist
I began my working career as a reluctant potato peeler whilst waiting to commence my training as a student nurse. On completion I worked mainly in intensive care/coronary care; finishing my hospital career as clinical nurse educator in intensive care. A life changing period as a resort owner/manager on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu was followed by recovery time as a farmer at Bucca Wauka. Having discovered I was no farmer and vowing never again to own an animal bigger than myself I took on the Barrington General Store. Here we also ran a five star restaurant. Working the shop of a day 7am - 6pm followed by the restaurant until late was surprisingly more stressful than Tanna. On the sale we decided to retire and renovate our house with the help of a builder friend. Now believing we knew everything about building we set to constructing our own house. Just finished a coal mine decided to set up in our backyard. Definitely time to retire we moved to Queensland. I had been writing a manuscript for some time. In the desire to complete this I enrolled in a post grad certificate in creative Industries which I completed 2013. I followed this by doing a Master of Arts by research graduating in 2017. Now I live to write and write to live.
Love the peaceful reflection 🙂
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I agree Andy.
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Do you have a lot of mangroves?
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Yes we do have a fair number. We have a boardwalk on one set of mangroves quite near us where, apart from the sandflies, it is a joy watching the life that lives in there.
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Pretty reflection of light on the green!
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Very calming
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Beautiful and peaceful Irene!
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It looks very tropical Irene
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It is although we are classified as subtropics we get all the lush green vegetation that goes with the tropics (plus unfortunately the humidity.)
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