Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge: City Skyline

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Architecture is so varied in the landscape — much of it is odd ball. I love the angles, the curves, the reflections and the incongruity between new and old, soft and hard.

In response to Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge .

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.

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12 Responses to Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge: City Skyline

gerard oosterman says:

April 20, 2015 at 4:51 pm

These are great shots Irene.

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- Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist says:
  
  April 20, 2015 at 5:52 pm
  
  Thanks Gerard. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed Sydney on this visit.
  
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Inside the Mind of Isadora says:

April 20, 2015 at 10:06 pm

Great shots …!!!

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- Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist says:
  
  April 21, 2015 at 5:23 pm
  
  Thanks. For someone who doesn’t like cities I found a lot to like on this visit.
  
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Sharon Bonin-Pratt says:

April 21, 2015 at 1:15 am

The pics that show the buildings towering above, you apparently in the center, are a bit dizzying. The ones taken from a park or the water – calling me to visit! Great shots all around.

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- Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist says:
  
  April 21, 2015 at 5:25 pm
  
  Thanks Sharon. It is so long since I’ve been in Sydney I had forgotten (if I ever knew) how beautiful the city itself is.
  
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  - Sharon Bonin-Pratt says:
    
    April 22, 2015 at 2:37 am
    
    Australia is one of the places I most want to visit! My parents went many years ago and found it to be one of their favorite destinations.
    
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  - Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist says:
    
    April 23, 2015 at 7:26 am
    
    Let me know when you are coming. I’m glad your parents enjoyed it. It is a great country but huge. Your holidays in the States are too short for the time you really need to spend here.
    
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Cee Neuner says:

April 21, 2015 at 1:41 am

I never looked at city skylines as odd, but you are correct. They do look out of place. Thanks Irene.

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- Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist says:
  
  April 21, 2015 at 5:27 pm
  
  Thanks Cee. I found it quite beautiful.
  
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Charli Mills says:

April 22, 2015 at 10:40 am

Looking up some of those buildings makes me dizzy! I enjoyed the shots of your cityscape.

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- Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist says:
  
  April 23, 2015 at 7:40 am
  
  Thanks Charli. For a country girl who hates (avoids) cities I was surprised at just how much beauty I found in Sydney this time round.
  
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