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Irene Waters
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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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Ours are closed as well – or would be if they were patrolled at this time of year. Huge seas, only swim if you’re suicidal.
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Amazing though that so many do go swimming and that parents let little children play in the water when the rips are so dangerous.
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I love watching the awesome powers of our oceans at this time of year, I do agree that actually swimming under these conditions is not a healthy choice.
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I agree Charlie. Watching is awesome and seeing the beach wash away just shows how powerful it is. Not a healthy choice to swim for sure.
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Surf smashing.
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Beach eroding
Swim – brain mashing.
That collaborative poem has to happen.
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Sh, don’t tell lrene, but we already are!
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Goody. I’ve been wanting to.
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Wow, that’s a pounding surf!
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I heard later that Noosa which was the only beach on the Sunshine Coast open the day before) had to do numerous rescues and had a number of dislocated shoulders from waves dumping people down hard on the sand.
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Do those waves attract surfers?
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Noosa Beach did. They were many there taking advantage of what is normally a calm area. I would have taken a photo but the crowds of people viewing the rough seas (and Noosa was the only beach on the Sunshine Coast open for swimming) we couldn’t get a parking spot anywhere. Further south I didn’t see anybody in the water and the waves were fairly lethal. Apparently Noosa life savers had to rescue many with quite a number suffering dislocated shoulders from being dumped with force into the sand below. Dry land for me on days like that.
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Wow! That’s some force!
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Absolutely. A force not to be messed with.
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