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.
Well now, This is different 🙂
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Yes. I was taken by the colour.
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That’s such a stunning purple and the sand is so much different than what I see on western lake and river beaches.
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Our sand varies from the whitest of fine whites to coarse yellow to black rutile sands. I don’t know of any pebble beaches in Australia but no doubt there are some.
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What a wonderful shot.
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Thank you Miriam.
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Oh my goodness – is this a purple nautilus? The color of an amethyst. I’ve never seen one like this. It must be very tiny. And that viscous membrane oozing from it is its life force? That’s sad if so. Still, an amazing photo of an enchanting creature.
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I think it was the sad scenario but I don’t know for sure. It wasn’t tiny, a little smaller than our garden snails.
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Interesting find
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Yes it caught me by surprise.
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