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Irene Waters
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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Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 
This looks a bit different than that bat flower. 🙂
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Haha. Yes from black magic to pure white delight.
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Wow what a perfect creation and you captured it well Irene … a lot more cheerful 🙂
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Thanks Kate. It is definitely a perfect creation but sadly only lasts a day – luckily there are a lot of them.
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lol so that’s why i’m living so long 😉
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I love those pictures. It looks so perfect!
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It is.
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So gorgeous it barely looks real. My first time ever seeing a hibiscus with this coloration.
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I have seen white ones before but not quite as vivid as this one.
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How stunning, Irene. I have never seen a white hibiscus flower. We only have red and pink ones.
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They are the common ones here also Robbie. Roger saw this one and fell in love with it. It is the only plant in the garden he paid full price for.
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It is definitely worth every penny.
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What a beauty!
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Absolutely
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Only lunched out because it is the day of the week we always take my Mum to lunch.
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What an exquisite flower, Irene. The close-ups are fantastic!
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Thanks Noelle. Yes it is just beautiful and getting better. Today we have two flowers blooming.
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