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.
A beautiful photo, Irene – tells a whole story.
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I’d love to know the story behind every photo I took on the Nile as I was priviledged to have a snapshot view into daily lives. The story though, I can only fictionalise.
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So – nothing’s stopping you! With your experience and sensitivity, you’ll write a great story!
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LOL . I’ll save them up for a novel. One has to happen one day.
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Gorgeous photo, Irene.
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Thanks Robbie.
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Did you find that the colors of water and sky are different from Noosa?
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The colour of the water was definitely different and the sky was thinner if that makes sense. Everything here has such clarity it is so bright (although not today as we have wind and rain from the remnants of tropical cyclone Owen.)
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That does make sense. Out west in the US, especially in Montana, the sky seems “bigger.” Hope you don’t get too much rain!
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Great photo!
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Thank you very much.
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