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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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Brisbane, history and a bit of culture
We took the bus the other day to Brisbane organised by U3A Noosa for participants in its art appreciation course. Forty-three retired people were taken and dropped at South Bank where GOMA (Gallery of Modern Art) and the Queensland Art Gallery … Continue reading
Graduation
Today was Graduation. Noosa is a small campus which made the ceremony fairly short but with the same pomp and ceremony that you would get with a larger number of people graduating. Our university Central Queensland University is not a … Continue reading
The Bully?
We brought Bundy, our cocker spaniel, into the family about 3 months ago now in the hope that he might bring back a bit of zing into Zac, our old German Shepherd Dog. It has worked fantastically well and certainly … Continue reading
Houseboats on the Noosa River
The Noosa River commences life in the Wahpoonga in the Great Sandy National Park (of which Fraser Island is a part) and travels south via the Noosa Everglades which open up into a series of fairly shallow lakes, Lake Cooloola, … Continue reading
Land of Confusion
When You Don’t Fit In Fitting in is something I am good at not doing. We all experience this predicament at times and most of us have developed ways of coping. During my recent trip to Noosa I experienced “not fitting … Continue reading
Thinking of them
As New South Wales faces the worst bushfires in over a decade with over 200 homes burnt to the ground and countless others damaged, animals left injured and homeless, our rural fire service exhausted but carrying on. In Qld where … Continue reading
A Man of Many Talents
Meeting an old girl friend is always fun. We have known each other since we started our nursing training together when we were still in our teens. An added advantage of our move to Qld was that my girlfriend and … Continue reading
My Old Boy
Summer is on its way and the days are already hot. Zac, my eleven year old German Shepherd was showing signs of ageing. From past experience when these subtle changes appear the decline is fairly rapid. Old age in dogs is … Continue reading
Noosa’s Best Kept Secret
We first came to the amphitheatre before we moved to Noosa, on the sunshine coast of Queensland, Australia, two years ago. Our friends took us on a picnic to Lake Macdonald in the Noosa hinterland at Cooroy. The Lake is spectacular … Continue reading
Delighting the Senses
Belaroma. Beautiful smell. How aptly named. Orders were shouted to the barista. Waiters ran between the small groups sitting at the matching wooden tables : taking orders and delivering steaming cups of long blacks and cappuccinos. Adorning the walls frescos … Continue reading
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