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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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Weekly Photo Challenge: Off Season
Travelling in Europe in the Off season gives you a different perspective. We travelled in the early spring before the summer holidays. The towns whose multiple car parks alert us that this is a tourist town are deserted of both … Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge: Vivid Horny Beasts
These 6 photographs of two different species of horny beasts are vivid not only in colour but in my memory. I took the first three when I returned to Sydney for a Nurses Reunion and my friend and I did … Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge: From the Bus Window
In the bus taking me to the airport my very early morning start was rewarded by this wonderful cloud that seemed to be sitting on the ground. In response to weekly photo challenge
Weekly Photo Challenge: Broken in more ways than one
Angkor Thom was founded by King Jayavarman VII built in the 10th and 11th century. It was built in an almost perfect square and outside its high walls was a wide moat which once housed hungry crocodiles. It is a … Continue reading
Five Photos, Five Stories Challenge: The Possum
Raewyn of decocraftsdigicrafts invited me to take part in the Five Photos, Five Stories Challenge. Thanks, Raewyn! The challenge is to “post a photo each day for five consecutive days and attach a story to the photo. It can be … Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge: Enveloped
(3 photos) Mist wraps around anything in its path as it swirls eeriely enveloping. It does not give a feeling of warmth or safety but rather challenges you to enter its depths. the steps taken uncertainly. Unlike the babe enveloped … Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge: Forces of Nature
At the beginning of May 2015 we had an east coast low hit Queensland to the mid-north coast of NSW. This severe event saw gale force winds, high seas and caused a massive amount of destruction and death as rain … Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge: Movement at the Billy Cart Grand Prix
(7 photos) Receiving instruction At the start Movement begins. This is quite an incline. Continuing up the hill Where there is an incline there has to be a decline. Putting on the skids. Antimovement Repeating the course. My team now … Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge: Early birding – a stroll in Sydney
I woke at 4am as is normal for me and by 5 was itching to get out and walk. Being a country girl I was fascinated by the tall buildings and the early morning light that reached in between them. … Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge: Afloat
During my trip to Sydney this week I met a friend in China Town. Naturally I was early. I had walked to get there and not remembering how long it would take me or where it was exactly I left … Continue reading
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