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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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Mirages: Something Different: Lens-Artists Challenge number 40
Sunrise in the Sahara was a different experience and one that I don’t expect to have again It was freezing cold but worth the shivers to see the sun rise over the horizon letting us see what a bleak landscape … Continue reading
A visitor to the dog park: Silent Sunday
Words from Egypt: Pick a Word April Yr 4: Thursdays Special
Each month Paula from Lost in Translation gives us five words to demonstrate visually. You can pick five pictures or one word or show all five in one image. The choice is yours. This month the words are: resplendent, alluring, plagued, copycat, timeworn. The … Continue reading
Camel and Balloon options – To do or not to do: Travel Thoughts 8
This has to be a decision based entirely on yourself but I’ll tell you our experience. I don’t have a good head for heights combined with movement. Roger doesn’t have a good head for heights. We had decided that we … Continue reading
Coastline: Wordless Wednesday
New Zealand Calm: Wordless Wednesday
Abundant Nature in the Upper Reaches of the Nile: Nature: Lens-Artists Challenge
On a tour of ancient Egypt it was an unexpected delight to have the opportunity to go bird watching in the upper reaches of the Nile. In earlier days the Nile periodically flooded but since the building of the first … Continue reading
The Mist Rolls In: Silent Sunday
Weddings in Egypt: Travel Thoughts 7
Every night we were on land in Egypt we experienced a wedding. It made us interested to know what the traditions are in Egypt regarding weddings as the couple above arrived at the reception venue a long time before the … Continue reading
Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 