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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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Sunday Stills: The Next Challenge : Wellington the Long and Winding Roads
I always get a shock when I come to New Zealand as I always expect to feel as though I am in Australia. New Zealand, however, is very different to Australia. The buildings are different. The streets are different. The … Continue reading →
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Sunday Stills: The Next Challenge : The Rainbow connection
(2 photos) Ed’s challenge instructions this week said it would be an archive photo for obvious reasons when his prompt was the rainbow connection. On scrolling through my huge archive could I come across the one photo of a rainbow that … Continue reading →
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Sunday Stills: The Next Challenge : Light my fire
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Sunday Stills the next challenge: on the water
Not only do the lakes in Switzerland have boats of varying types they have a variety of beautiful birds. The swans laid their eggs on the edge of Lac Leman (Lake Geneva) to our amazement, not fearful that a human … Continue reading →
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Sunday Stills the Next Challenge: Alcohol
When Ed prompted “So, whats your poison? If you don’t drink that’s fine, this challenge can be any beverage that includes alcohol be it beer,wine or hard liquor. You can also do advertisements or establishments or how about vineyards or … Continue reading →
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Sunday Stills The next Challenge: Flower gardens
Today Ed states “The key to this weeks challenge is to get the whole garden, not individual flowers…” This is difficult when the garden being shown is so large and, although I’ve used two pictures, there are still parts that … Continue reading →
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Sunday Stills the Next Challenge: Crowds
I live in the country because I don’t like crowds. I avoid cities and when travelling I stay away from the tourist spots; always trying to take photos without people in them. I like to feel as though I was … Continue reading →
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Sunday Stills the Next Challenge: Faces (of Vietnam and Cambodia)
Poised beautiful covered in gold … Continue reading →
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Sunday Stills the Next Challenge: Looking through Windows (at the Pelorus Sounds)
Having crossed the Cook Strait from Wellington we entered the Marlborough Sounds the name for more than 4,000 kms of sounds (another name for fijords), islands and peninsulas. We landed at Picton located at the end of the Queen Charlotte Sound. … Continue reading →
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Sunday Stills the next Challenge: the letter b
With boxes always comes an air of anticipation. When moving house packing the boxes unearths treasures long forgotten and as the container is packed full of boxes there is the anticipation of the new life one is going to forge … Continue reading →
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