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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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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
Words from Egypt: Five Words January Yr 4: Thursdays Special
Each month Paula gives us five words to display as we like, whether it be one word or all, one photo or many. The words this month are: crepuscular, coded, lofty, scintillating, and detox Crepuscular views are seen at twilight and the unfinished buildings are … Continue reading
Colours in my world: Pick a word December Yr 3: Thursday’s Special
Cyan Aquamarine Aquamarine and Gold Gold Light pink and the hardest colour of all to find – Maroon. Each month Paula gives us for Thursday’s Special five words to illustrate via photograph. Pick one word or five – it’s up … Continue reading
5 Words in Egypt: Pick a word yr 3: Thursday’s Special
Every month Paula gives us 5 words for us to choose one or all to demonstrate by photo. The words this month are palatial, spurting, cerulean, radiating, comic. This palatial building found in Alexandria was King Farouk’s summer palace, Al-Haramik Palace, although it was built … Continue reading
Pick a Word August Yr 3: Thursday”s Special
Each month for Thursday’s Special Paula gives us five words that we can depict with an image. You can pick one word or all five words using one photo or more. The words this month are: fortified, chic, submerged, embodiment, and prehistoric. Chateau des … Continue reading
Pick a word July 2018 Yr 3: Thursday’s Special
Each Month Paula gives us five words that we can depict with an image. You can pick one word or all five using one photo or more. The words this month are: canicular, splash, feathered, marine, scenic. Canicular – had me stumped. Sirius – the dog … Continue reading
Lost In Details: Thursday’s Special
I was really taken by this set of five granite etchings. They were strategically placed on the Kokoda Track Memorial Walk at Rhodes in Sydney. The track mimics (in a minimal way) the vegetation found in the Papua New Guinea … Continue reading
Blue Hour: Thursdays Special
In Australia we don’t get these blue hours (or if we do I am unaware of them). I think it must be something to do with the light in Europe. I have never seen in Europe the sharpness of the … Continue reading
Pick a word in June Yr 3: Thursday’s Special
Each month Paula gives us five words that we can use as we like. We can choose one word and post a photo demonstrating it or all five. It is entirely up to you. You can even choose five words and display … Continue reading
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