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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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Category Archives: Thursday’s Special
Thursday’s Special: Adrenaline
The skies around Yasur volcano are pumped with adrenaline and certainly a sky and an experience that you wouldn’t forget — ever. Particularly if you were a strapping Scottish lad who had flown in for an overnight stay at our … Continue reading
Thursdays Special: traces of the Past : Perigueux and surrounds
Perigueux is the capital city of the Dordogne region in France. It also has many traces of the past. The first we saw early in our visit as we parked the car out of the city centre and walked to it. The … Continue reading
Thursday’s Special: Water in Sydney City
Water is an important part of the city of Sydney’s landscape. It can be small — one of numerous small ponds and fountains to be found around the city’s walkways. Or it could be one of the larger although still … Continue reading
Thursday’s Special: Panorama
Paula’s theme for this weeks Thursday’s Special couldn’t have come at a better time as I am in Sydney for a conference at the State Library. Early this morning I walked from my hotel room to the opera house and … Continue reading
Thursday’s Special: Reflection where there should be shadow
Our dog walking park has become waterlogged. Today large puddles occupy the ground that normally is grass. The sight of this water takes a few years off the dogs as they can’t help but frolic in it, running and splashing … Continue reading
Thursday’s Special: Multitude
One night with a multitude of stars twinkling above us we stood on a bridge crossing one of the many waterways in our area and were entertained with a multitude of lights of a different kind. From out of the … Continue reading
Thursday’s Special: Breaking the Rules
Rules are made to be broken. In response to Paula’s Thursday’s Special
Thursday’s Special: Restoration
I’m not sure that strictly speaking renovation is restoration but once we had ripped the back of the house off we certainly had to restore it to a house with walls. We’d finished our time at the shop and at … Continue reading
Thursday’s Special: Cold
Parts of Australia can be cold, bitterly cold and more so when you are unprepared. It is hard to think cold when you live in the tropics. A similar problem to trying to decide what to eat for dinner when … Continue reading
Thursday’s Special: Travelling Reds
Travelling one always sees the unexpected such as this red bridge in Hanoi. Sometimes you travel by car. I was so proud of that red car – my first new car – I couldn’t stop driving and went everywhere. This … Continue reading
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