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Irene Waters
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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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Pancake Rocks: Black and White Sunday
In response to Paula’s black and white Sunday
Black and White Sunday: Geometry
Paula has asked us to show geometry. Geometry can be seen in virtually everything. In these two photos of the container ship loading at the Port of Otago in New Zealand we have cuboid, square, cylinders, triangles of all descriptions … Continue reading
Black and White Sunday Challenge: Portraiture story
In response to Paula’s Guest Challenge: How to tell a story through black and white photography
Black and White Sunday: Religious Buildings
Known as the Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica this cathedral was planned and built between 1863 – 1880 when Vietnam was a French Colony. Its official name is Basilica of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception. All of the building materials were … Continue reading
Black and White Sunday: Across
The Romans were good at building bridges across things. The Pont du Gard (above) which was built by the Romans as part of the 50km long Nimes aqueduct to go across the Gorge of the Gardon River. It was built … Continue reading
Phoneography Challenge: Black and White
This photo was taken on my iPhone 4S and is unedited apart from the conversion to black and white. For some reason the angles of the roof-line and the curves of the air-conditioning pipes appealed to me so whilst I … Continue reading
Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Flowers
Sitting waiting for my dog to be finished at the doggie parlour (he being a German Shepherd Dog is a bit embarrassed at joining the well coiffed pooches but he does so enjoy being cool after a number 1 shave) … Continue reading
Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Cars
I normally pay no attention to cars but I have been to two museums that I would highly recommend if you are in the vicinity. The first is the Sinsheim Technical Museum in Germany and this will one day be … Continue reading