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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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Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge: Odd Ball
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Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge: City Skyline
Architecture is so varied in the landscape — much of it is odd ball. I love the angles, the curves, the reflections and the incongruity between new and old, soft and hard. In response to Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge .
Cee’s Odd Ball Photo: Odd Balls around the Sydney Botanical Gardens
I’m not showing much garden in these odd ball photos. I was taken with the oddity of what looked at first sight to be a Red Indian woman’s face sitting in the middle of the harbour. It was situated perfectly … Continue reading
Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge: Looking through things
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Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge: My daily in life in an odd ball way
All these photographs were taken accidently. The iphone 5 has a feature the iphone 4S didn’t and that is that photos can be taken via the loudness controls, the on/off switch as well as the normal red button. As a … Continue reading
Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge: Hats at Imbil
A trip to the ukulele festival held at a deer farm outside Imbil led us to discovering the Poley’s Place of the north. Poley’s is a farm at Barrington that has country music festivals three times a year where people … Continue reading
Cee’s Odd Ball Photo: Pencils
No words are needed. We heeded the sign and drew away quickly after sharpening the speed of the shutter. In response to Cee’s Odd ball challenge
Cee’s Odd ball Challenge: More than just Fish
I am a Piscean and very much a water sign. I have ponds all over my garden and almost every window of the house looks out on one. Many have a Buddah enjoying the calm, some have fish and all … Continue reading