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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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Weekend Coffee Share 19th January 2019
Welcome and come on in. Would you like tea or coffee or with the heat we are having perhaps you would like a cold drink. To tell you the truth we are lucky where we are. South of us are … Continue reading →
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Weekend Coffee Share started 6th January 2019 and finished 13th Jan 2019
Welcome and come on in. It is hard to believe that one week of the New Year has already passed and already I’m feeling as though it is going far too quickly. What would you like to drink. Coffee or … Continue reading →
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Weekend Coffee Share 29th December 2018
Welcome and come on in. Pull up a chair and I’ll put a brew on. Tea? Coffee? Who would believe that this is the last weekend we’ll be having coffee in 2018. Next week we’ll be pulling up our chairs … Continue reading →
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Weekend Coffee Post 22nd December 2018
Great to see you. Come on in and have a cup of coffee or tea if you’d prefer. We have cold drinks also. We had a thunderstorm last night at 3.30am that I thought would wake the dead. It didn’t … Continue reading →
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Weekend Coffee Share 16th December 2018
Come on in and pull up a seat. You braved the weather to get to me today. We have a cyclone to the north and bad weather to the south with rains bringing servere flooding. I think we are possibly … Continue reading →
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Weekend Coffee Share 8th December 2018
Come on in and have a cuppa. Coffee? Tea? Bonnox? or perhaps a cool drink? This week has seen the start of Christmas Parties and suddenly it seems Christmas is looming. The first party was the Chemist’s Christmas Party. … Continue reading →
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Weekend Coffee Share 2nd December 2018
It is hard to believe that this week has gone by so quickly. It seems like yesterday that I wrote my last coffee post but as the link up was down I didn’t catch up with all the coffee shares … Continue reading →
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Weekend Coffee Share 6th May 2018
Welcome. Come on in for a cup of tea or coffee. You are very welcome and I have most beverages. Today I want to tell you the secret I have been keeping the last month that I would have loved … Continue reading →
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Weekend Coffee Share 29th April 2018
Welcome. Come on in for a cup of tea or coffee. You are very welcome and I have most beverages. This week has been a weird week. Anzac Day fell on Wednesday and it has totally thrown my body clock … Continue reading →
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Weekend Coffee Share 22nd April 2018: R.I.P Bundy
Welcome. Come on in for a cup of tea or coffee. You are very welcome and I have most beverages. I’m afraid you’ll find us somewhat sad this morning as yesterday we said goodbye to our gorgeous cocker spaniel Bundy. … Continue reading →
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