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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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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Twos, some different some the same
Two tortoises Two swans in amongst the pigeons Two people, two dogs and two balloons all different from each other Two different items – a large chair with a person beneath A bison and pig are also quite different from … Continue reading
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Floral Friday: Cyclamens
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Floral Friday: Profusion of Yellow
These five photos were taken as we drove up onto the Blackall mountain range (part of the Great Dividing Range) which separates the coast from the west. On the bends as we went up we a profusion of yellow met us. … Continue reading
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Floral Friday: Tropical Bougainvillea
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Floral Friday: Heliconia and Gingers
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Floral Friday: Purple bits of Cheer
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Floral Friday: More flowers amongst greenery from the Botanical Gardens Sydney
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Floral Friday: Tropical Colour
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Floral Friday: Wind flowers of Te Papa
(6 photos) But the flower leaned aside And thought of naught to say, And morning found the breeze A hundred miles away. Robert Frost (1874-1963) from the poem Wind and window flower
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