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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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Painted Things in Akaroa: Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge
Akaroa is a quaint town in the Banks Peninsula on the South Island of New Zealand. It was the first French settlement, 1840, in New Zealand and retains a French flare with all the streets having their original French names. … Continue reading
New Zealand Calm: Wordless Wednesday
Colours in my world: Pick a word December Yr 3: Thursday’s Special
Cyan Aquamarine Aquamarine and Gold Gold Light pink and the hardest colour of all to find – Maroon. Each month Paula gives us for Thursday’s Special five words to illustrate via photograph. Pick one word or five – it’s up … Continue reading
Piles or Stacks: Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge
Dishes stacked one upon another and the floors of a building can be thought of as one stacked upon another and rocks strategically placed, layered so that they too form a kind of a stack are all man made. A … Continue reading
Silence : Weekly Photo Challenge
Some man made spaces afford you silence for if you speak disapproving looks you’ll gain and a few shushes quietly said. But in nature silence can be absolute with sometimes not even the sound of nature to be heard. Whether … Continue reading
Serene: Weekly Photo Challenge
For me serene will include water. I am a Piscean so it makes sense that I am most at peace when water is near. I don’t mind if the water is in the form of snow or liquid. Combine water … Continue reading
Scale: Weekly Photo Challenge
There was no doubting the cruise boat was large. It made the city of Sydney look small and people insignificant. It towered above and blocked out the landscape. But from the skytower in Aukland, the tallest freestanding building in … Continue reading
Dunedin Taieri Gorge: Five Words October 2017: Thursday’s Special
Once a month Paula invites us in Thursday’s Special where you can pick one word or all and post one photo or many. The five words this month are : mountainous, whiskers, crumbling, spanning, immaculate. The grounds outside Dunedin Railway station were … Continue reading
In the Pink: Tuesdays of Texture
A house to relax in. The arm chairs perched precariously on the awning invited. I could see me watching the sunrise, with a glass of wine, our heads close together for easy conversation or that quietness that comes when one … Continue reading
Framed: Weekly Photo Challenge
The view from my workroom framed whilst down on the river a double framed view always fills me with joy. Down the coast just a little way another framed view gives a feeling of peace. A little further still and … Continue reading
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