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177 Nations of Tasmania - Episode 41 - Inspiration from Afghanistan
Words like "resilience" and "inspirational" are perhaps overused expressions these days, but resilience just seemed to be the perfect...
Mark Thomson
Sep 22, 20213 min read


Widening perspectives of Hobart and surrounds
I was just recently browsing through some of the panorama shots I've put together with my drone camera over the last 6 months and...
Mark Thomson
Sep 15, 20211 min read


177 Nations of Tasmania - Episode 40 - A Greek Odyssey
One of the really fascinating things about doing this podcast over the last year or so has been hearing stories that give you a window...
Mark Thomson
Sep 15, 20212 min read


177 Nations of Tasmania - Episode 39 - Colourful Mexico
People are complex and often their stories have many threads, and this is perhaps even more true for those who have migrated to our...
Mark Thomson
Sep 14, 20213 min read


Braving winter nights in Hobart trying to get eye-catching pictures
Winter is the time for getting out at night in Hobart to try and get some of those eye-catching and often beautiful shots of city lights...
Mark Thomson
Aug 27, 20212 min read


177 Nations of Tasmania - Episode 38 - Chile and challenges
With each new episode I seem to uncover something a little different but which nevertheless speaks to a kind of common humanity or...
Mark Thomson
Aug 9, 20212 min read


Winter fog and mist in the city - trying to find inspiration in the cold and wet
Recently we had a week of really pretty cold nights, though for me they were the kind of cold I like - still and clear and though the...
Mark Thomson
Jul 25, 20212 min read


177 Nations of Tasmania - Episode 37 - Oh Canada !
Up until now, almost all my interviewees have come from places where English was not the first language, and, of course, the language...
Mark Thomson
Jul 24, 20212 min read


177 Nations of Tasmania - Episode 36 - Journeys from Belgium
One of the challenges of a project like 177 Nations of Tasmania is that you can't really take a one-size-fits-all approach to the wide...
Mark Thomson
Jul 16, 20213 min read


More photo roadtrips around Tasmania
This winter has of late provided some magnificent conditions for capturing both video and photos with the drone. Not only has it been...
Mark Thomson
Jul 16, 20211 min read


Roadtrips in the fog and sunshine
I've made a few roadtrips lately, trying to take advantage of free time and some nice winter weather to get some footage with the drone...
Mark Thomson
Jul 1, 20214 min read


...And so it begins. Dark Mofo is back
After cancellation last year because of Covid and controversy from a very misguided proposed project to take samples of peoples' blood,...
Mark Thomson
Jun 17, 20212 min read


Stop with the winter hate and embrace the change of seasons
So it's that time of year where Tasmanians start saying things like "It's so cold" and "Bring on summer"...as if they're surpised this...
Mark Thomson
Jun 14, 20211 min read


Battling with "impostor syndrome"
I think this post will be relevant to many who have experience in working in the arts and other creative fields. I want to write about...
Mark Thomson
Jun 7, 20213 min read


177 Nation of Tasmania - Episode 35 - Delving into 20th century Hungarian history
The last two episodes I've done have been with the two oldest people I've interviewed so far, though you would certainly not have guesed...
Mark Thomson
Jun 6, 20213 min read


Going a bit crazy with the camera over a beautiful Tasmanian autumn weekend in both night and day
We had a beautiful couple of days of very still, sunny weather, which seemed a perfect opportunity to get out and finding those great...
Mark Thomson
May 28, 20212 min read


177 Nations of Tasmania - Episode 34 - The personal side of history in Slovakia
Jenny aka Yenni has written several books in English, including two of an autobiographical nature, a remarkable achievement for someone...
Mark Thomson
May 27, 20213 min read


177 Nations of Tasmania podcast - Episode 33 - Comparing with Ukraine
Tasmania has received many Ukrainian migrants since the large migrations began just over 70 years ago. Many were displaced people as a...
Mark Thomson
May 27, 20212 min read


Some rare windless nights and an unexpected Aurora
Last week we had a couple of amazingly still nights in Hobart. For those who know Hobart well, this is very rare indeed, and even rarer...
Mark Thomson
May 19, 20212 min read


Tasmania in autumn - so many photographic opportunities
Of course autumn is great in Tasmania for a whole lot of reasons, not least of all for the amazing colours that start appearing in our...
Mark Thomson
May 8, 20212 min read
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