177 Nations of Tasmania update October 2024.
The 177 Nations of Tasmania podcast has been on a bit of a hiatus for the past few months, with no new episodes for a while, so I thought...
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Mark Thomson
Aug 213 min read
My cat photo obsession
I won't say that I'm exactly the world's biggest cat-lover, but I did grow up with cats around all the time and I do find them the most...
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Mark Thomson
Jul 191 min read
177 Nations of Tasmania podcast is on YouTube !
I am very pleased to announce that the 177 Nations of Tasmania is now available on YouTube. You can access is through the link below. ...
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Mark Thomson
Jun 273 min read
Podcast highlights for June : Benin, Tunisia and Israel
The recent podcast episodes involved one that was 11 months in the making, and another came together in a matter of days. Two of them...
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Mark Thomson
Jun 192 min read
Refugee Week and sharing refugee stories. Some thoughts.
At the time of writing this, I have completed 108 interviews for the 177 Nations of Tasmania podcast. These have spanned a whole gamut of...
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Mark Thomson
Jun 181 min read
Autumn colours along the Hobart Rivulet walk
As I write this, we are well and truly into winter, but I have been going through the many folders of photos I accumulated through the...
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Mark Thomson
May 153 min read
Podcast highlights for May - Escaping ethnic cleansing and surprising romances
A somewhat provocative heading perhaps, but then 2 of the recent episodes have involved Bosnia Herzegovina and Bhutan. In both countries,...
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Mark Thomson
May 12 min read
Podcast highlights - Armenian farming blueberries on King Island and professional volleyball in Estonia
Things have been a little slow with the podcast in the past few months, but should be picking up a bit more over the next month with some...
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Mark Thomson
Apr 242 min read
Recent road trips around Tassie - Sunsets and sunrises
For me, autumn is the most beautiful time of year in Tasmania. Even though the days are getting shorter, the weather is still pretty mild...
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Mark Thomson
Mar 192 min read
Celebrating 100 episodes of 177 Nations of Tasmania
Having reached 100 episodes/nationalities on the podcast, I thought it was a milestone worth celebrating and I invited participants to...
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Mark Thomson
Feb 72 min read
Podcast highlights - The Austrian Alps, Aged Care in Singapore and a childhood in PNG
It's been an interesting first month or so on the podcast in 2024, with three quite contrasting stories from Austria, Singapore and Papua...
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Mark Thomson
Jan 153 min read
177 Nations of Tasmania - 2023 in review and future goals
Whenever a new year starts, it's common to look back at the previous year and reflect on what you may have learnt and achieved. With an...
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Mark Thomson
Dec 19, 20231 min read
Night photography - Experimenting with some new techniques
Anyone who has followed this blog or follows me on Facebook ( I admit, there's only a few of you), will know that I particularly love...
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Mark Thomson
Dec 14, 20232 min read
Podcast highlights - Scottish salmon farmer and Latvian choral singing
The two latest episodes on the podcast come from Scotland and Latvia. Both from Northern Europe, but two very different stories in both...
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Mark Thomson
Nov 23, 20232 min read
Podcast highlights - Stories from three different continents
My most recent podcast episodes were with three different women from three different continents, and perhaps as geographically apart as...
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Mark Thomson
Oct 26, 20232 min read
177 Nations of Tasmania podcast - From Sweden to the heart of Africa
One of the beauties of doing this podcast is the diversity of stories and cultures I get to hear about from quite disparate parts of the...
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Mark Thomson
Sep 29, 20235 min read
Experimenting with Photoshop Generative AI Fill - useful tool or just a gimmick ?
A few months ago I became aware that Adobe was trialing some new AI features in a Beta version of Photoshop. Numerous YouTube videos...
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Mark Thomson
Sep 11, 20232 min read
177 Nations of Tasmania Highlights : Stories of romance and travel adventures
I've done another three new episodes in quick succession, all from Europe, but from quite disparate parts. After a succession of...
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Mark Thomson
Aug 31, 20233 min read
177 Nations of Tasmania podcast - Recent highlights
The last few months have been pretty productive and yielded some interesting interviews from both similar and contrasting parts of the...
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Mark Thomson
Aug 17, 20231 min read
Winter night photography
It has been an incredibly mild winter in Hobart in 2023, though I don't think anything will ever stop people complaining about "how cold...
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