Tasmania Comes Under The Spotlight

a new discovery for the island state

Update: February 2024

Spotlight On Tasmania has relaunched in 2024 as a weekly podcast and can be found here

Original Story: 24-Sept-2022

A new shortcast series has launched with a focus squarely on the island state.

"Spotlight On Tasmania" has 5 fresh episodes a week that cater for the tastes of locals and visitors to Tassie alike, along with a daily state news bulletin.

In contrast to long form Podcasts, these shortcast episodes are under 10 minutes and designed to provide insights into people, travel, sport, food and history all with a Tasmanian flavour.

Monday - Tassie People

Each week we sit down to chat with a Tasmanian about their life. Some famous, some infamous, some you may never heard of but always compelling.

The latest episode:

SPECIAL EDITION EPISODE

Previous "Tassie People" episodes

Rebecca White - https://bit.ly/3QkTJfo
Scott Donaghy - https://bit.ly/3eEVzdZ

Tuesday - Tasmanian History

Our island state is rich in history from our indigenous beginnings, through our convict past into Tasmania of recent times. We'll delve into the history of the people, iconic landmarks, historic buildings and more

Previous "Tasmanian History" Episodes

TV comes to Nth Tasmania with TNT9 - https://bit.ly/3Be6d2O
National Pies - https://bit.ly/3QhFIz3

Wednesday - Everything Tassie in Under 10

This tour of Tassie looks at where to go and what to do for locals, what awaits visitors to our state and features some of the biggest events being held across the state.

Previous Travel Episodes

Festivale, Hobart Twilight Market and Bicheno Peguin Tours - https://bit.ly/3D71NgS

Thursday - Tassie Tucker

Tasmania is world renowned for fabulous food and amazing wines. For gourmet restaurants to great tucker from a corner store, wonderful wineries to juices that use the best from the apple isle this weekly episode will have have you ready to tuck in.

Previous featured "Tassie Tucker"