Contents include: Geology : Flat Rocks, Gondwana, the Cretaceous period, fossils, coal, recent geological time p3-7. The dinosaurs of Inverloch : dinosaurs of darkness, a tiny mammal jawbone, naming new finds, history of the dinosaur search, the Flat Rocks site, field trip 1997, dinosaurs large and small, the Koonwarra flea p8-11. The land of the Lowendjeri Aborigines : the first invaders, land bridge to Tasmania, the Lowendjeri Bullock, an Aboriginal coastal economy, stone tools and camps, industry, records, William Thomas, George Hayden, Murray Black from Tarwin Meadows, canoes, burials, sealers and whalers, 'no good picaninny' p12-22. Opening up the land : isolation of South Gippsland, Samuel Anderson, Andersons Inlet, Coal Point, pioneer women, the port p23-29. Inverloch 1883-2002 : early days, shipwrecks, Wonthaggi's whale, the rocket brigade, the Great Southern Railway, Outtrim, Powlett River coal, Flat Rocks, a good place for a holiday, Pine Lodge, the wars, the Depression, the Inverloch foreshore p30-40. Climate : pleasant most of the time p41-47. Anderson Inlet : A large estuary with a mobile sand delta p48-56. The Bunurong cliffs : the golden coast, the Bunurong Marine Park, the coastal reserve and the road, ancient history, clearing the land, Eagles Nest, the sewerage farm, Wreck Creek, Flat Rocks, Shack Bay, Cape Paterson, the marine environment, some shells of the Bunurong, marine mammals, birds, land mammals, frogs and reptiles, the future p57-66. Flora and fauna : the Thompson Reserve, Screw Creek p67-79.