From the beginnings of Tasmania as part of North America to its birth during the break-up of the supercontinent Gondwana, through the Ice Age which sculpted the mountains and lakes, this beautifully illustrated book explains what’s behind the landscapes and scenery. See why and how continents move, what makes Tasmania different from the other states, how kunanyi/Mt Wellington was made, why eastern Tasmania is so different from the west, what makes the mountains and the ‘great unconformity’, what happened in the search for oil. Tasmania has a wonderful diversity of rocks and is a veritable textbook of geological time. This book helps you to understand and appreciate its deep history.