Public education activities aim to:

• foster greater public understanding of weather and climate and to help the community use that information in their own and the national interest;
• inform the public and specific groups about the Bureau's role and the services it offers, and to help those groups use the services most effectively; and
• help improve communications and morale within the Bureau by making known various Bureau activities.

The effectiveness of public education activities was assessed in terms of formal visits and attendances at external exhibitions and displays, distribution of a wide range of publications, and from public feedback via telephone, e-mail, post, internet access, media responses and visitor comments. The Bureau's exhibition area at Head Office was closed during the move to 700 Collins St.

With the exhibition area closed during the relocation of the Bureau's Head Office, the weather education program was continued at the Royal Botanic Gardens, with the cooperation of the staff there.

• Publications
• Web-Based Information
• Visits Talks and Media Presence