The Bureau of Meteorology is an Australian government organisation responsible for providing weather services to Australia and surrounding areas. It was established in 1906 under the Meteorology Act, by formerly bringing together the colonial/state meteorological services that existed before then. It is now the main provider of weather forecasts, warnings and observations to the public. Its main office is in Melbourne, with regional offices in each state capital and Darwin. Each Regional Office includes a Regional Forecasting Centre and a [Flood] Warning Centre, and the Perth, Darwin and Brisbane offices also house Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres. The Darwin office also serves as the Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre. Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is the sixth-largest country in the world, the only country to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia/Oceania. ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... BBCs Alex Deakin presenting a weather report. ... Melbourne - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Central Darwin, circa 1986 Darwin is the capital of the Northern Territory, and is a city of 109,419 people (2001 census) on Australias far north-western coastline. ... Perth skyline viewed from the Swan Bells. ... This article is about the Australian city. ...

external links and reference

Bureau of Meteorology main page (http://www.bom.gov.au)