BAMOS Vol 31 Special Issue October 2018 Bulletin Vol 31 Special Issue 01 2018 | Page 3

BAMOS Special Issue 3 Contents 4 AMOS 30th anniversary—celebrate, connect, engage 7 The establishment of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society 8 Letters of congratulations 10 Reflections on 30 years of AMOS 14 30th Anniversary Symposium— Overview 15 Presentation summaries and abstracts 31 Symposium networking and celebrations 34 The mystery of the logo mouse Welcome to a special edition of BAMOS celebrating the 30th Anniversary of our society and capturing the history of the society. The Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society was formally established as an unincorporated association in April 1987 and a professional society for AMOS sciences in Australia. Its first year of operation, with a full membership and a Council and Office Bearers, was 1988. Thirty years on, the society has wide reach across Australia with centres in each State and Territory and is renowned for its Annual Conference. This special edition contains a number of overview articles on the history of the society and of the transition from the Australian Branch of the Royal Meteorological Society. The lead article by Mary Voice gives an overview of the activities that took place in 2017 as part of the Society’s celebration of this milestone. We include a number of congratulatory letters, including one from the World Meteorological Organization, a short article on aspects of the history by John McBride and a whimsical “tale” by Matthias Tomczak. The bulk of the issue is taken up by articles, abstracts and photographs collated from our Anniversary Symposium—Science for Life, held in Melbourne in August 2017. As editors, we feel privileged to put together this Anniversary edition of the Bulletin and congratulate you all on your participation in this important professional society representing atmospheric and oceanographic sciences in Australia. ISSN 1035-6576 Editors: Belinda Campbell and John McBride Editors-in-Chief: Damien Irving, Linden Ashcroft Assistant Editors: Diana Greenslade, Melissa Lyne and Blair Trewin Reviewers: John Zillman and Tom Beer Design: Jeanette Dargaville Publisher: AMOS, GPO Box 1289, Melbourne VIC 3001, Australia Image: A walk through time with the history of the Australian Weather Calendars on display at the Symposium held in August 2017. Image credit: John McBride. Cover image: Compilation of BAMOS covers from 1989 and 2015. Image courtesy of Mary Voice and Ian Smith. Other images: Photographs from the Symposium and related events used in this publication have been provided by Linden Ashcroft, Michael Coughlan and John McBride. We hope you enjoy this retrospective and look forward to celebrating many more years of AMOS. Belinda Campbell and John McBride Co-Editors