Tom Cowan once said of this film: "The Office Picnic was sort of [a] reaction to coming back to Australia. I was down on Phillip Island looking for koalas to film for a BHP documentary. It's strange when you get out in the bush - you see yourself in a different way. And the thought came to me that it would be interesting to make a film about a group of people who go out on a picnic".
This film was made with the assistance of the Experimental Film and Television Fund (EFTVF).
This film had a very limited theatrical release when launched in Australia.
This film was mostly improvised from a synopsis that was only seven pages long.