On Tuesday 3 June 2008, at Kooyong, Melbourne, Their Excellencies, the Governor-General Major Genera...
On Tuesday 3 June 2008, at Kooyong, Melbourne, Their Excellencies, the Governor-General Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC and Mrs Marlena Jeffery, as guests of the Chief Executive Officer, Mr Gerard Menses, visited the Vision Australia Victorian Head Office at which the Governor-General delivered an address and presented bursaries to visually impaired Victorian tertiary students.
Afterwards, at the St John Ambulance Australia (Victoria) Headquarters, Mount Waverley, Their Excellencies, as guests of the Chairman, Mr Peter Cudlipp, and the Commissioner, Dr Iain Nicolson, attended an afternoon tea with cadets and mentors. In the afternoon, at Government House, Melbourne, the Governor-General received Honorary Aides-de-Camp to the Governor-General: Brigadier Michael Phelps ADC; Brigadier David O'Brien ADC; Brigadier Steve Aird ADC; Captain Frank Kresse ADC RAN; Captain Michael Miko ADC RAN; Group Captain Warrick Paddon ADC; and Wing Commander Mark Masini ADC. In the evening, at Government House, Melbourne, Their Excellencies attended a State Farewell Dinner co-hosted in their honour by the Governor of Victoria, Professor David de Kretser AC, and the Premier of Victoria, The Honourable John Brumby MP.