On Friday 23 October 2009, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC, ...

On Friday 23 October 2009, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC, as Patron, hosted an afternoon tea for the National Rural Women's Coalition.

Afterwards, the Governor-General, as Patron, and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE hosted a reception for the delegates of the War Widows' Guild of Australia Incorporated. Earlier, at Manuka Oval, Canberra, Mr Bryce, as Patron of ACT Cricket, attended the ACT Meteors versus Tasmanian Roar cricket match.