On Monday 6 July 2009, at Admiralty House, Sydney, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC hosted to lunch Mr Phillip Bacon AM.

Afterwards, the Governor-General received the Director of the Australian Antarctic Division, Ms Lyn Maddock PSM, and the Support and Coordination Manager of the Australian Antarctic Division, Mr Richard Mulligan. In the evening, the Governor-General, as Patron, hosted a reception for BBM Limited (formerly Big Brother Movement). Earlier, at the University of Canberra, Mr Michael Bryce AM AE officially opened the 30th Australian - New Zealand Student Architecture Congress.