Credentials Ceremony for the Ambassador of the Union of Myanmar, the Ambassador of Japan, the Ambassador of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, the Ambassador of the Russian Federation, and the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates; Credentials Reception

On Wednesday 25 August 2010, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE received the President of the Wattle Day Association, Mr Terry Fewtrell; Vice President, Mr Jack Fahy; and Committee Member, Ms Christine Lancaster; and later accepted a basket of wattle from students of St Francis of Assisi Primary School in recognition of the centenary of Wattle Day.

On Tuesday 24 August 2010, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE hosted a morning tea at which the Governor-General launched Group Training Australia's 2010 ‘Today's Skills: Tomorrow's Leaders’ program.

Later, the Governor-General received the Ambassador-designate to the Republic of Peru, Mr John Woods.

Call by the Ambassador-designate to the Republic of Indonesia; Afternoon tea for Gowrie Australia; Presentation ceremony for The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust (ACT) Fellowships

On Monday 23 August 2010, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC received the Ambassador-designate to the Republic of Indonesia, Mr Greg Moriarty.

Afterwards, the Governor-General and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE hosted an afternoon tea for Gowrie Australia to mark the 70th anniversary of the establishment of Lady Gowrie Centres in Australia.

On Sunday 22 August 2010, at RAAF Townsville, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE attended a parade at which the Governor-General, as Commander-in-Chief, presented the Number 1 Airfield Operations Support Squadron Standard and the Governor-General’s Banner to 27 Squadron.

On Saturday 21 August 2010, at Cluden Park Racecourse, Townsville, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE attended the centenary celebrations of the North Queensland Amateur Turf Club – ‘Townsville Amateurs’.

On Friday 20 August 2010, at Customs House, Brisbane, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE attended the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards Ceremony at which the Governor-General, as Patron, launched Book Week 2010 and presented the Book of the Year awards.

In the afternoon, at the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, the Governor-General and Mr Bryce, as guests of the Curator of Australian Art, Ms Angela Goddard, viewed the Hans Heysen exhibition.

Farewell call by the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom; Call by the Ambassador-designate to the Kingdom of Thailand; Reception for the Sir Edward Dunlop Medical Research Foundation; RAAF Association lunch

On Thursday 19 August 2010, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC received a farewell call from the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Baroness Valerie Amos.

On Wednesday 18 August 2010, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC received a farewell call from the High Commissioner for the Republic of South Africa, His Excellency Mr Lenin Magigwane Shope.

Afterwards, at the Australian Vietnam Forces National Memorial, Canberra, the Governor-General and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE attended the Vietnam Veterans’ Remembrance Day Service, at which the Governor-General delivered the first reading and laid a wreath.

On Tuesday 17 August 2010, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE hosted a ceremony at which the Governor-General, as Commander-in-Chief, invested Major Geoff Kendall MG (Retd) with the Medal for Gallantry, and presented Mrs Joan Dohle, the next of kin of the late Flight Lieutenant Clifford Dohle DSM, with the Distinguished Service Medal.