On Friday 26 April 2013, at Government House, Sydney, the Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, received the Minister of Industry and Trade in the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, His Excellency Dr Vu Huy Hoang, and the accompanying delegation.

Afterwards, the Administrator hosted a Welcome Home reception for participants in the third Mateship Trek along the Black Cat Trail, Wau to Salamaua, Papua New Guinea, commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the World War II campaign.

On the final day of a State Visit, the Governor-General met students and staff at Buk Bilong Pikinini Children’s Library, located at the University of Papua New Guinea.

Ms Bryce was welcomed and escorted to the Library by young students in traditional dress. Later, the Governor-General, as Patron of Make A Mark Australia, presented a chequeto the organisation to assist with the purchase of a new mobile library.

Buk Bilong Pikinini provides early childhood development services and educational programs with a focus to increasing the literacy rate in Papua New Guinea.

In North Waigani, Papua New Guinea, the Governor-General visited an Australian funded health facility that is focused on addressing and preventing cases of HIV/AIDS.

Ms Bryce arrived at the Begabari Anglicare Sexually Transmitted Infections Clinic and was met by the National Director of Anglicare, Ms Heni Meki, and the Chairman, Bishop Peter Ramsden, before being invited to see the facilities and services provided to patients.

The Governor-General was ceremonially farewelled at Jackson’s International Airport on the last day of a State Visit to Papua New Guinea.

Ms Bryce inspected a Guard of Honour with the Commander of the PNG Defence Force, Brigadier-General Francis Agwi, before being farewelled by senior government ministers and officials.

On Thursday 25 April 2013, at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, the Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, attended the ANZAC Day pre-Dawn Service, where Canberra Actress, Ms Leith Arundel, read excerpts from letters and diaries written by Australian Soldiers; and VC recipient, Corporal Ben Roberts-Smith VC MG, read accounts of Australian Service in Afghanistan.

Afterwards, the Administrator and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, attended the ANZAC Day Dawn Service.

The Governor-General honoured the service and sacrifices of Australian Defence Force personnel and Papua New Guinean citizens during the ANZAC Day Dawn Service at Bomana War Cemetery in Port Moresby.

The Governor-General of Papua New Guinea, His Excellency Sir Michael Ogio, and the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, the Hon Peter O’Neill MP, joined Ms Bryce and thousands of guests at the service, which recognised the strong historic military bonds between both nations.

Marking ANZAC Day in Papua New Guinea, the Governor-General paid tribute to the Australians and Papua New Guineans who served side-by-side on the Kokoda Track during a visit to Isurava.

Local residents and Track trekkers welcomed Ms Bryce before she laid a wreath at the Isurava War Memorial.

The Governor-General also viewed the site where Private Bruce Kingsbury VC was killed during World War II, before arriving in Kokoda to lay a wreath at the Memorial to Australian Soldiers.

On Wednesday 24 April 2013, at Admiralty House, Sydney, the Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, presided at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council.

Afterwards, at St Mary’s Cathedral, the Administrator, accompanied by Sir Nicholas Shehadie AC OBE, read the First Lesson at the ANZAC Eve Requiem Commemoration for those who died in war, followed by a reception in Cathedral House.

The Governor-General visited the site of the Papua New Guinea Liquefied Natural Gas Processing Plant, which is currently under construction on the Gulf of Papua northwest of Port Moresby.

Ms Bryce received a briefing on the facility before viewing the construction site. The project also includes production and processing facilities in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, which will be operational in 2014.

Staff of a health centre dedicated to treating cases of tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS received a visit from the Governor-General on her third day of a State Visit to Papua New Guinea.

Representatives from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, World Vision, the Papua New Guinean Government, St John’s and AusAID welcomed Ms Bryce to the Gerehu Health Centre before she was introduced to staff and patients.