Dampier Salt Operation; Karratha Clontarf Academy; BHP Billiton Iron Ore shipping facility; Pilbara Indigenous Youth Development and Mentoring Program; Marnti Warajanga language centre; Port Hedland civic reception

On Tuesday 9 August 2011, at Dampier, Western Australia, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, as guests of the Managing Director of Dampier Salt Limited, Ms Denise Goldsworthy, visited the Dampier Salt Operation.

Woodside Energy North West Shelf Karratha Gas Plant; Rio Tinto Iron Ore East Intercourse Island Facility; Gumula Mirnuwarni Education Project; Roebourne Art Group and Yinjaa-barni Art Group; Shire of Roebourne Civic Reception

On Monday 8 August 2011, at Karratha, Western Australia, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, as guests of Executive Vice President Commercial and General Counsel, Mr Rob Cole, and Executive Vice President Pluto Liquid Natural Gas Project, Mr Lucio Della-Martina, visited the Woodside Energy North West Shelf Karratha Gas Plant.

On Sunday 7 August 2011, at Newman, Western Australia, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, as guests of the Vice President of External Affairs for BHP Billiton, Mr Ian Fletcher, visited Mount Whaleback Mine.

On Saturday 6 August 2011, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, hosted a lunch for the Ambassador of the United States of America, His Excellency Mr Jeffrey Bleich and Mrs Rebecca Bleich. The Ambassador and Mrs Bleich were accompanied by: Jake, Matthew and Abby Bleich.

Earlier, at Malkara School, Garran, Mr Bryce, as Patron, visited the 39th Annual Malkara Model Railway and Scale Model Exhibition.

On Friday 5 August 2011, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC received a farewell call from the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea, His Excellency Dr Woo Sang Kim.

In the evening, the Governor-General and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, hosted a reception for the Australian Ambassador-designate to the People’s Republic of China, Ms Frances Adamson.

Federal Executive Council; ANZSOG Institute for Governance ???Celebrating the Contribution of Women to Public Sector Excellence' event; Dedication of Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture Mural Wall

On Thursday 4 August 2011, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC presided at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council.

On Wednesday 3 August 2011, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, hosted a reception to launch YouthCARECanberra as part of National Homeless Persons Week.

In the evening, at the Canberra Theatre Centre, the Governor-General, as guest of the Chair of the Bell Shakespeare Company, Ms Ilana Atlas, attended the Opening Night of ‘Julius Caesar’, performed by Bell Shakespeare.

Nukunuku Government Health Centre; Nuku'alofa Government Primary School; Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga; Morning tea and round table discussion; High Commissioner's lunch

On Tuesday 2 August 2011, at Nukunuku, Kingdom of Tonga, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, as guests of the Minister for Health, the Honourable 'Uliti Uata visited the Nukunuku Government Health Centre.

On Monday 1 August 2011, at CarriageWorks, Chippendale, New South Wales, the Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO attended the Sydney Chamber Opera’s production of Leoš Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen.

On Sunday 31 July 2011, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE departed Australia on a State Visit to the Kingdom of Tonga.

Earlier, in Sydney, the Proclamation assuming the Administration of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia was signed by the Governor of New South Wales, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO.

In the evening, at the Royal Villa, Nuku’alofa, Kingdom of Tonga, the Governor-General and Mr Bryce attended an audience with the King of Tonga, His Majesty King George Tupou V.