On Wednesday 4 August 2010, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC received the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Baroness Valerie Amos.

Afterwards, at the Gallery of Australian Design, Canberra, Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, as Patron, attended the ‘Design Media in Australia’ show.

On Tuesday 3 August 2010, at Admiralty House, Sydney, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC, as Commander-in-Chief, and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, hosted a morning tea for Defence families.

In the afternoon, the Governor-General received the Congregational Leader of the Sisters of St Joseph, Sister Anne Derwin; Secretary General of the Sisters of St Joseph, Sister Sheila McCreanor; Postulator of the Cause of Blessed Mary MacKillop, Sister Maria Casey; and Executive Officers of Mary MacKillop Canonisation, Sister Judith Sippel and Sister Mary Mercer.

On Monday 2 August 2010, at Lane Cove North, Sydney, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE attended a ceremony at which the Governor-General officially opened St Peter’s Residential Aged Care.

Afterwards, at Admiralty House, Sydney, the Governor-General received the Chief Executive of Hammond Care, Dr Stephen Judd OAM.

Later, the Governor-General received Mrs Gail O’Brien and Ms Juliette O’Brien.

On Sunday 1 August 2010, at Brisbane International Airport, the Governor-General was represented at the transit through Australia of the President of the Republic of Kiribati, His Excellency the Honourable Anote Tong MP, by Group Captain Brian Duddington AM ADC, an Honorary Aide-de-Camp.

On Saturday 31 July 2010, at City Recital Hall, Sydney, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, as guests of the General Manager, Mr Bruce Applebaum, attended a performance of ‘Handel Coronation’ by the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra.

Governor-General Vanuatu Independence Day Flag Raising Ceremony; Reception hosted by the President of Vanuatu; Vanuatu Cultural Centre; National Archives and Library Building Official Handing-Over ceremony. Administrator International Grammar School's International Day Assembly; Indigenous Australians Exhibition.

On Friday 30 July 2010, at Ultimo, New South Wales, the Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO delivered an address at the International Grammar School’s International Day Assembly.

Governor-General 3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Ironmaking; Official Visit to Port Vila, Vanuatu; Meeting with the Acting President of the Republic of Vanuatu and Speaker of Vanuatu's Parliament; Vanuatu Women's Centre; Reception hosted by High Commissioner to the Republic of Vanuatu Administrator Presentation of the ANZAC of the Year Award; 2010 Asia and South-West Pacific Region Reserve Capability Forum reception

Calls by the Director of the Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law, Griffith University; Professor Thakur, Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo; the Vice-President of the United Nations Association of Australia; and the Chair of the Breast Cancer Network Australia and Legal Aid Queensland.

On Tuesday 27 July 2010, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC received a farewell call from the Ambassador of the Federative Republic of Brazil, His Excellency Mr Fernando De Mello Barreto.

In the afternoon, the Governor-General received a farewell call from the Ambassador of the Republic of Peru, His Excellency Mr Claudio De La Puente.

Calls by the Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, former Associate Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the Consul-General of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

On Wednesday 21 July 2010, at Government House, Sydney, the Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, received the Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, His Excellency Mr Vinh Thanh Hoang.