In the afternoon, at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, the Governor-General, as a guest of the Chairman, Mr Tim Fairfax AM, toured the Vanity Fair Exhibition. Afterwards, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General received the Director of Queensland Advocacy Incorporated, Mr Kevin Cocks, with the Manager of the ACT Disability Aged and Carer Advocacy Service, Ms Andrea Simmons. Earlier, at Parliament House, Canberra, Mr Michael Bryce AM AE attended the Built Environment Meets Parliament Conference and remained for lunch.

On Tuesday 11 August 2009, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC hosted a morning tea for the Starlight Children's Foundation Committee.

On Monday 10 August 2009, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE hosted a reception for the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, at which the Governor-General, as Patron-in-Chief, presented the 2009 Churchill Fellowship Awards to ACT recipients.

On Sunday 9 August 2009, at St Joseph's Primary School, Kangaroo Point, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE attended the commissioning of a sculpture of Sister Mary MacKillop, at which the Governor-General delivered an address.

On Sunday 9 August 2009, at St Joseph's Primary School, Kangaroo Point, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE attended the commissioning of a sculpture of Sister Mary MacKillop, at which the Governor-General delivered an address.

Afterwards, at St Aiden's Anglican Girls' School, Corinda, the Governor-General launched the children's book ???Fox and Fine Feathers', written by Ms Narelle Oliver. In the evening, at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane, the Governor-General and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE were guests of Mr Greg Wanchap at a performance by the Queensland Orchestra.

On Thursday 6 August 2009, in Rockhampton, Queensland, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC opened the Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration (AIJA) Indigenous Courts Conference.

On Wednesday 5 August 2009, at Customs House, Brisbane, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC attended a luncheon hosted by Her Excellency Mrs Kirsty Sword Gusm??o.

On Tuesday 4 August 2009, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE hosted a dinner in honour of the Honourable Sir James Gobbo AC CVO at the conclusion of his term of office as Chairman of the Council for the Order of Australia.

On Monday 3 August 2009, at the Hyatt Hotel, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE attended the launch of Missing Person's Week, which the Governor-General, as Patron of Alzheimer's Australia, co-launched.

On Sunday 2 August 2009, in Adelaide and Port Augusta, South Australia, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, as guests of honour, attended the 80th Anniversary Commemorative Journey of the Ghan.

On Sunday 2 August 2009, in Adelaide and Port Augusta, South Australia, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, as guests of honour, attended the 80th Anniversary Commemorative Journey of the Ghan.