At Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General and Mr Michael Bryce hosted a farewell lunch.

On Friday 21 February 2014, at Admiralty House, Sydney, the Governor-General the Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO, hosted a dinner reception for the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors.

On Wednesday 19 February 2014, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General the Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, hosted an investiture ceremony at which the Governor-General, as Chancellor of the Order of Australia, presented Mr Tim Fairfax AC with the insignia of Companion of the Order of Australia. Afterwards, the Governor-General and Mr Bryce hosted a dinner in honour of Mr Fairfax.

On Tuesday 18 February 2014, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General the Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, hosted an investiture ceremony to award a posthumous Victoria Cross for Australia to the parents of Corporal Cameron Baird VC MG.

As Commander-in-Chief, the Governor-General the Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO presented a posthumous Victoria Cross for Australia to the parents of Corporal Cameron Baird VC MG, Mr Doug and Mrs Kaye Baird, in the presence of the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition, the Minister for Defence, representative of the Chief Justice, the Chief of the Defence Force, Parliamentary representatives and other senior personnel at an Investiture Ceremony at Government House, Canberra.

Corporal Baird’s official citation reads:

On Monday 17 February 2014, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General the Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO presided at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council.

Afterwards, the Governor-General received from His Excellency Mr Abd Al-Rahim Al-Siddig Mohamed Omar, Letters of Credence accrediting him as the Ambassador of the Republic of the Sudan.

Later, the Governor-General received from His Excellency Mr Egidijus Meilunas, Letters of Credence accrediting him as the Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania.

On Sunday 16 February 2014, at Admiralty House, Sydney, the Governor-General the Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, hosted a farewell community morning tea.

On Friday 14 February 2014, at Brisbane International Airport, the Governor-General the Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO, was represented at the arrival in Australia of the Head of State of the Republic of the Fiji Islands, His Excellency Brigadier-General Ratu Epeli Nailatikau (Retd), by Colonel Dennis Scanlan CSM RFD ADC, Honorary Aide-de-Camp.

On Thursday 13 February 2014, at Admiralty House, Sydney, the Governor-General the Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO, received the Governor-General-designate, General Peter Cosgrove AC MC (Retd).

On Tuesday 11 February 2014, at Admiralty House, Sydney, the Governor-General the Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO, hosted a lunch for the Governor of New South Wales, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, Professor Elizabeth Elliott AM, Ms Janet McCredie AM, Ms Bronwyn Bancroft and Ms Jan Bowen.

Afterwards, the Governor-General hosted a Music Evening with a performance of ‘Schubert’s Trout Quintet’.