AHQ Blog - Aussie Hero Quilts (and Laundry Bags)

HMAS Ballarat visit in Hobart by Anne Horner

by AHQ | 4 May 2026 | News | 0 Comments

On Friday 24th April, my grandsons and I visited HMAS Ballarat which was in Port for the ANZAC Day weekend. About a month ago, I happened to be reading the Hobart Port Authority shipping schedule and noticed that an “Australian Warship” was due in Port for five days...

Submarine Tour HMAS Farncomb by Lyn R

by AHQ | 4 May 2026 | News | 0 Comments

Preface - Commissioned in 1998, HMAS Farncomb is the second of 6 Collins Class submarines to enter service in the Royal Australian Navy. At a length of 77.8 metres and a range of 11,500 nautical miles, the submarine has conducted a range of activities throughout the...

Weekly Dispatch 1st May 2026

by AHQ | 1 May 2026 | Weekly Dispatches | 0 Comments

Hello Friday!!! Another week of Amazing Quilts and Laundry Bags being sent off to our ADF pers!! I think we can all agree, a great display of quilts and laundry bags, yet again from our amazing volunteers.... Please enjoy!!! 🌟🌟🌟 This week we dispatched 7 Quilts which...

Part four of the tales of the travelling 15th Anniversary Laundry Bags

by AHQ | 30 April 2026 | News | 0 Comments

Here is the next installment of tales about our travelling 15th Anniversary laundry bags. These are turning out way more meaningful than I had expected. Each bag is numbered and some of them I am not seeing for months as they are passed from one person to the next....

Grati-Wednesday 29th Apr 2026

by AHQ | 29 April 2026 | Grati | 0 Comments

Happy Wednesday Friends! There are, as always, some awesome letters which definitely pull at the heart strings. Grab a cuppa or cool drink, sit back and relax while you soak up some well-deserved gratitude! *** Hi Ellen N, I have received my hero quilt and it is...

Request List 28 April 26

by AHQ | 28 April 2026 | Request List | 0 Comments

Hi all, When/if you make a random laundry bag do you include a note inside for your recipient, even if you don’t know who that recipient will be? I often ask people to include a note with anything they make for Aussie Hero Quilts, and a lot of people shy away from...

Just for ANZAC Day

by AHQ | 25 April 2026 | News | 0 Comments

Thank you on ANZAC Day As we rise in darkness on this ANZAC Day like those who have gone before You are proudly serving us far from Australia’s shore. You serve beside the Kiwis and others from foreign land In baking heat, and biting cold, sticking mud and flying...

Weekly Dispatch 24th April 2026

by AHQ | 24 April 2026 | Weekly Dispatches | 0 Comments

Hello Friday!!! Another week of Amazing Quilts and Laundry Bags sent off to our ADF pers!! I think we can all agree, a great display of quilts and laundry bags, yet again from our amazing volunteers.... Please enjoy!!! 🌟🌟🌟 This week we dispatched 16 Quilts which takes...

Grati-Wednesday 22nd Apr 2026

by AHQ | 22 April 2026 | Grati | 0 Comments

Happy Wednesday Friends! With ANZAC Day coming up on Saturday, its a timely reminder that we have ADF members currently all over the world and that we are lucky enough to send them a bit of comfort in the form of a quilt or laundry bag. There are, as always, some...

More tales of our travelling 15th Anniversary Laundry Bags… Part 3

by AHQ | 22 April 2026 | News | 0 Comments

Our 15th Anniversary laundry bags have continued their travels. One came home from Korea this week, another is still in Israel, one has even had an adventure with our Navy Divers... photos of that yet to come. For now, here are some more to enjoy!...

Request List 21 April 26

by AHQ | 21 April 2026 | Request List | 0 Comments

Hi all, The Aussie Hero Quilts 15th Anniversary Weekend from Friday 16 th Oct to Sunday 18 thOct 2026, is dedicated to the wonderful quilters who volunteer to give back to our serving men and women in theAustralian Defence Force, also to those who are suffering an...

Thank you Byron Bay Cookie Company…..

by AHQ | 18 April 2026 | News | 0 Comments

It is so rewarding when a company like the Byron Bay Cookie Company reaches out to a small charity like ours to say that they would like to support us with a donation of 500 of their cookies, ANZAC Biscuits no less, as a token of their appreciation for our support of...