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Weekly Dispatch 6th November 2026

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...

The Tour of the Australian War Memorial by Hilary P and Karen R, and then by Janice and Jeff B

I have two versions of experiences from the Tours of the Australian War Memorial. Firstly we have Hilary and Karen. We assembled in the outside sculpture garden where there is a beautiful sculpture of Simpson and his donkey. There have been recent renovations and...

Grati-Wednesday 4th November 2026

Happy Wednesday Friends! Wow, November already! Christmas is just around the corner.... Please enjoy another wonderful collection of gratitude letters and images. So, grab a nice warm cuppa or cold drink (depending on where you live!), sit back and relax while you...

The Volunteers’ Gathering – Our Fabulous Speakers

We had a fabulous time at the Volunteers' Gathering this year. We usually have one main speaker for the Volunteers' Gathering but this year, we had a fabulous selection of speakers. First came AIRCDRE Grant Pinder, one of our board members who introduced himself and...

Photos from this year’s Annual Thank You Dinner

 G'day folks,  As always there have been requests for copies of photso taken at the Annual Thank You Weekend.  There are too many to load onto the blog so we are sharing them on our Website. If you click on the link below you will be taken to the photos...

Request List 3 Nov 26

Hi all, A note from Jan-Maree. Please, please, please double check the postal address you are given. We have now had three parcels returned to sender due to incorrect addresses being used. In each situation we have had to cover the cost of postage to send the parcel...

The Aussie Hero Quilts 15th Anniversary Dinner … by LCDR Amy Beal Ret’d

I decided to do something a bit different this year and asked LCDR Amy Beal, Ret'd, our guest speaker, if she would consider writing a post I could share with you, describing her impressions of the evening. Amy and her trusty support dog, Oran Over to Amy..... I’ll...

Saturday’s Bus Tour by Jacqui and Bobbie

Well another AHQ weekend done and dusted and what a fabulous weekend as always. Bobbie and I had a great day on the Saturday bus tour. Bel was our bus boss with clipboard in hand she did a sterling job making sure everyone was on board and no one got left behind. At...

Weekly Dispatch 30th October 2026

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 7 Quilts which takes...

More Than a Craft………….

On Friday the 16th in Canberra at our Volunteers' Gathering Mary Powell, one of our Board Members, presented the following and I thought it was something all of our volunteers would enjoy reading. More Than a Craft: Quilts as Art, History, Memory, and Community By...

Request List 27 Oct 26

Request List 27 Oct 26

Hi all, Just over a week on from this year’s Annual Thank You Weekend and I find myself reflecting on some of the lovely things that happened over the weekend, including some of our fabulous speakers. Are you the same? If you attended the weekend there are a few...

Weekly Dispatch 23rd October 2026

Weekly Dispatch 23rd October 2026

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 11 Quilts which takes...

Grati-Wednesday 21st October 2026

Grati-Wednesday 21st October 2026

Happy Wednesday Friends! Don't forget to order your 2027 AHQ calendar. Please enjoy another wonderful collection of gratitude letters and images. So, grab a nice warm cuppa or cold drink (depending on where you live!), sit back and relax while you soak up some...

Aussie Hero Quilts Request List 20 Oct 26

Aussie Hero Quilts Request List 20 Oct 26

The Aussie Hero Quilts Thank You Weekend in Canberra is over for another year and it was a beauty! Almost 190 guests including Her Excellency, the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, The Governor General of Australia. We raised a record $41000 through our raffle, Live and...

Weekly Dispatch 16th October 2026

Weekly Dispatch 16th October 2026

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 9 Quilts which takes...

Grati-Wednesday 14th October 2026

Grati-Wednesday 14th October 2026

Happy Wednesday Friends! Hope you have bought your tickets to our very special 15th Anniversary Thank You Weekend. Only 3 sleeps till the Saturday night dinner. Don't forget to order your 2027 AHQ calendar. Please enjoy another wonderful collection of gratitude...