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Grati-Wednesday 27th August 2025

Happy Wednesday Friends! One of the thank you's in today's blog gave me a good chuckle. The recipient has a way with words! See if you can work out which one! We once again have a great lot of thank you's from around the globe. Grab a cuppa, sit back and relax while...

Request list 26 August 2025

Hi all, Woo Hoo, only 8 weeks to go until we will be meeting in Canberra for our Annual Thank You Weekend. It promises to be a good weekend as always. For our newbies or those that have not attended before, we have a packed agenda or activities planned. This dinner is...

Weekly Dispatch 22nd August 2025

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 26 Quilts which takes...

Grati-Wednesday 20th August 2025

Happy Wednesday Friends! Once again we have a multitude of thank you's from around the globe. Grab a cuppa, sit back and relax while you soak up some well-deserved gratitude! AHQ Thank You Dinner is only 66 sleeps! Don't forget to buy your tickets. *** Dear Jan-Maree,...

Request List 19 August 2025

Hi all, Cath here. Thank you all for your words of welcome and words of encouragement, much appreciated. Let me introduce you to one of our volunteers, Marianne. She does the mail on Wednesdays. Marianne posts out the items that you need for your request/s: for...

Weekly Dispatch 15th August 2025

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 17 Quilts which takes...

Grati-Wednesday 13th August 2025

Happy Wednesday Friends! As the Request list has now moved to Tuesday we decided to move the Grati-blog to Wednesday.  It will give us that nice boost to get over the hump of the week!   Once again we have a multitude of thank you's from around the globe....

Request List 12 August 25

Hi all, Just wanted to introduce my self to you. My name is Cath Harper. I have met many recipients at the annual AHQ dinner. (Have you got your tickets yet?) I am a volunteer, I make quilts and laundry bags and am the first paid employee of AHQ. I will be primarily...

Weekly Dispatch 8th August 2025

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 10 Quilts which takes...

Grati-Tuesday 5th August 2025

Happy Tuesday Friends! Welcome to the first blog for August!     Another deluge of thank you's again this week from far and wide so grab a cuppa, sit back and relax while you soak up some well-deserved gratitude!   AHQ Thank You Dinner is only 81 sleeps!  Don't forget...

Request List 4 August 25

Hi all, Well, as the picture says, it is Time for a Change. For the last 14 years the request list has gone out every Monday morning for you to peruse and select requests from. This means that I need to prepare the request list on Friday or some time over the weekend...

Weekly Dispatch 1st August 2025

Hello Friday!!! Reminder that tickets for our Annual Thank You Weekend 2025 are on sale now for the whole weekend. Friday afternoon tour of ADFA - to be confirmed Friday night Volunteers' Gathering at The Rex Saturday morning breakfast at The Rex for any Newbies...
18 March 2024 Request List

18 March 2024 Request List

Hi All I really love some of the historical stories you can stumble across in Defence. One such story that I shared previously on the blog was the story of Red Lead, a cat that was taken on board HMAS Perth I during the war. You can read the whole story if you click...

Weekly Dispatch 15th March 2024

Weekly Dispatch 15th March 2024

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-Tuesday – 12th Mar 2024

Grati-Tuesday – 12th Mar 2024

Happy Tuesday Friends! A great mixture of messages and photos in today's blog.  A mum has even sent us a thank you which just shows us how much the families of our recepients are grateful as well! Grab a cuppa, sit back and enjoy some well deserved gratitude! ... Good...

HMAS Hobart visit to Hobart March 2024 by Anne H and Lyn R

HMAS Hobart visit to Hobart March 2024 by Anne H and Lyn R

It pays to read Tasmania Police road closure notices.  Last week I read that an area around the Hobart waterfront was going to be closed on Saturday 9 March 2024 for the HMAS Hobart Freedom of Entry March.  That gave me a clue that the RAN was coming to town. HMAS...

11 March 2024 Request List

11 March 2024 Request List

Hi All Australia Post Some of you have continued to have challenges with posting parcels to AFPO addresses via Australia Post. One of our volunteers took her parcel to her PO and she said they were surprised by the new requirement for the bigger customs label, because...

Weekly Dispatch 8th March 2024

Weekly Dispatch 8th March 2024

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 15 Quilts which takes...