In the morning, Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC KC, Governor of New South Wales, departed London for Dubai, to commence a Vice Regal Mission to the United Arab Emirates.

Also in the morning, His Excellency the Honourable Andrew Bell, Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales, laid the first wreath at the 81^st Anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea Commemorative Service, at the Cenotaph, Sydney.