@vickitreadell.bsky.social
🇬🇧 Diplomat. Foodie. Ex British High Commissioner to Australia (& Head of the Oceania Network). Previously 🇲🇾, 🇳🇿 & 🇼🇸.
This is it... #ThankYou #Australia.
Its been the most amazing journey, time to board...
#homewardbound
The next chapter begins....
Its been the most amazing journey, time to board...
#homewardbound
The next chapter begins....
April 25, 2025 at 5:18 AM
This is it... #ThankYou #Australia.
Its been the most amazing journey, time to board...
#homewardbound
The next chapter begins....
Its been the most amazing journey, time to board...
#homewardbound
The next chapter begins....
Chilling...
De-compressing after 6 years as British High Commissioner to Australia...
De-compressing after 6 years as British High Commissioner to Australia...
April 14, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Chilling...
De-compressing after 6 years as British High Commissioner to Australia...
De-compressing after 6 years as British High Commissioner to Australia...
#Diplomatic life sees colleagues come & go.
Inevitably your own time comes to say farewell.
Jan Adams, Secretary at #Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade, kindly hosted lunch for me.
We reflected on the transformation of our 🇬🇧 🇦🇺 bilateral relationship to one of #strategic partnership.
Inevitably your own time comes to say farewell.
Jan Adams, Secretary at #Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade, kindly hosted lunch for me.
We reflected on the transformation of our 🇬🇧 🇦🇺 bilateral relationship to one of #strategic partnership.
April 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM
#Diplomatic life sees colleagues come & go.
Inevitably your own time comes to say farewell.
Jan Adams, Secretary at #Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade, kindly hosted lunch for me.
We reflected on the transformation of our 🇬🇧 🇦🇺 bilateral relationship to one of #strategic partnership.
Inevitably your own time comes to say farewell.
Jan Adams, Secretary at #Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade, kindly hosted lunch for me.
We reflected on the transformation of our 🇬🇧 🇦🇺 bilateral relationship to one of #strategic partnership.
@mingylong.bsky.social - thank you for joining us.
With huge thanks to The Governor General of #Australia, HE The Hon Sam Mostyn, & Mr Simeon Beckett for hosting a farewell dinner for me with a few friends & colleagues. It was a very special evening.
April 6, 2025 at 4:44 AM
@mingylong.bsky.social - thank you for joining us.
With huge thanks to The Governor General of #Australia, HE The Hon Sam Mostyn, & Mr Simeon Beckett for hosting a farewell dinner for me with a few friends & colleagues. It was a very special evening.
April 6, 2025 at 2:31 AM
With huge thanks to The Governor General of #Australia, HE The Hon Sam Mostyn, & Mr Simeon Beckett for hosting a farewell dinner for me with a few friends & colleagues. It was a very special evening.
Delighted to host the #Afghan Women's #Cricket Team to dinner, the final one of my tenure at the 🇬🇧Residence, Westminster House.
Stories of courage & hope.
Thanks Catherine Ordway, Natasha Stott-Despoja, many of my fellow ♀️ Heads of Missions & of the 🇬🇧 High Commission, Canberra, for attending.
Stories of courage & hope.
Thanks Catherine Ordway, Natasha Stott-Despoja, many of my fellow ♀️ Heads of Missions & of the 🇬🇧 High Commission, Canberra, for attending.
April 6, 2025 at 2:28 AM
1/6 - Last week I visited #Brisbane & the #GoldCoast.
I had excellent meetings with #Queensland Premier David Crisafulli & Minister for Finance, Trade, Employment & Skills Ros Bates.
The 2032 #Olympics, 🇦🇺🇬🇧 FTA, S&T collaboration & #EnergyTransition amongst topics discussed.
I had excellent meetings with #Queensland Premier David Crisafulli & Minister for Finance, Trade, Employment & Skills Ros Bates.
The 2032 #Olympics, 🇦🇺🇬🇧 FTA, S&T collaboration & #EnergyTransition amongst topics discussed.
February 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
1/6 - Last week I visited #Brisbane & the #GoldCoast.
I had excellent meetings with #Queensland Premier David Crisafulli & Minister for Finance, Trade, Employment & Skills Ros Bates.
The 2032 #Olympics, 🇦🇺🇬🇧 FTA, S&T collaboration & #EnergyTransition amongst topics discussed.
I had excellent meetings with #Queensland Premier David Crisafulli & Minister for Finance, Trade, Employment & Skills Ros Bates.
The 2032 #Olympics, 🇦🇺🇬🇧 FTA, S&T collaboration & #EnergyTransition amongst topics discussed.
#Britain 🇬🇧 is stepping into the spotlight, & the co-star could be.. YOU.
Our action-packed cities.
Our romantic rural escapes.
Our thrilling experiences.
Step into the real-life places of your favourite films, TV shows, heroes & villains.
#LightsCameraAdventure
🎭🎬🎥📺
Our action-packed cities.
Our romantic rural escapes.
Our thrilling experiences.
Step into the real-life places of your favourite films, TV shows, heroes & villains.
#LightsCameraAdventure
🎭🎬🎥📺
January 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
#Britain 🇬🇧 is stepping into the spotlight, & the co-star could be.. YOU.
Our action-packed cities.
Our romantic rural escapes.
Our thrilling experiences.
Step into the real-life places of your favourite films, TV shows, heroes & villains.
#LightsCameraAdventure
🎭🎬🎥📺
Our action-packed cities.
Our romantic rural escapes.
Our thrilling experiences.
Step into the real-life places of your favourite films, TV shows, heroes & villains.
#LightsCameraAdventure
🎭🎬🎥📺
Sticking with #seafood on #Christmas Day - #lobster grilled with a #garlic #chilli butter topped with a mix of grated Red Leicester & Cheddar, served with a #mango, chilli, #avocado & #coriander #salsa.
Not your typical Christmas dinner but when the sky is blue, the sun is high & its touching 30°...
Not your typical Christmas dinner but when the sky is blue, the sun is high & its touching 30°...
December 27, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Sticking with #seafood on #Christmas Day - #lobster grilled with a #garlic #chilli butter topped with a mix of grated Red Leicester & Cheddar, served with a #mango, chilli, #avocado & #coriander #salsa.
Not your typical Christmas dinner but when the sky is blue, the sun is high & its touching 30°...
Not your typical Christmas dinner but when the sky is blue, the sun is high & its touching 30°...
December 25, 2024 at 12:46 PM
December 24, 2024 at 11:52 PM
My thoughts are with Vanuatu after the earthquake & ongoing aftershocks.
My condolences to those who've lost loved ones.
Wishing the injured a speedy recovery.
Our 1st 🇬🇧 consignment of hygiene & shelter kits arrived thru our partnership with 🇦🇺.
We'll contribute to life-saving aid through #UNCERF.
My condolences to those who've lost loved ones.
Wishing the injured a speedy recovery.
Our 1st 🇬🇧 consignment of hygiene & shelter kits arrived thru our partnership with 🇦🇺.
We'll contribute to life-saving aid through #UNCERF.
December 22, 2024 at 4:28 AM
My thoughts are with Vanuatu after the earthquake & ongoing aftershocks.
My condolences to those who've lost loved ones.
Wishing the injured a speedy recovery.
Our 1st 🇬🇧 consignment of hygiene & shelter kits arrived thru our partnership with 🇦🇺.
We'll contribute to life-saving aid through #UNCERF.
My condolences to those who've lost loved ones.
Wishing the injured a speedy recovery.
Our 1st 🇬🇧 consignment of hygiene & shelter kits arrived thru our partnership with 🇦🇺.
We'll contribute to life-saving aid through #UNCERF.
I am back in #London for work.
Amongst my various meetings was one at No.10.
Here's a festive pic outside that famous door.
No.10 has featured in countless films & TV shows, not least #LoveActually - given the current Xmas theme - with #HughGrant playing a #British Prime Minister who falls in love.
Amongst my various meetings was one at No.10.
Here's a festive pic outside that famous door.
No.10 has featured in countless films & TV shows, not least #LoveActually - given the current Xmas theme - with #HughGrant playing a #British Prime Minister who falls in love.
December 16, 2024 at 4:32 AM
I am back in #London for work.
Amongst my various meetings was one at No.10.
Here's a festive pic outside that famous door.
No.10 has featured in countless films & TV shows, not least #LoveActually - given the current Xmas theme - with #HughGrant playing a #British Prime Minister who falls in love.
Amongst my various meetings was one at No.10.
Here's a festive pic outside that famous door.
No.10 has featured in countless films & TV shows, not least #LoveActually - given the current Xmas theme - with #HughGrant playing a #British Prime Minister who falls in love.
#Moon rise over our #Bunya pine.
The Bunya is an ancient #pine.
The nuts of its giant pine cones are an #indigenous food, harvested for millennia.
The Bunya is an ancient #pine.
The nuts of its giant pine cones are an #indigenous food, harvested for millennia.
December 10, 2024 at 9:11 AM
#Moon rise over our #Bunya pine.
The Bunya is an ancient #pine.
The nuts of its giant pine cones are an #indigenous food, harvested for millennia.
The Bunya is an ancient #pine.
The nuts of its giant pine cones are an #indigenous food, harvested for millennia.
I have a brilliant chef who helps me to use food as a tool of #diplomacy.
This was yesterday's lunch for #CPTPP member country colleagues.
• Pan-fried John Dory on a #tomato & #colcannon stack with #caviar ravioli.
• A strawberry #pavlova.
This was yesterday's lunch for #CPTPP member country colleagues.
• Pan-fried John Dory on a #tomato & #colcannon stack with #caviar ravioli.
• A strawberry #pavlova.
December 5, 2024 at 10:23 AM
I have a brilliant chef who helps me to use food as a tool of #diplomacy.
This was yesterday's lunch for #CPTPP member country colleagues.
• Pan-fried John Dory on a #tomato & #colcannon stack with #caviar ravioli.
• A strawberry #pavlova.
This was yesterday's lunch for #CPTPP member country colleagues.
• Pan-fried John Dory on a #tomato & #colcannon stack with #caviar ravioli.
• A strawberry #pavlova.
December 4, 2024 at 10:05 AM
1/3 - I managed to enjoy a few culinary treats in #Singapore.
I always go for the #Asian buffet #breakfast options.
For my first breakfast, I opted for the #PrawnMee - a delightful prawn broth, a hint of spice, yellow egg noodles, beansprouts, boiled egg, fishcake &, of course, a couple of prawns
I always go for the #Asian buffet #breakfast options.
For my first breakfast, I opted for the #PrawnMee - a delightful prawn broth, a hint of spice, yellow egg noodles, beansprouts, boiled egg, fishcake &, of course, a couple of prawns
December 1, 2024 at 10:15 AM
1/3 - I managed to enjoy a few culinary treats in #Singapore.
I always go for the #Asian buffet #breakfast options.
For my first breakfast, I opted for the #PrawnMee - a delightful prawn broth, a hint of spice, yellow egg noodles, beansprouts, boiled egg, fishcake &, of course, a couple of prawns
I always go for the #Asian buffet #breakfast options.
For my first breakfast, I opted for the #PrawnMee - a delightful prawn broth, a hint of spice, yellow egg noodles, beansprouts, boiled egg, fishcake &, of course, a couple of prawns
Another must do for me in #Singapore is a visit to #Brewerkz - one of the first brew houses in the city state - for a pint 🍺 or 🍻of #craftbeer.
Suitably refreshing after all that walking in the tropical heat & humidity.
A couple of hours unwinding & watching life go by on #ClarkeQuay.
Cheers!
Suitably refreshing after all that walking in the tropical heat & humidity.
A couple of hours unwinding & watching life go by on #ClarkeQuay.
Cheers!
November 29, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Another must do for me in #Singapore is a visit to #Brewerkz - one of the first brew houses in the city state - for a pint 🍺 or 🍻of #craftbeer.
Suitably refreshing after all that walking in the tropical heat & humidity.
A couple of hours unwinding & watching life go by on #ClarkeQuay.
Cheers!
Suitably refreshing after all that walking in the tropical heat & humidity.
A couple of hours unwinding & watching life go by on #ClarkeQuay.
Cheers!
November 29, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Incredible couple of days in Singapore celebrating #kindness in #leadership with our #AsiaPacific #Kindness Rules listees on Tuesday & amazing #Women of the Future #SoutheastAsia finalists & winners at last night's awards gala dinner.
#inspiration & tears, stories of hope, faith in possibilties.
#inspiration & tears, stories of hope, faith in possibilties.
November 28, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Incredible couple of days in Singapore celebrating #kindness in #leadership with our #AsiaPacific #Kindness Rules listees on Tuesday & amazing #Women of the Future #SoutheastAsia finalists & winners at last night's awards gala dinner.
#inspiration & tears, stories of hope, faith in possibilties.
#inspiration & tears, stories of hope, faith in possibilties.
Left #Canberra at 0825 this morning...
Headed to #Singapore via #Sydney...
Attending the Women of the Future South East Asia Awards.
Headed to #Singapore via #Sydney...
Attending the Women of the Future South East Asia Awards.
November 26, 2024 at 12:52 AM
Left #Canberra at 0825 this morning...
Headed to #Singapore via #Sydney...
Attending the Women of the Future South East Asia Awards.
Headed to #Singapore via #Sydney...
Attending the Women of the Future South East Asia Awards.
#DYK In 2023 the value of #Scotch #whisky exports exceeded £5.6 billion, equivalent to an astounding 1.35 billion 70cl bottles, a rate of 43 bottles exported every single second.
Last night we promoted this vital industry for 🏴 & 🇬🇧 jobs & economy with a whisky tasting party.
🥃Slange Var!
Last night we promoted this vital industry for 🏴 & 🇬🇧 jobs & economy with a whisky tasting party.
🥃Slange Var!
November 19, 2024 at 12:17 PM
The development of #hypersonic #technology is to be accelerated under a new #AUKUS arrangement, bolstering the collective security of the three nations with battle-winning capabilities of the future. 🇦🇺🇬🇧🇺🇸
Full press release: ow.ly/EMBB50U9ibV
Full press release: ow.ly/EMBB50U9ibV
November 18, 2024 at 8:36 PM
The development of #hypersonic #technology is to be accelerated under a new #AUKUS arrangement, bolstering the collective security of the three nations with battle-winning capabilities of the future. 🇦🇺🇬🇧🇺🇸
Full press release: ow.ly/EMBB50U9ibV
Full press release: ow.ly/EMBB50U9ibV
Dessert... the latest #culinary delight from our resident #chef..
A molten white #chocolate pudding with a #raspberry sorbet.
#GastroDiplomacy.
A molten white #chocolate pudding with a #raspberry sorbet.
#GastroDiplomacy.
November 17, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Dessert... the latest #culinary delight from our resident #chef..
A molten white #chocolate pudding with a #raspberry sorbet.
#GastroDiplomacy.
A molten white #chocolate pudding with a #raspberry sorbet.
#GastroDiplomacy.