On 2 November 2014 at 12.15 p.m., Mr. Vasin Ruangprateepsaeng, Minister of Royal Thai Embassy in Canberra attended the annual Offering the Kathina Ceremony at Wat Sangharatanaram, Gold Coast, Queensland. Phra Rajsilaporn, Abbot of Dhammadharo Temple, Canberra, and President of Dhammayut group in Australia and New Zealand presided at the ceremony. Ms. Natch Deeratwised and family were the host of the ceremony. Mr. Vinya Chandra, President of Thai Australian Association of Queensland (TAAQ) and family, Thai and Australian people, foreigners from Queensland, New South Wales including town and city nearby about 500 people participated in the event.