Looking back on the Cambridge’s last Australian tour

With details of a new royal tour about to be revealed, take a look back at the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s 2014 visit down under.

Prince William and Kate Middleton are set to return to Australia, six years after their first tour here together, to visit the bushfire-ravaged regions of the country.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the royal visit will spur more international financial support for survivors and volunteer firefighters, and preliminary negotiations between the Morrison government and Kensington Palace have been underway for weeks.

The royal couple have been distressed by the death toll, destruction of thousands of homes and widespread loss of flora and fauna during the summer disaster.

“We continue to be shocked and deeply saddened to hear about the fires that are destroying homes, livelihoods and wildlife across much of Australia,” the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge wrote in an Instagram post on their official account in January.

The royal tour will mark the couple’s first trip to Australia since 2014, when they visited both Australia and New Zealand fo three weeks in April.

Landing in Sydney on April 16, Prince William and Kate Middleton, along with Prince George – who wasn’t even a year old at the time – spent 10 days visiting New South Wales, Queensland, the Northern Territory and South Australia before ending their trip in the ACT and heading home on April 25.

Victoria, which missed out on a visit last time, and NSW are reportedly on the tour schedule along with a potential visit to South Australia, which was hard hit by the fires.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George meet dignitaries upon arriving at Sydney Airport on April 16, 2014. Picture: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge walk near the Opera House as they attend a reception hosted by the Governor and Premier of New South Wales on April 16, 2014. Picture: Arthur Edwards/WPA Pool/Getty Images

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at Echo Point, with the Three Sisters Rocks in the background, at Katoomba on April 17, 2014. Picture: Arthur Edwards/WPA Pool/Getty Images

During their time Down Under in 2014, Prince William praised the nation’s work ethic and quality of life at a reception held at Parliament House, saying the family were reluctant to leave after such a pleasurable visit.

“We go away with wonderful memories, and George goes away with his cuddly wombat, which he has taken to chewing so lovingly,” the Duke of Cambridge said.

Prince William and Australian Olympian and surf lifesaver Naomi Flood meet with surf lifesavers at Manly Beach on April 18, 2014 in Sydney. Picture: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images

The Duchess of Cambridge runs along the beach at Manly, on Sydney’s north shore, on April 18, 2014. Picture: AFP Photo/William West

The Duke of Cambridge meets well wishers during a walkabout in Brisbane on April 19, 2014. Picture: Arthur Edwards/Pool/Getty Images

The Duchess of Cambridge sits in the cockpit of an F/A-18F Super Hornet at the RAAF base in Amberley, Queensland on April 19, 2014. Picture: Anthony Devlin/PA pool

“Australia may be known as ‘the Lucky Country’, but often the harder you work, the luckier you get. Australians make their own luck. The distinct Aussie formula that has fashioned such a dynamic society is the source of admiration and envy around the world.”

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, with Prince George, meet a bilby at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo on April 20, 2014. Picture: Chris Jackson/Getty Images

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with Prince George during a visit to the Bilby Enclosure at Taronga Zoo in Sydney on April 20, 2014. Picture: Chris Jackson/Getty Images

“We’re happy to meet them, like we were happy to meet (Charles and Diana) in the past,” traditional land owner Daisy Walkabout, who welcomed Prince William’s parents to Uluru in 1983, said of the Duke and Duchess.

“It will be good to know they have seen Uluru, which is so hugely significant not just for a small group of people but a whole range of people that are related and connected to this place.”

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge walk down Kuniya Walk at the base of Uluru on April 22, 2014. Picture: Scott Barbour/Getty Images

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at the Cultural Centre, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in the Northern Territory where they met with artists, viewed a traditional song and dance and a royal Welcome to Country. Picture: Wolter Peeters/Fairfax Media

The royal tour ended in Canberra, where the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attended the Anzac Day march and commemorative service at the Australian War Memorial before returning to the UK.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge greet Victoria Cross recipients during the Anzac Day ceremony at the Australian War Memorial on April 25, 2014. Picture: Alex Ellinghausen

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge place a poppy into the WWI Wall of Remembrance at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, on April 25, 2014. Picture: Gary Ramage/Getty Images

The Duchess of Cambridge with Prince George and then Prime Minister Tony Abbott on the last day of the royal visit to Australia. Picture: Chris Jackson/Getty Images

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince George, wave goodbye before flying out of RAAF Fairbairn Base in Canberra at the end of the royal tour. Picture: Kym Smith

Prince William’s last visit to Australia took place in 2011, two months after the peak of the flood disaster.

The Duke of Cambridge visited a number of towns and areas affected by cyclones and flooding in Queensland, before visiting north-east Victoria, which had also been impacted by floods.

Prince William in the Queensland city of Toowoomba on March 20, 2011. Picture: Dean Saffron/AP

On a similar trip in 2010, the Prince visited the bushfire-ravaged areas of Victoria, impacted by the Black Saturday fires in 2009. It was his first foreign tour on behalf of the Queen.

In a speech at Government House, he said, “Being in Australia is the realisation of a dream. As far back as I can remember, I have heard from my family about the wonders of Australia, and the hospitality and friendship of the Australian people.”

Wellwishers Caitlin Murray and Jacqui Josling met Prince William when he visited Mrs Macquarie’s Chair at Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens.

Prince Williams has a hit of cricket after lunch during a visit to the fire-affected regions of the 2009 Black Saturday fires in Victoria.

Former NSW premier Kristina Keneally with Prince William in Sydney.

The Duke of Cambridge had his first visit to Australia in 1983 with his parents, Prince Charles and Princess Diana, when he was just a baby.

At nine months old, William was the first royal baby to go on an official overseas visit with his parents.

Charles, Prince of Wales, Princess Diana and a baby Prince William arrive in Alice Springs in 1983.