My CV made a port call to Fremantle/Perth, and out of that one week visit came no less than seven marriages to Australian women, all beauties, among the 32 officers in our squadron..and I was dang near the eighth! We operated with the Royal Australian Navy, no finer fighting forces in the world, and noble allies. But Australian men treat “sheilas” worse than their animals, all to the benefit of Americans with a bit of courtesy and the promise to Australian ladies of escaping Oz for the USA. True story.
I can vouch for your experience.
We stopped at Perth/Freemantle for five days in ‘94.
Five marriges, 2 went AWOL for them.
2 Marines were TOLD to NOT go kangaroo boxing and ended up with massive injuries after ignoring the order.
Shattered ribcages, broken arms, legs, etc.
STUNNING women. They DO stand on the pier with their phone numbers on large billboards.
Their Burger Kings are called Hungry Jacks.
They don’t drink Fosters beer.
I loved Australia.
When the CG I was on sailed from Perth, we had 27 men miss movement. Took up to 5 months to get them all back.