Haha I love Aussie dollars! (I think I still have some from my trip last year).
It was funny when my boat (read: submarine) pulled into Perth, there were a few of us from Southern California. Perth and Freemantle looked exactly like a lot of the beach areas from Cali... Gorgeous blondes, the architecture, palm trees, and it was super sunny.
Anyway, a friend (also from California) and I had the saying about Australia: Australia was great! It was just like So Cal, but everyone had funny accents and there was Bomar (my last name) colored money!
Since I'm a little more effeminate that most guys, they thought I fit right in with all the highly decorative purple and pink money you guys had.