Lol its true though. We pulled in and shit was crazy. If they found out you were an American sailor, there was little you could do to stop them from ripping off your clothes and having their way with you (not that you would want to stop them). With our schedule in port, every one got one day to stay out in a hotel. Otherwise you had to be back for a curfew because it either preceeded or was a duty day (24hrs on the boat for security watches). My day off just happened to be St. Patricks day. While waiting in line with a friend for this Irish pub (huge line but had an outside live concert, inside stage concert, alcohol raffles, etc.) we were next to a girl that ended up getting seperated from the rest of her friends. She invited my buddy and I to her group of seven (seven!!) drop dead gorgeous woman. Coincidently it was one of the girld 21st birthday. Drinking age is 18 so 21 isnt that big of a deal for them, but it was for us. Anyway, we closed down several bars/clubs with those girls and we ended at our Hilton hotel room. Psh then [redacted for sexual content] until the morning. After that we all went out and the girls gave me and my boy a tour of the city. Fun times.
Thats what they told us when we pulled in... that it was a bit crazier (were submariners so we wanted a good party) on the eastern side. I loved Perth though. It reminds me that me and a friend in the service got out at the same time. We had all these plans for jobs when we got out and if we decided that we couldnt cut it here, our Plan B was to move to Australia together and open a mobile kebab stand in the back of our Holden Ute.