Pulling up to the pier in Brisbane, group of women/girls were there going crazy. I took my monogramed hat off and threw it into the crowd. They would bring this to the quarterdeck, the 1MC would yell, seaman this or that report to the quarterdeck. And so it was. Man those Australian chicks. Insanity. XXXX and more. We lost more sailors in Australia than ever. They simply refused to come back on board. And who can blame them?
Woke Up! Shore petrol canvasing my hotel. Jumped up and ran. Hat in hand running hard. Got to the ship while they were pulling in the gangplank. Ducked inside rolling. Shit!
All of this sounds like a story ... but no ... this is only a sliver of a story. Could tell you a million times more.
But I must say, if you guys are going to leave me, Australia is not too bad of a horrible choice. Would have done very well there. And lots and lots of children.