Hitchy's about 700km south of you, but is hardly ever seen on BF these days.
You need a quad band GSM phone from NZ or Australia before it will work in the US (I found my NZ tri band phone was useless in PA,) so if yours is less than quad band it may not work in dingoland.
And never mind the pub, just go to the beach and admire the bikinis (or the bits that might be covered by some of a bikini were it being worn.)