Your opinion on Schoolies.

[beezy4eva]

I know some people that have already booked their houses for schoolies 09 :|
Do we really need to be that early?

Depends where you want to go. If you want to go to a really popular spot like the goldcoast then yes. Places like Torquay and Lorne you'd probably want to have booked by around mid-year.

[bridgethuss]

some friends of mine managed to book a place in lorne the month before schoolies

[excal]

My brother's girlfriend owns a holiday house in Lorne...


...but they decided to go to QLD or something.

[Odette.]

My cousin went up to Surfers for schoolies, with a few of his mates, he said he had a good time... they booked their trip towards the end of 2007...

[bridgethuss]

for qld i think you would def. have to book early!

[scumel]

its gold, definitely miss out if you dont go
we went to noosa this year, was really good. not heaps and heaps of schoolies but enough to have a good time, and the places up there arent as harsh on underagers
lots of international tourists and hot weather
i recommend

[sick muzza]

im going to the gold coast. and i intend on getting absolutly wasted every chance i get. why not?

people who are complaining about the dangers - what dangers that dont exist any other time? go to king street on a saturday night. have a few drinks, and see how easy it is to avoid getting into trouble. pull ya head in, and theres not really gonna be any problems, especially in crowded areas.

other comments about the idea of 'getting wasted' simply being 'conformist' - people do it because, beleive it or not it is fun. maybe not to you, but to others it is. nothing to do with fitting in, its about having fun.

[hard]

what sick muzza said is very true. But don't get do something you'll regret; experience.

[QuantumJG]

I didn't decide to go on schoolies because at school I had a lot of acquaintances, but not true friends and I am pretty sure I suffer from social anxiety. It didn't bother me though as I didn't have the money for it and being in that scene looks actually quite scary.

There probably isn't any difference in danger levels if you were in Melbourne or at a schoolies party. The city is pretty dangerous.