Gold Coast Schoolies Festival 2009
It’s good to feel young again and get surrounded with people who exude energy that can heat up an entire arena. The Gold Coast and central Surfers Paradise comes alive with young people attending the Gold Coast Schoolies Festival. School leavers meet up with their school buddies and have fun, fun, fun!
This year’s schoolies festival is around November 21 until December 13. This event is celebrated by Year 12 students who just graduated from the different parts of Australia. Traditionally, this festival held in a span of 3 weeks. Each week intended to attract students from different state in Australia namely: NSW, Queensland and Victoria. Queensland schoolies will celebrate on the first week (November 21-28), NSW schoolies will be on the second week (November 28-December 6), and lastly Victorian schoolies will celebrate on the third week (December 5-13).
Traditionally Schoolies accommodation is booked out a year in advance as so many visitors descend on Surfers Paradise. All central Surfers accommodation is filled with Schoolies and bonds tend to be higher to cover these younger visitors staying in all of the hotels, resorts and apartments in Surfers Paradise.
What I love about this event is that it will transform Surfers Paradise into a Schoolies Hub. There will be free entertainment program for 9 consecutive nights from Nov. 21-29. There will be DJs that will rock the event, LED screens for visual stimulation and even late night screenings. The hub will open its doors around 7:30 in the evening and close around 1:30 in the morning. Schoolies can enter the hub for free by bringing along proof (a Year 12 student ID). If a student ID is unavailable – driver’s license, current passport, or an 18+ card will do.
This festival is not intended for the schoolies alone but also for toolies or non-schoolies who want to attend the festival. Older visitors might not enter the hub for free or get other privileges during the festival. The enjoyment and fun I experienced in the past and will experience in the up coming schoolies event are irreplaceable by time.
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