On the Gold Coast, Schoolies is a time of dread for the majority of locals. Let me paint a picture for you; hundreds of thousands of fresh 16-18 year old graduates flood Surfers Paradise with their pink lanyards, wristbands, and monstrous egos. Can I also mention that these kids find their way to the outer suburbs of the Gold Coast.
Another year, another lot of kids graduating high school, which means it’s bucks galore for Gold Coast nightclubs thanks to Schoolies. In fact, all of the Gold Coast’s businesses will be making a packet, and considering how much money Gold Coast businesses like its theme parks and resorts make thanks to the ridiculous amount of tourists that go there all year round, that’s saying something.
Uni is great for a plethora (that’s a uni word) of reasons. You can skip class and nobody really gives a shit, you can skip the whole year and nobody really gives a shit actually, there are usually on campus bars, and if your lecturer is a babe you can hit on them because you’re all of age.
For years now, schoolies have copped so much shit from all the hardcore partying and messing around they’ve done on the Gold Coast, giving young Aussies nationwide a bad name. But just this morning, one of the Coast’s most notorious nightclubs, Shooters,