How long till schoolies is stopped ?????
Nov 25th 2009, 4:50 pm
#16
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Re: How long till schoolies is stopped ?????
I have a late 20's colleague who lives on GC who *hates* schoolies. His wise words:
"For 11 months of the year I can go out and try and sleep with drunken 18 year olds and nobody batts an eyelid. BUT for 1 month of the year I'm either incarcerated for being a 'TOOLY' or doomed to 4 weeks of home confinement until normal service resumes"
(As far as we know he has no history of being arrested at Schoolies - or sleeping with drunkn 18yrs olds particularly regularly!!)
Nov 25th 2009, 5:01 pm
#17
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Re: How long till schoolies is stopped ?????
More than one child up there at the moment have been approached by TV companies who are camped out up at Surfers and being asked if they would pretend to have a bit of a barney for the cameras. They are catching them towards the end of the evening when they have partied and maybe had a drink and they perform. The reporters then edit and it looks far worse than it actually it. From the kids I've spoken to who are visiting every other evening or so, this year is quite quiet compared to what they've heard in the past.
Don't believe everything you see and hear in the media. Yes there's some trouble but where is there not when you get more than 50 people having a party? The hotels and tourist industry like schoolies. The residents of Surfers don't so will happily complain bitterly about it. Why anyone would live in Surfers at any time of the year is beyond me.
Don't believe everything you see and hear in the media. Yes there's some trouble but where is there not when you get more than 50 people having a party? The hotels and tourist industry like schoolies. The residents of Surfers don't so will happily complain bitterly about it. Why anyone would live in Surfers at any time of the year is beyond me.
i do alot of work in and around sufers and apart from the esplanade been closed from 6 onwards its business as usual
Nov 25th 2009, 5:10 pm
#18
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Re: How long till schoolies is stopped ?????
I must be one of those horror mums - I let my son attend schoolies from Sydney up at Surfers, he bought and paid for his ticket and accommodation with his mates. I was worried and we had some serious chats but he came back tired but happy at the end of the week.
There is a large number of kids who do behave and have a party do not label them all because of media hype.
You also need to look at the American traditions of spring break and bucks nights and hens night to know it is a usual occurance. Idiots will be idiots without the excuse of schoolies.
There is a large number of kids who do behave and have a party do not label them all because of media hype.
You also need to look at the American traditions of spring break and bucks nights and hens night to know it is a usual occurance. Idiots will be idiots without the excuse of schoolies.
Nov 25th 2009, 6:42 pm
#19
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Re: How long till schoolies is stopped ?????
More than one child up there at the moment have been approached by TV companies who are camped out up at Surfers and being asked if they would pretend to have a bit of a barney for the cameras. They are catching them towards the end of the evening when they have partied and maybe had a drink and they perform. The reporters then edit and it looks far worse than it actually it. From the kids I've spoken to who are visiting every other evening or so, this year is quite quiet compared to what they've heard in the past.
Don't believe everything you see and hear in the media.
Don't believe everything you see and hear in the media.
So how come this never applies to media reports about UK teenagers?
Or is this the usual barbie gloss?
Nov 25th 2009, 7:18 pm
#20
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Re: How long till schoolies is stopped ?????
This isn't an Oz vs. UK thread so why turn it into one. Nobody has even mentioned UK teenagers, bloody typical that you do.
Nov 25th 2009, 7:44 pm
#22
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Re: How long till schoolies is stopped ?????
My oldest will be 17 when he finishes Year 12 next year, so I wouldn't be that happy if he decided to go to Surfers for schoolies. At this stage I think he and his mates have other ideas, so I've got my fingers crossed.
On the other hand, what goes on at schoolies isn't so different from the equivalent rites of passage in the UK, which in my son's case would have been Newquay.
The media hype is much the same too:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/20...derage-newquay
On the other hand, what goes on at schoolies isn't so different from the equivalent rites of passage in the UK, which in my son's case would have been Newquay.
The media hype is much the same too:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/20...derage-newquay
Nov 25th 2009, 9:43 pm
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Re: How long till schoolies is stopped ?????
As an aside, I've the got the impression lately from a few things I've read that people think "Schoolies" is a new thing. It has been going for decades....
Nov 25th 2009, 10:57 pm
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Re: How long till schoolies is stopped ?????
If this had been about UK kids it would be accepted as a fact.
Talk about double standards
Nov 25th 2009, 11:08 pm
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Re: How long till schoolies is stopped ?????
If the event didnt happen at Surfers, it would happen somewhere else. And that would probably be some small seaside village without the infrastructure to support such an event.
Maybe there should be an official Toolies so we can see how a few years of experiance can make a real idiot.
WW
Nov 25th 2009, 11:10 pm
#26
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Re: How long till schoolies is stopped ?????
No one except you has brought up UK kids other than famous 5 mentioning Newquay. You're imagining things and attempting (not very well) to stir a harmless thread about Australian Schoolies into a Aus vs UK thread. Not everything has to have that slant, honest. Some of us are capable of discussing something without mentioning another country.
Nov 25th 2009, 11:19 pm
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Re: How long till schoolies is stopped ?????
No one except you has brought up UK kids other than famous 5 mentioning Newquay. You're imagining things and attempting (not very well) to stir a harmless thread about Australian Schoolies into a Aus vs UK thread. Not everything has to have that slant, honest. Some of us are capable of discussing something without mentioning another country.
Australian kids are no different to UK kids...like it or not.
Nov 26th 2009, 12:35 am
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Re: How long till schoolies is stopped ?????
I'm not joking, that would not happen in the UK. In fact, it would be banned.
Here, its supported.
"Yeaaaahhhh!!! let the kids get pissed, have fights, have sex, have abortions, get arrested etc"
Sorry but WTF is any parent thinking is going to happen
JTL
Nov 26th 2009, 12:49 am
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Re: How long till schoolies is stopped ?????
When I came here I was stunned that they actually arranged for a couple of tens of thousand school-leavers to get together and get pissed and party.
I'm not joking, that would not happen in the UK. In fact, it would be banned.
Here, its supported.
"Yeaaaahhhh!!! let the kids get pissed, have fights, have sex, have abortions, get arrested etc"
Sorry but WTF is any parent thinking is going to happen
JTL
I'm not joking, that would not happen in the UK. In fact, it would be banned.
Here, its supported.
"Yeaaaahhhh!!! let the kids get pissed, have fights, have sex, have abortions, get arrested etc"
Sorry but WTF is any parent thinking is going to happen
JTL
Nov 26th 2009, 12:57 am
#30
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Re: How long till schoolies is stopped ?????
sorry maybe i`m missing something here but the thread was about schoolies in au, it is being being blown out of all preportions by the media because that sells stories so where did the uk V au bit come in ???????
