COVID-19 is not dampening the mood for Jack Riley from Sydney who is enjoying his Schoolies week in Byron Bay.
As a teen,Sean Doyle struggled to navigate the larger world. So when his daughter Anna finished school,he chose something significant to mark that key moment in her life.
West Australian school leavers have waited up to eight hours to have their COVID vaccine verifications approved to allow them into official celebrations in the South West.
WA and Tasmania are the only two Australian states which will remain shut off from the virus until the target is reached,with other states following the national plan which allows for reopening from 80 per cent with minimal restrictions.
Lucia White from Balmain and her best mates originally intended to head to Byron Bay for Schoolies Week,but the change in dates for the HSC meant they had to cancel.
Dance floors in nightclubs will have returned by the time the two-week party period kicks off for and coastal areas are shaping up as the destination of choice for Victorian school leavers.
Students dubbed the further postponement of exams as the “worst possible option” as it threw their celebration plans out the window and prolonged their anxious study period.
The pandemic may have forced plans to change,but that hasn't stopped the class of 2020 from celebrating in style.
The seaside town of Lorne on the Great Ocean Road has become synonymous with the rite of passage for thousands of school leavers who flock there annually to celebrate the schoolies tradition.
Noosa Council sent staff to"clean up a volume of rubbish,including broken glass"from the sand following Saturday night celebrations.
Thousands of teenagers are expected to descend on beaches from this weekend but Gold Coast mayor Tom Tate has told them to stay away.