Gold Coast braces for schoolies invasion
Schoolies have been warned not to risk their lives by balcony hopping just days after a young New Zealander fell to his death from a Gold Coast high-rise.
A horde of schoolies is about to invade the Gold Coast.Credit:Aaron Wallender
About 18,000 graduating year 12 students are expected to start arriving on the glitter strip from Friday night.
The 22-year-old New Zealander who died on Tuesday wasn’t an end-of-school reveller but schoolies have been killed or horrifically injured in balcony falls in previous years.
“Don’t jump between balconies … I don’t want my people having to deliver death messages,” Queensland Police Assistant Commissioner Brian Wilkins told reporters.
