70,000 drunk teens + one beach + zero adult supervision = Australian chaos.
Every year more than 70,000 Australian school leavers head to the beaches of Australia's Gold Coast to celebrate their release from the secondary school system. With a wild mixture of sun, surf and sex, this quintessential Australian tradition is known affectionately as 'Schoolies Week'. So strap on the beer goggles and follow several groups of friends as they travel to the Gold Coast by train, clapped out Holden, Limo and on foot in search of the best time of their lives.
Production
Genuine Gold Coast locations during actual Schoolies 2001.
Costume
Peak early-2000s fashion crimes preserved in amber.
Director
Evan Clarry
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during actual Schoolies Week with real partygoers as background extras—production had to navigate genuine chaos daily.
Matthew Newton's performance as Mason eerily mirrors his later public controversies; the 'failed adult guiding teens' role hits different now.
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