Dave Cabral's Getaway
Who: Dave Cabral and people from other schools.
Where: Vaucluse Mansion
What Happened:I didn't really have much of a schoolies week, but i did get to live in a mansion in the beautiful suburb of Vaucluse for a week and a half. Copius amounts of private beach, pool, king size beds, alcohol, dart gun fights with the others, movies and alcohol.
And all that I had to pay was cleaning up after myself, and for those of you who have been to a party at mine and then seen the house the next day before my mum get home - you know I can do it! So we also had a few parties and it was just generally good and relaxing and I got a very poignant sense of closure when it ended.- Daverd
Ness and Helen's Adventures
Who: Vanessa Heaney, Helen Mooy, and many many others
Where: Byron Bay
What Happened:The train trip lasted 15 hours and we all went psycho....and so the mentos game originated. Ness and Helen will suffer for years to come thanks to Dave Freeman!
Swanny taught us how to surf and so we flashed him in return....unintentionally and very embarassingly!
After Helen upturned a shopping trollley full of rubbish on the 3am "drag" home (and Ness being ordered to pick up "every single bit of it") it was necessary to fight off a drunken sex-crazed weirdo.
One evening, as Alison (or was it E.T.) watched from her shopping trolley a group of naked bodies in the surf lit up with every flash of the lighthouse. That evening ended in tears, a spare pair of shoes, a swim on the main road and the flooding of Lord Byron Resort at 5 in the morning.
The songs, "cigarettes will kill you," "black umbrella," and "addicted to bass," will forever serve as reminders of the time spent lying in air-conditioned comfort while there were waves to be caught and lighthouses to be discovered and skin to be burnt. Nachos at the "bus stop cafe" became a regular event as did mango daiquaris, bubblegum shooters and those bloody prairie fires that Stereo introduced to Helen's diet.
The week ended with a promise to give up smoking. Anyway, we can't remember anything else and we're dying for a cigarette.- Ness
16kms South
Who: Ross Marceau, Stuart Lawton, Sam Martin, Joseph Mak, Hamid Eqbal, Branwell Black, Scott Li, Julie & Jez, Will Schouten, Adam Lovecek, Adam Barnes, Nathan Lopez.
Where: Lennox Head
What Happened:
Although Lennox Head is situated 16kms south of Byron Bay, our group did not use Lennox as an alternative accomodation point while hanging at Byron. Our group left on a Saturday afternoon at Chatswood, and the coach arrived on the Sunday Morning at Lennox at 8am.
Lennox Head is a relatively small and quiet beachside town that is a mix between the beaches of Curl-Curl, and the suburb of Narrabeen - but in the process is not as 'daggy' as Narrabeen. The mood there was very easy - there is no sharp atmosphere to conform to, it was simple a matter of doing what you wanted when you wanted.
We stayed in a caravan park in cabins. It was 3 or 4 to a cabin, and obviously there were beds, a stove, chairs, and cupboards in each one. The beach was no more that 50m away, and we went there quite a bit.
A Pelican soaring, with Lennox Head in the background
I know you are really hanging out for the juicy bits. In terms of boy meets girl, girl meets boy there was really not much of that due to the fact that there were not many other schoolies people up there.
To avoid a naming people, I'll use the metaphor of a Camel in place of a name. The cabin next to Barnes, Branwell and Camel had a set of well travelled females staying for a couple of nights. Camel basically described the experience as 'they blew mind my mind'
We went up to Byron a couple of times, some of us didn't like the atmosphere because it was a little hostile to visitors. I found that it was too slow and relaxed, and the hippies scared me.
Scott Li enjoyed having his breakfast-in-bed prepared the night before
Lennox was a pretty cool place to go to, and we had an okay time. If you are looking for a quiet place for holidays, our group would recommend Lennox.- Nathan
Report 2 for Lennox Head:
Well Nathan said most of it, but as far as having a good time goes, well, we (I) did. It was good to get away from the busy atmosphere of Sydney.
In reference to the camel metaphor, that about sums it up (the 3 HUMPS of a camel). A comment on alcohol consumption must be made with Sam Martin being the "bus stop boy" of the group and also the alcoholic award of the week. Congratulations must also go to his consumption of an entire bottle of Vodka in one evening (21 standard drinks). Anyway enough from me, hope you all enjoyed your schoolies week wherever you may have ventured to.- Barnesy
Excursion to the Sewage Farm
Who: Lauren Finemore, Kelly Gregor, Sam Gibbs, Alison Eaton
Where: Byron Bay
What Happened:Camping 4kms out of Byron, wedged between the highway and a sewage farm...noisy and smelly. It wasn't that bad, we had a great time regardless, and used Lord Byron as a base for our stuff when in town. Thanks guys! We had heaps of fun and I miss everybody!- Lauren Finemore
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