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SCHOOLIES ON THE LOOSE
Every year in November, thousands of teenagers flock to Surfers Paradise to celebrate the end of their high-
school education in a three-week party known as 'Schoolies Week'. Although local authorities have stepped in to
regulate excesses, boozed-up and drug-addled teens are still the norm. Time for a trip to Noosa?
For more info see
www.schoolies.com
.
Sleeping
www.goldcoastaccommodationservice.com
)
can arrange and book accommodation and tours.
Budds in Surfers
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HOSTEL
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( 07-5538 9661;
www.buddsinsurfers.com.au
;
6 Pine Ave; dm/tw/d/q from $28/70/70/90; )
Laid-back
Budds features tidy bathrooms, clean tiles, free wi-fi, a sociable bar and a beaut pool, all
just a short hop from calm-water Budds Beach. Bike hire available.
Sleeping Inn Surfers
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( 07-5592 4455, 1800 817 832;
www.sleepinginn.com.au
; 26 Peninsular Dr; dm $28-32, d & tw $68-114;
)
This backpackers occupies an old apartment block away from the centre, so, as the
name suggests, there's a chance you may get to sleep in. Pizza nights, barbecue nights and
pick-ups in a vintage limo.
Backpackers in Paradise
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HOSTEL
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(
07-5538 4344, 1800 268 621;
www.backpackersinparadise.com
; 40 Peninsular Dr; dm $25-33, d $80;
)
If you're in Surfers to wage war against sleep, this party backpackers is for you. Encirc-
ling a courtyard carpeted with astroturf, most rooms are freshly painted and have bath-
rooms. The bar does cheap dinners - fuel-up before you hit the town.
Olympus Apartments
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