1/27Trent McManus, 18, Ben Thomson, 18, and Sienna Martinez, 17, at Byron Bay Schoolies celebrations. Picture: Sam Stolz
Mega gallery: Byron Bay Schoolies 2023 celebrations
School’s out – forever! They’ve slogged out 12 gruelling years of study and now these freshly minted graduates are letting their hair down, Byron Bay style. See the pics
2/27Cohen Jackson, 18, Patrick Cauch, 18, and Dom Marinelli, 18, at Byron Bay Schoolies celebrations. Picture: Sam Stolz
3/27Harrison Pourounidis, 18, Ethan Cassar, 18, Callum Stewart, 18, Mike Bleicher, 18, Lachie Sheridan, 18, and Toby Cahill, 18, at Byron Bay Schoolies celebrations. Picture: Sam Stolz
4/27Jess Lee, 18, Lucy Brant, 18, and Ruby Killington, 18, at Byron Bay Schoolies celebrations. Picture: Sam Stolz
5/27Mikalee Maroney, 18, and Teresa Makohon, 18, at Byron Bay Schoolies celebrations. Picture: Sam Stolz
6/27Thomas Antonis, 18, and Josh Docking, 18, at Byron Bay Schoolies celebrations. Picture: Sam Stolz
7/27Layla Trask, 18, Kate Hosking, 18, and Alice Bohun, 18, at Byron Bay Schoolies celebrations. Picture: Sam Stolz
8/27Grace, 18, and Ella, 18, at Byron Bay Schoolies on November 29, 2023. Picture: Savannah Pocock
9/27Emily furlong, 18, Poppy Patzwald, 18, Amelia Wojick, 18, and Bella Delaney, 18, at Byron Bay Schoolies celebrations. Picture: Sam Stolz
10/27Lindsay Sohnly, 18 Molly Murphy, 18 and Sabrina Moleta, 18, at Byron Bay Schoolies celebrations. Picture: Sam Stolz
11/27Max smith, 18, Alexis Langlois-Peters, 18, and Ryan Hatchuel, 18, at Byron Bay Schoolies celebrations. Picture: Sam Stolz
12/27Max Trollope, 18, Jacob Whitechurch, 18, and Robbie Fuller, 18, at Byron Bay Schoolies celebrations. Picture: Sam Stolz
13/27Sienna Block, 17, and Fraser Helliwell, 18, at Byron Bay Schoolies on November 29, 2023. Picture: Savannah Pocock
14/27Kane Reid, 18, Lachie Allan, 18, Freddie Day, 18, and Ted Middleton, 18, at Byron Bay Schoolies celebrations. Picture: Sam Stolz
15/27Sarah Disney, 18, Eve Magowan, 18, Bella Ross, 18, Carla Mitchell, 18, Phoebe Rayner, 18, and Anouk Bennett, 18, at Byron Bay Schoolies celebrations. Picture: Sam Stolz
16/27Jeremy Morison, 18, at Byron Bay Schoolies celebrations. Picture: Sam Stolz
17/27Mietta Edwards, 18, and Frances Kelly, 18, at Byron Bay Schoolies celebrations. Picture: Sam Stolz
18/27Orlando Pender, 18, and Jack Lowman, 18, at Byron Bay Schoolies celebrations. Picture: Sam Stolz
19/27Jack Reynolds, 18, and Cooper Morton, 18, at Byron Bay Schoolies celebrations. Picture: Sam Stolz
20/27Lenny Hickey, 18, Cristian Ciampa, 19, and Acelin Adama, 18, at Byron Bay Schoolies celebrations. Picture: Sam Stolz
21/27Sam McWilliam, 18, and Henry Collins, 18, at Byron Bay Schoolies celebrations. Picture: Sam Stolz
22/27Jack Lazzarotto, 18, Lachlan Dekker, 18, Dane burns, 17, Mabel Hancock, 17 and Oliver wood, 17, at Byron Bay Schoolies celebrations. Picture: Sam Stolz
23/27Emily Furlong, 18, Poppy Patzwald, 18, Amelia Wojick, 18, and Bella Delaney, 18, at Byron Bay for schoolies on November 30, 2023. Picture: Sam Stolz
24/27Joah Hitter, 18, Hugo Nihill, 17, and Jayden Reynolds, 18, at Byron Bay Schoolies celebrations. Picture: Sam Stolz
25/27Cohen Jackson, 18, Patrick Cauch, 18, and Dom Marinelli, 18, at Byron Bay for schoolies on November 30, 2023. Picture: Sam Stolz
26/27Mietta Edwards, 18, and Frances Kelly, 18, at Byron Bay Schoolies celebrations. Picture: Sam Stolz
27/27Jasmine Bettess, 18, Gemma Elcock, 18, Charlie Begg, 18, and Wam Sorrell, 18, at Byron Bay Schoolies celebrations. Picture: Sam Stolz
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