1/50Victorian Schoolies enjoy themselves during a game of beach soccer in Byron Bay NSW. Photograph : Jason O'Brien
Mega gallery: Hundreds descend on Byron for Schoolies
Thousands of teenagers have arrived in Byron Bay to celebrate the end their schooling. See all the pictures from the first day of fun and games.
2/50Victorian Schoolies from Haileybury private School in Melbourne in Byron Bay . Photograph : Jason O'Brien
3/50Victorian Schoolies enjoy themselves in Byron Bay NSW. Photograph : Jason O'Brien
4/50Victorian Schoolies enjoy themselves in Byron Bay NSW. Photograph : Jason O'Brien
5/50Victorian Schoolies enjoy themselves in Byron Bay NSW. Photograph : Jason O'Brien
6/50Victorian Schoolies enjoy themselves in Byron Bay NSW. Photograph : Jason O'Brien
7/50Victorian Schoolies enjoy themselves in Byron Bay NSW. Photograph : Jason O'Brien
8/50Victorian Schoolies enjoy themselves in Byron Bay NSW. Photograph : Jason O'Brien
9/50Victorian Schoolies enjoy themselves in Byron Bay NSW. Photograph : Jason O'Brien
10/50Victorian Schoolies enjoy themselves in Byron Bay NSW. Photograph : Jason O'Brien
11/50Victorian Schoolies enjoy themselves in Byron Bay NSW. Photograph : Jason O'Brien
12/50Victorian Schoolies enjoy themselves in Byron Bay NSW. Photograph : Jason O'Brien
13/50Victorian Schoolies enjoy themselves in Byron Bay NSW. Photograph : Jason O'Brien
14/50Victorian Schoolies enjoy themselves in Byron Bay NSW. Photograph : Jason O'Brien
15/50Victorian Schoolies enjoy themselves in Byron Bay NSW. Photograph : Jason O'Brien
16/50Schoolies in Byron Bay 27 November 2021 Victorian Schoolies enjoy themselves during a game of beach soccer in Byron Bay NSW. Photograph : Jason O'Brien
17/50Victorian Schoolies enjoy themselves during a game of beach soccer in Byron Bay NSW. Photograph : Jason O'Brien
18/50Victorian Schoolies enjoy themselves during a game of beach soccer in Byron Bay NSW. Photograph : Jason O'Brien
19/50Victorian Schoolies enjoy themselves in Byron Bay NSW. Photograph : Jason O'Brien
20/50Victorian Schoolies enjoy themselves at Clarkes Beach in Byron Bay NSW. Photograph : Jason O'Brien
21/50Police on Horseback on Clarkes Beach as Victorian Schoolies arrive in Byron Bay . Photograph : Jason O'Brien
22/50Victorian Schoolies from Geelong College Tess Campigli ( 18 ) and Giselle Taylor ( 18 ) enjoy themselves at Clarkes Beach in Byron Bay NSW. Photograph : Jason O'Brien
23/50Victorian Schoolies from Geelong College having fun in the surf at Clarkes Beach in Byron Bay . Photograph : Jason O'Brien
24/50Schoolies in Byron Bay 27 November 2021 Victorian Schoolies from Geelong College having fun in the surf at Clarkes Beach in Byron Bay . Photograph : Jason O'Brien
25/50Police on Horseback on Clarkes Beach as Victorian Schoolies arrive in Byron Bay . Photograph : Jason O'Brien
26/50Victorian Schoolies enjoy themselves at Clarkes Beach in Byron Bay NSW. Photograph : Jason O'Brien
27/50Victorian Schoolies Lucy Lentini ( 18 ) and Alessia Kapakoulakis ( 18 ) having fun in the surf at Clarkes Beach in Byron Bay . Photograph : Jason O'Brien
28/50Victorian Schoolie Alessia Kapakoulakis ( 18) having fun in the surf at Clarkes Beach in Byron Bay . Photograph : Jason O'Brien
29/50Victorian Schoolies Saraid Hounihan ( 18 ) and Sam Casserly ( 18 ) having fun in the surf at Clarkes Beach in Byron Bay . Photograph : Jason O'Brien
30/50Victorian Schoolies Saraid Hounihan ( 18 ) and Sam Casserly ( 18 ) having fun in the surf at Clarkes Beach in Byron Bay . Photograph : Jason O'Brien
31/50Police on Horseback on Clarkes Beach as Victorian Schoolies arrive in Byron Bay . Photograph : Jason O'Brien
32/50Police on Horseback on Clarkes Beach as Victorian Schoolies arrive in Byron Bay . Photograph : Jason O'Brien
33/50Victorian Schoolies enjoy themselves during a game of beach soccer in Byron Bay NSW. Photograph : Jason O'Brien
34/50Victorian Schoolies enjoy themselves in Byron Bay NSW. ( L-R ) Bianca Hall, Jasmin Krah ,Niamh Page , Maddy Pham and Viv Ngo all 18 from Melbourne Photograph : Jason O'Brien
35/50Victorian Schoolies enjoy themselves in Byron Bay NSW. ( L-R ) Saraid Hounihan , Sam Casserly, Michael Collier,Alesia Di Donato,Odette Alla-Knipe and Olivia Hastie all 18 from Melbourne Photograph : Jason O'Brien
36/50A sign outside the Bay Motel in Byron Bay . Photograph : Jason O'Brien
37/50Schoolies in Byron Bay . Photograph : Jason O'Brien
38/50Schoolies queue to enter the Byron Bay Hotel . Photograph : Jason O'Brien
39/50Schoolies Millie Crowe, Taya Lawless and and Lilli Smith from Ballina NSW in Byron Bay . Photograph : Jason O'Brien
40/50Police on horseback during Schoolies in Byron Bay . Photograph : Jason O'Brien
41/50Schoolies in Byron Bay . Photograph : Jason O'Brien
42/50Schoolies from Ballina NSW in Byron Bay . Photograph : Jason O'Brien
43/50Schoolies in Byron Bay . Photograph : Jason O'Brien
44/50Schoolies in Byron Bay . Photograph : Jason O'Brien
45/50Schoolies in Byron Bay . Photograph : Jason O'Brien
46/50Victorian Schoolies enjoy themselves in Byron Bay NSW. Photograph : Jason O'Brien
47/50Victorian Schoolies Saraid Hounihan ( 18 ) and Sam Casserly ( 18 ) having fun in the surf at Clarkes Beach in Byron Bay . Photograph : Jason O'Brien
48/50Schoolies in Byron Bay . Photograph : Jason O'Brien
49/50Schoolies in Byron Bay . Photograph : Jason O'Brien
50/50Schoolies in Byron Bay . Photograph : Jason O'Brien
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