Schoolies Week

Instead of spring break here they have schoolies week, schoolies week is for high school seniors on their spring time break..think spring break with all 18 year olds who are allowed to drink..in other words a mess! So the gov't has a website with schoolies week safety tips..good stuff here are some highlights:

Dealing with toolies
It's a sad fact of life that wherever there's a bunch of young people having fun, there's also going to be idiots there. 'Toolies' are non-schoolies who head to schoolies destinations hoping to cause trouble. If you're planning on heading to a schoolies hotspot, it's good to know how you can avoid toolies and keep your holiday safe and fun.

Keeping idiots at bay
Not everyone's a predator who's out to hurt or injure you. Sometimes toolies (or even other schoolies) are just being annoying. Even if someone seems pretty harmless, it's best not to encourage their behaviour and to get rid of them as quickly as you can. Here's some tips:
Don't take the bait - usually if you ignore any unwanted advances (even if they seem harmless) people will often get bored and move elsewhere.
Politely but firmly tell them to go away - there's no need to be rude or violent, but make it clear that you don't accept their behaviour and you don't want them around you or your friends
If someone's ignoring you and you feel unsafe, you could say you are going to be sick - people get out of the way pretty quickly if someone's going to vomit --this is my fav tip!
Get out of there - if the idiot just won't go away, do the next best thing and get away yourself. If possible, report them to a venue manager, security staff or police

There's also lots of other interesting stuff like sobering up and dealing with fights with freinds..here's the link..http://www.youthcentral.vic.gov.au/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=835