So you've heard of "Schoolies Week", but you're not really sure what its all about. Well, read on!

Schoolies Week is actually a month-long graduation festival celebrated by Year 12 school leavers from all around Australia. It takes place after the Year 12 Leaving Certificate between mid-November and mid-December.

The event is predominantly held on Queensland's Gold Coast, however alternative destinations include Byron Bay, Sunshine Coast, Airlie Beach, Magnetic Island and for the first time in 2005, Lorne on the great Ocean Road in Victoria. Traditionally each of the 4 schoolies weeks in Queensland attracts a different state of year 12's so that each one parties with their own fellow students.

Every year thousands of Year 12 students from around Australia (as well as a few from New Zealand and other countries) make plans for a holiday to celebrate their end of school years and the completion of their Leaving Certificate.