Schoolies completely lose it in Bali

Australian schoolies partying hard in Bali during their end-of-year holidays. Picture: Lukman S. Bintoro Source: adelaidenow

BALI has gone berserk with schoolies - with the teens' disregard for terrorism warnings just as crazy as their drunken partying.

Thousands of overly excited schoolies making the pilgrimage abroad have touched down in Bali despite Australian Government warnings that there is a high chance they could become victims of a terrorist attack.

While Queensland's Gold Coast remained the preferred choice to celebrate school's end, an increasing number of Year 12 students are choosing Bali as their schoolies venue.

It is estimated that 6000 Australian school-leavers will pour into the region over the next three weeks to revel in the 32-degree heat.

Cheap airfares and accommodation, low-price booze and cigarettes, a lack of parental supervision and no enforcement of a drinking age means the first taste freedom for schoolies partying under neon lights is even sweeter.

Australian schoolies partying hard in Bali during their end-of-year holidays. Picture: Lukman S. Bintoro

"I am going to spend $500 here for my whole stay, that's everything, you can't do that in Aussie," said 18-year-old Michael Del Callo from St Josephs College in Geelong, Victoria.

But Foreign Minister Bob Carr has issued a fresh warning that the Indonesian party hub faces a high and genuine risk of terrorist attack. The bombings in 2002 and 2005 claimed the lives of several Australian party-goers.

That message appears to have fallen on deaf ears, with schoolies in and around Kuta saying they had no idea such a warning existed.

Senator Carr also warned there is little that can be done to help young Australians who find themselves on the wrong side of the law with drugs and violence.

Australian schoolies partying hard in Bali during their end-of-year holidays. Picture: Lukman S. Bintoro

"I had no idea whatsoever," said 18-year-old Ben Phillips of Carroll College. The NSW teenager added: "My mum would freak out if she knew that."

Mr Phillips said within 24 hours of arriving in Bali he had been approached to purchase drugs on countless occasions.

"It feels like they have tried to sell me mushrooms, cocaine and marijuana about 300 times. But I just shake my head and walk past."

Like a string of students News Limited spoke, Mr Phillips said the highly publicised cases of Schapelle Corby and the 14-year-old "Bali Boy" made them think twice before buying illicit substances.

Australian schoolies partying hard in Bali during their end-of-year holidays. Picture: Lukman S. Bintoro

"Nobody wants to end up like them, imagine that."

A student from Tomaree High School in Salamander Bay, NSW, who did not give his name, said despite the travel advice he was determined to party on.

"If something happens, it happens. You only live once, I doubt we will get bombed."

Schoolies decided to venture into Bali because the Gold Coast had become tired and cliched. They desired an international feel to their celebrations, void of rules and structure.

Australian schoolies partying hard in Bali during their end-of-year holidays. Picture: Lukman S. Bintoro

"F*** the Gold Coast, it's overrated, I want to get really loose with my mates," commented Nathan Dawe from Victoria Point in Queensland.

And loose they have been - and the cliched behaviour travels too.

At the weekend, thong-wearing schoolies packed Kuta's famous nightclubs Sky Garden, Paddy's Pub, Bounty and Tavern Bar to let their hair down - literally - and dance to top-40 hits in ways that would cause their parents' toes to curl back home. Here it is one big 24-hour never-ending party.

At the Engine Room nightclub some female schoolies stripped off almost all clothing to gyrate and perform on steel poles while their sweaty male counterparts, with silk boxers riding high above their waists, enjoying the dancing company of $40-per-hour sex workers who frequent popular night-spots chasing foreign dollars.

Australian schoolies partying hard in Bali during their end-of-year holidays. Picture: Lukman S. Bintoro

Countless numbers of barely-comprehensible schoolies wandered Kuta late into the night, often alone, illustrating how over-indulgence of $2 Bintang pilsener and cheap cocktails with names like Sexotic and Bali Aussie can cause a night that may not be remembered the next day.

One schoolie was visibly struggling to get himself home to his hotel room as he stumbled down Legian St skulling a 40-ounce bottle of Grey Goose vodka.

In a human-sized bird cage during the early hours of Sunday at least eight schoolies kissed and touched each other intimately all while playing it up for the cameras owned by local men. Bali really has gone berserk.

One self-described "toolie" - the term given to men who are not celebrating the end of high school but rather want to seduce female schoolies - said he had enjoyed little success.

Australian schoolies partying hard in Bali during their end-of-year holidays. Picture: Lukman S. Bintoro

"They are really hard to crack on to so I have just been going for the prostitutes, they are cheap," said the fitter and turner.

Tomaree 17-year-old Paige Russo is on holiday for 13 days and said her mother had warned her about the dangers of Bali and the individuals likely to prey on schoolies.

"She has been quite worried, she wants me to contact her every day," said Ms Russo. "But I am fine, all our mates are looking after each other."

While News Limited spoke to the teenager, who is about to embark on a radiology degree, she and her friend Jasmine Meagher were offered ephedrine on two occasions. They declined.

Australian schoolies partying hard in Bali during their end-of-year holidays. Picture: Lukman S. Bintoro

Government officials were unable to confirm last night how many schoolies had required consular assistance or been arrested.

A Department of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman said no additional resources would be deployed to Bali for schoolies.

Local police officers reported no trouble except for increased road congestion caused by schoolies riding scooters.

Australian schoolies partying hard in Bali during their end-of-year holidays. Picture: Lukman S. Bintoro

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