This Friday, another generation of school leavers will walk out of the school gates for the last time.
Schoolies travel has been a rite of passage for Aussie teenagers since the 1970s, but the event that was synonymous with getting sauced on the sandy shores of the Gold Coast is changing.
Many young people are heading overseas to places like Fiji or Vanuatu.
So, is it a good thing that today's school leavers are rewriting the script, ditching the binge-drinking and redefining what makes this milestone meaningful in the first place?
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