Police praise with Schoolies' behaviour on the Gold Coast

The first week of Schoolies on the Gold Coast has wrapped up and authorities say they are more than happy with the behaviour.

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00:00Seven nights of partying coming to an end.

00:05We're having such a good time partying it up in the mosh pit. Stay safe everybody.

00:10Authorities have kept a close watch.

00:13It's so safe. Red frogs everywhere. Cops everywhere. Yeah, it's good.

00:18They say for the most part these revellers have been responsible and respectful.

00:23A far cry from previous years.

00:26The schoolies of 15, 20 years ago when I used to come out here

00:29and it was just everyone drinking, fighting and carrying on like idiots, lunatics.

00:34We're not seeing any of that anymore.

00:36Of the 93 arrests made during the week, just one third were schooled leavers.

00:41A lot of that was public order offences,

00:44not the serious charges that we're used to seeing in years gone by.

00:48Ambulance crews treated 350 people.

00:52About 50 were taken to hospital.

00:55Alcohol consumption does appear to be down

00:57and again it was really good to see that everyone seemed to have a sober friend with them.

01:01In the first five days of the event,

01:0350 party goers presented to the free pill testing clinic with 24 drugs assessed.

01:09Paramedics say there were no overdoses.

01:12We're Catholic, we don't do drugs.

01:15Authorities are now preparing for an influx of interstate schoolies

01:19whose conduct may not be so exemplary.

01:22The last couple of years we have seen an increased workload

01:25in the precinct related to NSW and Victorian school leavers.

01:28But for these school leavers,

01:30celebrations can now focus on starting a whole new chapter of their lives.