Schoolies 2025 officially started in Byron last week, sparking a dedicated police operation involving multiple departments, dogs and the annual stars of many selfies in the Instagram-famous paradise, horses.

While some can’t wait for schoolies, others approach the two weeks at the end of the school year with some trepidation as the annual school leavers event has had its share of tragedy.

Mounted police, the riot squad, extra highway and traffic patrols and specialist youth command officers are in the Byron shire for the next few weeks for this year’s Schoolies.

Around 600 schoolies were provided with Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT) at the Ballina- Byron Gateway Airport on Saturday ahead of their departure from Byron Bay at the conclusion of their booked vacation

A message from senior officers at Tweed/Byron Police District for 2020 end of school celebrations is reminding school leavers from across NSW and interstate who have travelled to Byron Bay and other parts of Northern NSW  to stay COVID-Safe.

At a press conference in Byron Bay this morning Byron Shire Mayor Simon Richardson, Detective Acting Superintendent Cameron Lindsay and NSW Local Health District's Wayne Jones, met to make an announcement about the upcoming Schoolies week in the town.

The number of teens coming to Byron for schoolies week appears to have increased this year but they have generally been well behaved, the organiser of the Apex Park schoolies Hub says.

Schools out for summer and many of the newly minted adults who have had their final day of school and are heading for a good time in Byron Bay.

Local police say they were pleased overall with the behaviour of those who attended Schoolies celebrations in Byron Bay over the past few weeks.  Detective...

Senior police have been reminding school leavers to party safely and know their limits during as this year’s NSW schoolies celebrations kicked in over the weekend.