By Margaret Maccoll
A splash in the ocean marked the end of school for many Year 12 students across Noosa last week.
Cheers of joy could be heard across the beach on Friday as 170 Sunshine Beach State High School students bolted on to Noosa Main Beach.
As parents and grandparents rallied around them, the students gathered as a group and then en masse hurtled into the waves.
A young British tourist watched on.
“That’s quite cool,” she said.
“There’s nothing like that at home. We just throw our hats in the air and have a celebration.”
Parents spoke of the day filling them with mixed emotions of the sadness at the end of an era and excitement for the future.
Many of the students had plans to spend schoolies this week with the Gold Coast and Bali popular destinations.
