Chilled out Schoolies pitch a tent and enjoy a more relaxed end to their school years THERE are no balcony-hopping worries with this group of happy-camping schoolies. About 40 school-leavers are giving highrise hi-jinks a miss, keeping their Schoolies celebrations on the down-low at the Main Beach Tourist Park. The group reckon it's mellower, safer - and a heck of a lot cheaper. "It's like, 100 times cheaper than staying in a highrise," Cleveland school-leaver Emma Pinto, 17, said. There's a more chilled-out vibe and we can still go into Surfers and party and come back here when we want some peace and quiet. Emma Pinto and Jayden Bennett are camping, instead of staying in a highrise apartment for Schoolies. Picture: Luke Marsden. Several schoolies have been arrested for balcony-hopping in Surfers Paradise as police clamp down on the potentially deadly practice. Fellow camper Chad Ridsdale, also 17, said he and his parents felt safer with him not staying in a highrise. "It's good not being up high in case something happens," he said. Everyone gets along more and we all hang out in each other's tents, camper trailers or villas. Plus, we're right across the road from the beach. Park manager Jodie Griffiths said it cost schoolies $145 each for a powered campsite - compared to more than $1000 for many highrise units. As well as saving money, her teenage guests were enjoying a more laid-back Schoolies experience at the council-run campground. "They still have to register through schoolies.com and wear wrist bands and we also have security guards - but it's not nearly as intense as staying in Surfers," she said. The kids have been having a ball and have been no trouble whatsoever. A bonus for the Schoolies campers are free pancake breakfasts, put on by the Red Frogs volunteers who are also staying at the tourist park.