Rush for Schoolies

MORE than 25,000 soon-tobe high school graduates have secured their accommodation with five months to go until Surfers Paradise turns into party central for Schoolies.

Rooms in popular resorts near Cavill Ave are booked out including Mantra Circle on Cavill, the Hilton, Towers of Chevron Renaissance, Mantra Crown Towers, Tiki Village and Breakfree Moroccan.

With approximately 300 rooms left, chief executive of schoolies.com Matt Lloyd is urging students to get in quick.

Accommodation bookings opened on Monday with more than 4000 high school students logging on to schoolies. causing the website to crash within minutes.