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Schoolies have been pictured leaning over balconies in Surfers Paradise in images sure to strike fear into the hearts of anxious parents.

FOOLHARDY Schoolies are risking life and limb with dangerous alcohol-fuelled antics as their week-long party continues on the Gold Coast.

Paramedics treated more than 150 school leavers for conditions including serious intoxication, drug side effects and accidental injuries during the first weekend of celebrations at Surfers Paradise.

The Queensland Ambulance Service said it had so far treated twice as many female patients than males.

A girl, 17, was taken to hospital with an injured foot after she crashed a moped on the Esplanade at 2.15pm yesterday. Witnesses said the girl was knocked out for about two minutes.

Later in the afternoon two scooter riders collided at Ferny Ave and Main Beach Pde at 4.15pm. Paramedics said a boy aged in his late teens was rushed to Gold Coast University Hospital with ankle injuries.

There have also been multiple reports of Schoolies ignoring repeated warnings and behaving dangerously on high rise balconies.

One witness, who did not wish to be named, photographed several Schoolies sitting on the ledge of a balcony more than nine floors above ground at Focus Apartments at 4.30pm on Sunday.

“They were up there sitting on the edge and yelling and throwing things to each other between floors for more than an hour. It was definitely very dangerous,” he said.

Another witness claimed security at Breakfree Imperial Surf Hotel were forced to intervene when several Schoolies were spotted climbing on the balconies of the sixth floor on Sunday night.