Limits despite Thursday morning’s fatal fall

planning to attend in 2019 with a spokesman citing the ongoing police investigation.

A Schoolies Safety Response spokesman said the group is yet to consider balcony use for the 2019 event, with planning to begin in two weeks.

Hotel operators have continued to allow schoolies to use their balconies after the death of a Sydney schoolboy who fell from the Surf Regency Holiday Apartments in the early hours of Thursday.

However, the outdoor areas were largely bare around Surfers Paradise yesterday as most schoolies opted to stay inside, many still reeling from the death of one of their own.

Two deaths in less than a decade have marred Gold Coast celebrations along with a number of closecalls and dangerous stunts, many caught on camera.

In 2012 a Brisbane girl, 17, fell to her death, while a 17-year-old boy suffered a fractured pelvis after falling two floors in 2016.

Most schoolies are expected to leave this weekend but some are planning extend celebrations.