Identical twins Jazleen and Jadalyn De Busch are best friends. They finish each other's sentences and even find themselves in some of those spooky twin moments where thoughts pop into both their heads at the same time.
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They also happen to be one of eight sets of twins studying at St Margaret's Anglican Girls School. That's 16 twins in all at a school of about 500.
Luckily for teachers at the school, they're not all as mischievous as the sisters from Coen in remote Cape York, who love the chance to have a bit of fun with their identical looks.
The Ascot school boarders once spent "three or four hours" confusing their school house mother by pretending to be the other.
"We'd go into the bathrooms, change and then go back into our beds," Jazleen said with a laugh.
"All our grade was helping and stuff.
"It's just funny because they get us mixed up so often."
Despite their appearances and dual roles as prefects and team captains the girls say they are very different people. Jaz is the drama queen and Jad the one more likely to have a laugh in a tough situation.
School principal Ros Curtis doesn't know how so many twins ended up in her school.
The school had seven sets last year, four sets in Year 12 alone.
"The teachers get to know the girls really well," Ms Curtis said.
"However sometimes there's confusion, particularly when they're identical, totally identical.
"You have to think twice or you say 'sorry, are you Jaz or are you Jaddy?' but as you get to know the girls more you can see the differences."
She said some parents liked to keep their twin daughters together, but others preferred them to be in separate classes.
Identical twins Ruby and Olivia Howard, Year 7, are the newest additions to St Margaret's and were overwhelmed by the amount of attention they received on their first day at school.
Their parents, Belinda and Dan Howard, said they tried to treat the girls as individuals.
"It's been really busy," said Belinda, referring to the challenges of looking after identical twin girls, as well as the girls' two older brothers.
"We got two for the price of one", Dan chuckled.
Ruby and Olivia have already made friends at the school, both in a public "twintroduction" at the school on Monday and at the school swimming camp held earlier this year.
