The clock has just struck 6pm on Friday night and a huge roar goes up so loud that it startles anyone within a few hundred metres of Suncorp Stadium.
The massive cheer from inside the stadium was marking the start of Brisbane’s fourth Magic Round which just gets bigger and bigger each year.
Thousands of supporters - former players and fans alike - were streaming down Caxton Street in the direction of the noise, with Willie Mason’s enormous frame sticking out in the crowd.