Airports Flooded With The Wayward Sons And Daughters Of Newcastle Returning Home For The GF

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As the mighty Newcastle Knights make their first NRL grand final appearance in 25 years, the entire Hunter Region is suddenly hosting an influx of family reunions.

Airports across the east coast can report hundreds of thousands of passengers making their way back to Newy to be with the family this weekend.

Some won’t even get that far, as they travel directly from SYD international to Sydney Olympic Stadium to meet their mums and dads at the gate tomorrow.

Airlines are also reporting a spike in very creative itineraries, as Novacastrians piece together obscure flight plans to make it home from their lives abroad in time for kick off.

It has also been confirmed that even the ‘big city girls’ who fled Newy for Melbourne and London are blowing all disposable income to make sure they are with their fathers and grandfathers on this highly emotional weekend.

Because at the end of the day, 80 minutes of Kalyn Ponga is hardly a chore.

While the upper millenial age bracket may indeed remember the euphoria of the Joey era, the Gen Z kids have only ever heard stories from their elder relatives.

Older Newy expats, who have since settled and started families overseas, are also incapable of letting this weekend pass by without gifting their own kids a first hand insight into their family's Steel City heritage.

One thing that this rugby league fairytale has confirmed is that nobody born and raised in the Knights catchment will ever be able to deny their undying loyalty to red and blue - regardless of how well they have done to distance themselves from this humble blue collar city.

This is why, regardless of where they have ended up in the world, the wayward sons and daughters of Newcastle are currently flooding out of the arrivals gates.

Graphic designers, fashion designers, film makers, maritime workers, bankers, architects, military personnel, mums, dads, daughters, hipsters, goths, yuppies, celebrities and anyone who needed to leave Newy to do what they wanted to do - will be home this weekend.

There’s a bit of a fucken vibe in Newy.