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As Melbourne and Sydney gear up to host the two biggest sporting events in the Australian calendar, respectively, the humble Northern River City of Brisbane has reminded it’s residents that they have no reason to be jealous.

That’s because two of the military’s EA-18G Growler jets have just torn through the middle of the city, in preparation for this weekend’s Riverfire.

Riverfire, an event that feature lots of fireworks and loud jets, is being hosted on the same weekend as both the AFL and NRL grand finals this year, and will keep all residents happy as they watch lesser cities wave around scarves and banners in two sporting spectaculars that don’t even have any Queensland teams.

Seeing that Brisbane has never had the pleasure of hosting one of the two sporting spectacles, residents say they have nothing to compare it to. But at the same time, the joy of Riverfire is pretty uncomparable in itself.

“Holy fuck, did you just see that jet!?” said one excited Brisbane city worker.

“That was loud as! haha. Fucking awesome”

“Can’t wait for tomorrow night!

While the AFL hasn’t really meant anything to Brisbane since the 2001-2003 three-peat, and the NRL has proven itself to be slightly less entertaining since JT and Billy decided to retire – the Riverfire is the perfect fit for the decade of sporting victory sized hole that will open up for most Queenslanders this weekend.

“Haha. I can’t wait to see that other jet they’ve got!” said one young mother walking through South Bank this arvo.

“This is gonna be mad!”

“I’m glad they stopped doing the fuel dump though”