It is predicted Schapelle Corby's expected return to Australia at the weekend will be a circus.

The 39-year-old is due to be deported from Bali after her parole ends for smuggling over four kilograms of cannabis in a boogie board in 2004.

The Sydney Morning Herald's Indonesian Correspondent Jewel Topsfield told Mike Hosking the media pack is growing by the day.

She said Schapelle Corby will be recognised for the rest of her life.

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