Schapelle Corby has celebrated her return home with one word

Convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby in Bali, Indonesia, in 2005. Photo / AP

Schapelle Corby has celebrated her first full morning back on Australian soil with a one word social media post.

The 39-year-old posted the word "FREEDOM" under a shot of a colourful oil painting appearing to show the convicted drug smuggler riding a fantastical beast through a dreamscape on her Instagram account.

Corby has not been seen in public since arriving in Brisbane yesterday morning after her deportation from Indonesia, almost 13 years she was caught with 4.1kg of marijuana in her boogie board bag at Bali's Denpasar Airport.

Her security team successfully evaded the media by making a last minute flight change in Bali while in Brisbane decoy car convoys were used to confuse followers.

Corby is thought to be either at Brisbane's Sofitel Hotel or at her mother Roseleigh Rose's house at Loganlea, although there has been no sign of her in either location.

Rose emerged from the home today, chatting briefly to reporters and waving at the cameras as she got into her car.

"I'm good thank you," she said before driving away.

Rose did not respond when asked about her daughter's whereabouts.

Corby has become a social media star since leaving Indonesia, amassing more than 144,000 followers on Instagram in the past two days.

She has used the account to thank her family and post shots of the media following her on way home.

Here sister Mercedes used her own Instagram account to mark her own return with a picture of a champagne toast at an undisclosed location.

- AAP