Plans in place for a third Australian Apple Store

CBD, Chatswood and Bondi will cover the wealthy parts of Sydney. I wouldn't be surprised if Parramatta gets one eventually. I can't see anywhere else in Sydney getting one - maybe Burwood or Miranda.

As for other Australian states, who cares! (I'm kidding rest of Australia!) There is no reason why each capital city will not get one. Australians spend more on gadgets than nearly any other place in the world. Macs will catch fire, I'm sure of it.

I was at an Apple HR seminar for the Creative positions last month. We were told by a senior women from Cupertino that Melbourne was a 'potential' future option. The third store will be at Westfield Bondi Junction in Sydney's Eastern suburbs. Geographically, these locations (Chatswood, CBD and Bondi Junction) cover Australia's most wealthy suburbs.

BRISBANE!

C'mon! Canada needs more Apple retail stores! :(

Looking forward for the Apple stores to open, Melbourne and Sydney are obvious choices, Brisbane is growing at an alarmingly fast rate, but it's probably too soon to choose a position for a store up there.

I'm hoping Apple releases the iPhone when they debut down here.... 4 people (not including myself) had iPhones on the train platform this morning... But I do plan on buying one as soon as they are released in Australia... Hopefully they have a 32GB version by then!

Chatswood - interesting. Maccentric, one of apples largest resellers in the country, has their flagship store in the heart of chatswood. Apple moving in there would really harm them imo. They've won best australian apple reseller for 3 years running, if i recall correctly. Not the best way to treat them...

But, if a second store was to happen in Sydney, chatswood would be the likely place. Third would be bondi junction. All the major retail hubs

Just to be clear, Chatswood is in Sydney not near it - it is a suburb a few minutes from the city centre. So it really is a bit of a slap in the face for Brisbane and Perth.

i used to work for compnow, the apple reseller in chadstone. they do a killer business in there, though small retail space. i think though with a real apple store, and myer selling apple kit as well, they wont last too long.

2 Stores in NSW almost within the same city? I would have thought Brisbane would get a look in- considering we nearly have a Krispy Kreme store! Brisbane needs some Apple love!

Poor Tasmania, always left off.

Sheeesh, no lover for Brisbane at all (neither from Apple nor the commenters). The Gold Coast would be a good place to shove a store as well, lots of tourists walking around dazed and confused (from the sun stroke, I presume).

All I want now is a 3G iPhone so I have something to look forward to when my contract with Virgin expires.