Saturday Morning Adventures

Getting up at 6am is not usually my idea of the ideal start to a Saturday morning, but today it marked the beginning of ‘man time’ with my son, Matt (@mlamshed). After some relentless badgering (although I really didn’t need much of a push) we decided we would brave the opening of Adelaide’s first Apple Store. At first I wasn’t convinced that it was a fantastic idea. Early morning, crowds of people, waiting in line… not my favourite things. In the end though, I’m glad we made the effort.

We arrived to a smaller crowd than I was expecting and we quickly counted that we were around the 50th Apple geeks in the line, well within the safe zone to collect a souvenir t-shirt. We chatted in line with the truly dedicated who had camped overnight and all agreed that it was about time that Apple had arrived in SA. The crown grew quickly and after some free subway cookie advertising and a successful ‘rev up’ of the crowd the doors opened and the fun began. With a very enthusiastic greeting from Apple staff the crowd was welcomed to the store’s first day of trading.



I wandered like a kid in a toyshop while Matt got down to business and wrote a blog post from an Apple Store iMac. With self checkout apps and the friendliest staff I have ever seen, it was a great experience overall and one that I am glad I got to share with my son.

The no cost workshops and school programs will make the Apple store a very valuable addition to our city. I look forward to seeing how it can support learning in my family and classroom.