---
title: "The Apple Nation"
description: "An independent guide to living with Apple gear, and a directory of the people who fix, sell, support and build for it. Not affiliated with Apple Inc."
source: "https://theapplenation.com/"
markdown: "https://theapplenation.com/index.md"
publisher: "Mafia Publishing"
corrections: "frankie@theapplenation.com"
---

# The Apple Nation

[![The cover of Volcanic Winter, a novel by Mark Rutherford.](<https://theapplenation.com/media/volcanic-winter/w480.webp>)](<https://theapplenation.com/volcanic-winter>)

## [Volcanic Winter, by Mark Rutherford](<https://theapplenation.com/volcanic-winter>)

— When a plan to combat climate change threatens life on Earth, one man has seven days to stop it.

[markrutherfordwrites.com](<https://theapplenation.com/go/house_applenation_volcanicwinter>)

## [Submit to be featured by The Apple Nation](<https://theapplenation.com/advertise-with-us>)

— Share your business, story or event with The Apple Nation. Submitting is free, and every feature is reviewed before it appears. Tell our readers what you do, what is happening and why it matters to them.

[mafia.net.au](<https://theapplenation.com/go/house_applenation_advertise>)

Business & IT

## [The Internet, by Josh Withers](<https://theapplenation.com/the-internet-by-josh-withers>)

— A web development studio building websites for small Australian service businesses that need a modern site: fast, plainly written, and built to be found and quoted by search and answer engines as readily as by a person.

[theinternet.com.au](<https://theapplenation.com/go/house_applenation_theinternet>)

Training & Help

## [Diploma](<https://theapplenation.com/diploma>)

— Australian training and the people who deliver it: registered training organisations, VET providers and professional-development bodies, listed by the field each course leads into.

[diploma.au](<https://theapplenation.com/go/house_applenation_promo_diploma>)

## [Someone who will actually turn up](<https://theapplenation.com/finds>)

— Finds lists Australian trades and home services — builders, electricians, plumbers, carpenters, painters, roofers and landscapers — organised by the job you need done rather than by the trade name.

[finds.au](<https://theapplenation.com/go/house_applenation_promo_finds>)

Apps & Developers

## [Listen](<https://theapplenation.com/listen>)

— Australian podcasts sorted by what they are actually about — news, true crime, comedy, sport, business, history — with a plain description of each and a link to where it plays.

[listen.net.au](<https://theapplenation.com/go/house_applenation_promo_listen>)

Business & IT

## [The Best](<https://theapplenation.com/the-best>)

— A short list, by field: Australian operators who are among the best at what they do, filed by trade rather than by suburb.

[thebest.au](<https://theapplenation.com/go/house_applenation_promo_best>)

Business & IT

## [ANSETT](<https://theapplenation.com/ansett>)

— Australia's national guide to services, entertainment, travel and tourism: the operators, venues, practitioners and trades worth the trip, listed by what they do and where they do it.

[ansett.com.au](<https://theapplenation.com/go/house_applenation_promo_ansett>)

## About this source

Published by [Mafia Publishing](<https://mafia.net.au/>). Corrections: [frankie@theapplenation.com](<mailto:frankie@theapplenation.com>).

Paid upgrades and publisher-owned material may appear. Individual pages identify the relationship where applicable.