Powerful Owl Digital

Who we help

Websites for local businesses and community groups.

We make websites, look after them and run social media for small businesses and community groups across the Blue Mountains, Penrith, the Hawkesbury, Lithgow, Bathurst, Orange, the Hunter Valley and the Southern Highlands.

Every kind of business needs something a little different from its website. Here's what we build for each, and what it costs.

Accommodation & B&Bs

Guesthouses, B&Bs, cabins and holiday stays that want more guests to book with them directly.

Morning sun along the timber veranda of an old guesthouse, with a valley view beyond the railing
Photo: Jack Redgate / Pexels

What your website needs

  • Direct bookings on your own site, so guests can check dates and book with you
  • Big, honest photos of the rooms, the views and the place
  • A local guide: where to eat, walk and visit nearby
  • Clear details on check-in, parking, pets and how to find you

What fits

Add-ons are one-off prices. Add only what you need. No GST charged.

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Wineries & cellar doors

Vineyards, wineries and cellar doors that want to fill tastings and sell more wine.

A tasting flight of four wines with cheese and crackers on a table among the vines
Photo: Chelsea Pridham / Unsplash

What your website needs

  • Tasting bookings, so visitors can book a time before they drive out
  • Events listed with dates: long lunches, music and release days
  • A wine club page that explains what members get and how to join
  • Buying wine online, with your current wines and prices

What fits

Add-ons are one-off prices. Add only what you need. No GST charged.

Where we especially see them

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Cafés & restaurants

Cafés, restaurants, bakeries and pubs that want locals and visitors to find them and walk in.

A barista's hands finishing latte art in a white cup
Photo: Pete Willis / Unsplash

What your website needs

  • Your menu as real text, not a photo or a PDF, so it reads well on a phone and Google can read it too
  • Opening hours that match what Google shows, kept up to date
  • Table bookings, or a clear way to call and book
  • A Google Maps listing and directions, so people searching nearby find you

What fits

Add-ons are one-off prices. Add only what you need. No GST charged.

Social media, planned for you

Three months of autumn posts and Stories for a made-up Blue Mountains café: weekly specials, the baking, Easter and Mother's Day. We post it, or you post it.

See an example café social media calendar
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Trades

Builders, plumbers, electricians, landscapers and other tradies who want the phone to ring.

A tradie's hands using a ratchet to fasten corrugated metal roofing, with a work boot alongside
Photo: Sergio Martins / Unsplash

What your website needs

  • A quote request form that's quick to fill in on a phone
  • The suburbs and towns you service, clearly listed
  • Your licence number, insurance and real photos of your work
  • A tap-to-call button at the top of every page

What fits

Add-ons are one-off prices. Add only what you need. No GST charged.

Where we especially see them

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Health & wellbeing practices

Counsellors, physios, naturopaths, massage therapists, yoga studios and other practices.

A massage table set with a rolled white towel, a candle and a small vase of dried stems
Photo: Marine Fougère / Pexels

What your website needs

  • Online bookings, so new clients can book a time without a phone call
  • A short profile of each practitioner, with a friendly photo
  • Plain information on fees, what to expect and how to get there
  • A calm, uncluttered look that's easy for everyone to use

What fits

Add-ons are one-off prices. Add only what you need. No GST charged.

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Artists & makers

Painters, textile artists, jewellers, potters and makers who want their work seen properly.

Two pairs of clay-covered hands shaping a pot together on a pottery wheel
Photo: Quino Al / Unsplash

What your website needs

  • Galleries that show your work whole and in good light
  • Selling online, with payments on your own site
  • Your story, your studio and where to see the work in person
  • Easy updates when new work is finished or sold

What fits

Add-ons are one-off prices. Add only what you need. No GST charged.

Where we especially see them

Websites we've made

  • Barbara Pritchard

    An Upper Murray artist with a 40-year practice in mixed media, handmade inks and contemporary textiles. We rebuilt her site to profile her body of work and sell through an online shop.

    See the project How Barbara's website got faster and easier to look after

  • Kate Prynne Designs

    Jewellery and glass artist Kate Prynne makes her work in Kuranda, in tropical north Queensland. The site shows her handcrafted jewellery and the place it comes from.

    See the project

  • Safe in Sound

    An accessible experimental music and improvisation program bringing artists with mixed abilities together across Australia. We built an accessible home for the program.

    See the project
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Community groups, charities & not-for-profits

Clubs, charities, volunteer groups and not-for-profits doing good work on a small budget.

A community garden with timber raised beds set around a small gazebo, blossom trees behind
Photo: Leonie Clough / Unsplash

What your website needs

  • Events and meetings listed with dates, and RSVPs if you need them
  • Donation and volunteer pages, so people can help
  • Simple updates that volunteers can do themselves
  • Clear, accessible pages that everyone can use

What fits

Add-ons are one-off prices. Add only what you need. No GST charged.

We offer a community rate for not-for-profits.

Where we especially see them

Websites we've made

  • Book Club on Palestine

    A reading group where members meet authors online. The site brings together events, books, authors and articles, with the next discussion shown in each visitor's own time zone.

    See the project

  • Safe in Sound

    An accessible experimental music and improvisation program bringing artists with mixed abilities together across Australia. We built an accessible home for the program.

    See the project
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Retail, antiques, gardens & nurseries

Shops, antique dealers, garden centres, nurseries and farm gates.

Rows of young seedlings in planter bags at a sunlit plant nursery
Photo: Armando Avelar / Pexels

What your website needs

  • Your products, with photos and prices, and selling online if you want it
  • Opening hours and how to find you, kept up to date
  • Events, sales and what's in season
  • A quick notice on the home page when hours or stock change

What fits

Add-ons are one-off prices. Add only what you need. No GST charged.

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Tourism & local experiences

Tours, guides, attractions, venues and experiences that visitors plan a trip around.

A lookout view over a wide Blue Mountains valley lined with sandstone cliffs
Photo: Kaiser Concha / Pexels

What your website needs

  • Bookings on your own site, with times and prices
  • Seasonal events and what's on, kept up to date
  • Fast pages for visitors searching on a phone, even on a weak signal
  • Clear directions, what to bring and what to expect

What fits

Add-ons are one-off prices. Add only what you need. No GST charged.

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