Advanced Monkey is an AI & automation consultancy based right here in Daylesford — helping small businesses across Hepburn, Trentham, Creswick, Castlemaine, Kyneton and Ballarat reduce admin, automate workflows and put AI to work. Practically, and without the hype.
In a small regional business, there's no admin department to absorb the paperwork — it lands on the owner, after hours. That's exactly where automation pays off fastest.
Accommodation & Hospitality
Confirmations, reminders, cleaner schedules and guest follow-ups — all things a system can handle while you host.
Trades & Services
The day goes to the job; the night goes to the paperwork. Automating quote-to-invoice gives the evenings back.
Professional & Health
Client intake, appointment reminders and routine documents — handled consistently, without the chasing.
Every engagement starts with how your business actually works — not with a product someone wants to sell you.
Quoting, invoicing, intake and follow-ups handled by systems — less retyping, fewer late nights.
Learn more →More from the subscription you already pay for — SharePoint, Forms, Outlook and Excel working together.
Learn more →Where AI genuinely helps a small business — set up safely in your own accounts, with your team trained.
Learn more →Map where the week goes, fix the bottlenecks, then automate what's left.
Learn more →Enquiries and bookings flowing from your website straight into your systems — no retyping.
Learn more →Clean, fast websites built around your workflows, not a template.
Learn more →Based in Daylesford, working wherever the work is — face to face across the Central Highlands, or remotely anywhere in Victoria.
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A free chat about what's eating your week. Video call or in person — whatever suits.
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A 2–3 hour deep-dive into how the business runs, with a plain-language report and ROI estimates.
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We build the priority workflows in tools your business owns — remotely, with regular check-ins.
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Training and documentation so your team runs it without us. Ongoing support if you want it.
You're thinking
"Can we actually sit down with you in person?"
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A free chat about what's eating your week. Video call or in person — whatever suits.
You're thinking
"I know the week disappears — I just couldn't tell you where."
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A 2–3 hour deep-dive into how the business runs, with a plain-language report and ROI estimates.
You're thinking
"What happens if you disappear — do we lose the lot?"
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We build the priority workflows in tools your business owns — remotely, with regular check-ins.
You're thinking
"Our team won't adopt it."
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Training and documentation so your team runs it without us. Ongoing support if you want it.
We're based in Daylesford, so most of our AI automation work happens close to home — Hepburn Springs, Glenlyon, Trentham, Creswick, Clunes and Malmsbury are all an easy drive. We also work regularly with businesses in Kyneton, Castlemaine, Woodend, the Macedon Ranges and Ballarat, and remotely with clients across regional Victoria and Melbourne.
Yes — Advanced Monkey is based in Daylesford. We work with small businesses across Hepburn, Trentham, Creswick, Castlemaine, Kyneton, the Macedon Ranges and Ballarat, as well as Melbourne. Being local means we can sit down face to face — and remote works just as well when that suits.
Less exotic than it sounds. AI automation means using tools like Copilot, ChatGPT or Claude alongside the systems you already have, so routine work — answering enquiries, drafting quotes, summarising paperwork, chasing invoices — happens with less of your time in it. We set it up in accounts your business owns, and we'll tell you plainly where AI isn't worth it yet.
Any small business that's busy, admin-heavy, spreadsheet-heavy or juggling disconnected tools — accommodation and hospitality, trades, professional services, allied health, retail and farm businesses all fit that description. If your evenings go to paperwork, you're who this is for.
The smaller the team, the more each saved hour matters. A two-person business doesn't need an enterprise system — it needs the bookings confirmed automatically, the invoices going out on time and the enquiries answered fast. That's exactly the scale we build for.
An Efficiency Audit is $500–$1,500 — a 2–3 hour conversation about how your business works, followed by a plain-language report on what's worth automating and what it would return. No commitment beyond that. The full pricing picture is on our services page.
No. That's the point of hiring us. We explain everything in plain English, build in tools your business owns, and train your team until they can run it without us.
Book a free chat about where your hours are going. Plain English, honest numbers, no obligation — whether you're in Daylesford, Hepburn, Trentham, Creswick or anywhere across the Central Highlands.