Tradies on the South Coast
Out of range past Wandandian? Your phone still gets answered.
Tradies Line is the AI receptionist with built-in job management for South Coast NSW tradies, from Nowra down to Eden across the Shoalhaven, Eurobodalla and Bega Valley. When you're mid-job, mid-drive, or out of coverage on the highway, it answers the calls you can't take. It books the job or captures the lead, and confirms it by text.
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About 190,000 people
across the Shoalhaven, Eurobodalla and Bega Valley in 2025, spread over dozens of towns
Nearly 1 in 4 homes
stood empty on census night, holiday houses whose owners book trades by phone
$1.5 billion
the Shoalhaven's yearly visitor economy, with holiday occupancy peaking near 80% over Christmas
The calls you can't take between towns
Summer floods the phone, not the hours.
School holidays fill every holiday let, and the blocked drains and dead hot water systems all land at once, right when you're flat out. The calls you can't take are the month's margin walking away.
The owner is 300 km from the problem.
Absentee owners and property managers ring from Canberra and Sydney. If it rings out they don't leave a voicemail, they call the next number Google shows them.
Long drives, dead zones.
Nowra to Eden is nearly four hours, and stretches of the Princes Highway are known black spots. You can't answer between towns. The AI answers in the network, so no bars for you doesn't mean no answer for them.
What it does on a South Coast call
It answers on your existing 02 number.
Your customers keep ringing the number they already know. When you're on the tools, driving, or off for the night, the call forwards to your AI receptionist and gets answered in a natural local voice.
It books the job or takes the lead.
It books the job straight onto your calendar, or captures a structured lead with the suburb and the details you need to quote. One SMS confirms any booking, in your business name.
It answers even where your phone has no bars.
Forwarding happens in the network, not on your handset, so a call still gets answered while you're in a black spot between Ulladulla and Batemans Bay. It takes the property, the access and the owner's details as a structured lead, waiting for you when the bars come back, and works to your services, prices and hours.
It texts you on urgent jobs.
A flooded laundry at a Huskisson holiday let, a burst pipe the owner can't see from Canberra. When a call is a genuine emergency it texts your own mobile with the details while the caller is still on the line, on every plan.
Areas we cover
Common questions
Parts of my run have no mobile coverage. Does that break it?
No. Call forwarding happens in the phone network, not on your handset, so the AI answers even while your phone has no bars on the highway. The booking and the lead are waiting when you're back in coverage.
What area does this page cover?
The South Coast proper, from around Nowra and Berry down to Eden, across the Shoalhaven, Eurobodalla and Bega Valley. That's the coast south of the Illawarra, so Wollongong is a different patch. Wherever your work sits along that strip, the AI answers your existing 02 number.
Do I need a new number?
No. You keep your existing 02 number or mobile and set up conditional call forwarding in your phone settings, in a few minutes. The dashboard has step-by-step instructions for the major AU carriers.
Will my customers know it's an AI?
It answers in natural, fluent English, takes the job details properly, and introduces itself as an AI so there are no surprises. No hold music, no offshore call centre.
What does it cost?
Solo is $99 a month, Teams is $299. Both start with a 7-day free trial.