Who's behind Made Down South
An independent guide to natural and small-batch goods made in the South West of Western Australia, run from Busselton.
What you'll find here
Honey, olive oil, tea, coffee, chocolate, pantry foods, natural skincare, soap, candles and home goods.
All made in the South West: from Busselton and Dunsborough down to Margaret River and Augusta, and out to Bunbury, the Ferguson Valley, Nannup and Pemberton.
Browse every maker we have listed, or start from the towns they work in.
Who runs it
Frances Simmons and Shane, based in Busselton.
Shane works behind the scenes.
Frances is a qualified naturopath. That background sits here for context only and is never used to recommend, endorse or review anything on this site.
How it started
This site used to sell home-made supplements. Those products are no longer made.
The business has changed direction. Rather than making and selling our own goods, we now spend our time finding and writing about the makers already doing excellent work across the region.
Do you sell anything?
No. We don't resell anything here.
- We don't list prices, because they aren't ours to set, and they change.
- Every page ends with a button that takes you straight to the maker's own shop, on their own site, at their own price.
How we choose who's on here
Makers who grow or make what they sell here in the South West.
- We read what each one publishes about their own process.
- We write the page ourselves, in our own words.
- The facts are dated and sourced.
If a maker would rather not be listed, or wants something corrected, they can ask through the "Is this your business?" link on every page. We act on it within 48 hours.
How this earns money
Right now it doesn't: the site carries no affiliate links.
- Every maker gets a free page, for good.
- In time we may earn a small referral commission on some of the makers we link to, through programs they already run. Where that applies to a page, we'll say so plainly on that page.
- Makers can also choose a paid Featured spot, and every Featured spot is labelled as paid where it appears.