The eye test is free. The frame price includes the lenses.
Two independent optometrists, forty minutes per test, and retinal imaging on every patient at no charge. Glasses are sold at three flat prices with standard single-vision lenses already in them — so the number on the frame is the number you pay.
How this practice runs
Four facts about how a test here is booked and paid for. None of them is a claim about what any particular test will find — nobody can promise you that.
Independent, in the same shopfront at Everton Park Village.
Every eye test — not the fifteen minutes a chain allows.
Open every day of the week, including Sunday, with the centre.
Eye test cost for any Medicare card holder, no gap invoice after.
The test and the fit, both done properly
A full eye test
Forty minutes, retinal imaging included, with everything explained on screen before you leave.
Refraction
The lens comparison that sets your prescription — done properly, not rushed.
Trial lenses
You look through the actual correction before anything is ordered, not just a guess off a chart.
Checking the numbers
Every setting is read and recorded, not estimated by eye.
Fitting
Temples and nose pads adjusted by hand until the frame actually sits right.
Measured, not guessed
Each lens is measured and centred to your own frame before it is glazed.
One number on the frame. Nothing added at the counter.
$149, $249 or $379 — standard single-vision lenses are already in every price below. No base price that doubles once your prescription is added.
Entry
Acetate and metal frames, standard single-vision lenses and anti-scratch coating included.
Premium
Titanium and designer ranges, premium anti-reflective coating and lifetime adjustments included.
Bulk billed, no gap invoice
Any Medicare holder
A comprehensive test every three years under 65, and every year from 65 on.
Children & students
Annually while the eyes are still developing, bulk billed each time.
Diabetes patients
Annual retinal screening bulk billed, with a report sent to your GP.
Glaucoma monitoring
Pressure and field checks as often as clinically needed, no gap.
Your optometrists
Two optometrists, a dispenser and a practice manager. Nobody here has a sales target.
Simone Kealy
BVisSc, MOptom · AHPRA · therapeutic endorsement
Daniel Aung
BOptom (Hons) · AHPRA · therapeutic endorsement
Renata Cortez
Certificate IV in Optical Dispensing
Josh Tiller
Health fund claims & recalls
Questions before you book
The things people ask on the phone before they come in.
Is the eye test really free?
Yes, if you hold a Medicare card. Medicare funds a comprehensive optometric examination every three years for adults under 65 and annually from 65 on, and more often where there is a clinical reason such as diabetes or glaucoma. We bulk bill all of it, so there is nothing to pay at the desk and no gap invoice afterwards.
Why do chains charge extra for retinal photos?
Because it is not separately funded by Medicare, so it can be sold as an add-on. We include it on every patient because it is how early glaucoma, macular change and diabetic retinopathy are looked for before symptoms appear. Charging $35 for that means the people who most need it are the ones who decline it.
Will the frame price change once you add my prescription?
Not for standard single-vision lenses — those are in all three tier prices. Multifocals, high-index thinning, transitions and polarised lenses do cost extra, and every one of those surcharges is printed on a card at the dispensing desk. You get the full figure before you order, not after.
What if my new glasses do not feel right?
Bring them back within thirty days. We will re-check the prescription and remake the lenses at no charge, or refund you if it cannot be resolved. A first pair of multifocals is the usual reason and it takes most people a fortnight to adapt.
Do you sell what suits me or what has the best margin?
Nobody here has a sales target or works on commission, and we are not owned by a lens manufacturer or a buying group. You will sometimes be told your current glasses are fine and to come back in two years.
Bulk-billed eye tests, most weeks inside three days
Open seven days with the centre. Ring and we will usually offer you something inside three days.