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Vision is important when you are driving as it means you will be able to judge all the potential hazards and ensure you keep yourself, as well as other road users, safe. The risks of crashes increase when driving with impaired vision. However, with around 47 per cent of the population reporting slight visual disorders, […]

False eyelashes have been part of many a woman’s beauty kit for decades, but the new craze is for semi-permanent eyelash extensions. Unlike regular false eyelashes, where you have synthetic lashes applied to your eyelid and then (easily) removed afterwards, eyelash extensions are applied individually, directly to the natural eyelash with a bonding agent, and […]

Eyes@Australind were excited to be named as finalists for the 2018 Small Business Awards South West. The categories we were nominated in were: – Retail Award – Community Engagement Award – Innovation Award – Small Business with 5-10 Employees – Employee of the Year (Jasmine Meyers) We had an amazing night, held at the Lighthouse […]

Do you wear glasses? If you do you may not realise what contact lenses can do for you! Here is a great list of advantages of contact lenses over glasses – many people choose to wear both! There are many differences between glasses and contact lenses, but there are some similarities, too: Both require careful […]

May is Macula Month and the perfect time to learn if you’re at risk of macular disease. If you’re over 50 you are at higher risk of age-related macular degeneration, and everyone with diabetes is at risk of vision loss from diabetic eye disease. By adopting the healthy habits below you will help minimise your […]

Did you know we have started a new FREE community service to our local schools? We are offering FREE vision screening clinics, held at the schools for all Year 1 students. We would like to offer this service because basic screenings are done by health nurses during Kindy, however vision can change as the child […]

Eye health If you have diabetes, it is likely that you will develop some changes to your eyes. Diabetes sometimes causes the focusing ability of the eye to weaken or to vary from day-to-day however; this problem eases when blood glucose levels are stable. Diabetes can also cause vision loss from Diabetes Retinopathy (damage to […]

Australian swimmer Mack Horton wins Commonwealth Games gold medal in the men’s 400m freestyle final. He received his gold medal wearing Carter Bond model 9205 in C300. As a proud support of Australian eyewear brand, Carter Bond, it’s exciting to see Mack wear these stylish frames – Go Aussie! ________________________________________

We all have back to school shopping lists: – buy school shoes – get school supplies – new lunch box Something very important is missing from the list: making appointments for comprehensive eye exams for your children! Even if there are no complaints over the summer about blurry vision or headaches, children still need to […]

. Help preserve your eye health with these “5 Steps to Relieve Digital Eye Strain at Work,” Follow the 20-20-20 rule – Take a 20-second break, every 20 minutes and view something 20 feet away. Keep a distance– Sit at a comfortable distance from the computer monitor where you can easily read all text with […]