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Michael grew up in Canberra and completed a Bachelor of Optometry graduating with honours in 1992, He spent the first few years of his career in and around Adelaide and South Australia before heading off overseas on a backpacking odyssey through most of South East Asia and a year travelling through Mexico, Central and South America. Upon his return he cut off his long hair and beard and returned to work in Sydney with one of Australia’s leading contact lens practitioners in Jim Kokkinakis, from there he developed a lifelong interest in fitting difficult contact lenses for conditions such as kerataconus and other corneal diseases. Michael is a member of the CCLSA (Cornea and Contact Lens Society of Australia), OSO (Orthokeratology Society of Oceania) and IAO (International Academy of Orthokeratology)and the SLS (Scleral Lens Society). He previously sat on the board of Optometry NSW/ACT and was also the Deputy Chair of the Optometry Australia board. He graduated with post graduate qualifications in ocular theurapeutics in 2010 and is currently a credentialled optometrist (CO) with CASA. He met his wife Kristy a GP and moved to Coffs Harbour in early 2001 and have since had 3 children Max, Grace and Rose. He became a partner in the practice with Greg in early 2003. When not at work he is usually found at Ayrshire Park where he is heavily involved in the Boambee Football Club where he is registrar and also coaches his son and daughters teams.

Naomi moved to the Coffs area from Tamworth in early 2014. She is interested in all areas of optometry. Early on in her career, Naomi worked in a behavioural optometry practice that specialised in children’s vision. More recently she has worked alongside Vision Australia caring for patients with low vision. Naomi completed her graduate certificate in ocular theurapeutics in 2015 and became a partner in the practice in 2016 . In her spare time Naomi enjoys time swimming and running on the beach and being with her family.

Patrick is a Queenslander who spent his formative years in Brisbane and completed a Bachelor of Applied Science (Optometry) at Queensland University of Technology, graduating with Honours in 1997. Since then, Pat has worked in optometric practices in five states of Australia and in the United Kingdom. Before settling in Coffs Harbour in 2008, he and his family lived in Burnie, Tasmania for 8 years. In Burnie he worked with Daryl Guest, one of Australia’s most respected Optometrists. In 2003, while in Tasmania, Pat was among the first Optometrists in Australia to complete post-graduate qualifications which allowed him to prescribe topical medications for eye conditions. Since joining Greg and Michael in practice he has been able to engage in his area of interest, Children’s Vision and Behavioural Optometry. He is currently undertaking further post graduate study, he completed his Masters units in Behavioural Optometry at UNSW at the end of 2012. Pat is a member of the Optometrists Association Australia (OAA) and served on the OAA (Tasmanian Division) Council of Management for three years prior to moving to Coffs Harbour. He is also a member of the Australian College of Behavioural Optometrists (ACBO). Pat is married to Meagan (a physiotherapist) and they have two children (Clare and Sean) and a scruffy dog (Sassafras). Outside of work, Pat enjoys almost any sport, music and reading, although surfing is his current passion. Those pursuits, however, take a back seat to spending as much time as possible with his young family, mostly at the park and the beach.