Dr John Pearce Optometrist PhD

29/07/2026

JulEYE - National Eye Health Awareness Month.

JulEYE creates awarness in the month of July for regular eye checks to maintain eye heath. As we come to the end of July - this still a great reminder to book an eye test and keep your vision in check.

We are open

Wednesday and Friday
8.30am to 5.30pm

Find us at
30 Currajong St, Parkes

or call us
02 6862 2232

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15/07/2026

🔹️🔷️National Diabetes Week 🔷️🔹️
🔹️🔷️ 12 - 18 🔷️🔹️
Diabetes is a condition which affects not only many people, but also many different parts of the body.
Not only may diabetes affect the eyes, but changes that may only be visible in the eyes are also an indication that these changes are occurring throughout the body. The early detection of any changes to the eyes is essential, as early intervention when required is the best way of preserving your vision.
🔹️At Dr John Pearce (PhD) optometrist we have all the up-to-date training an equipment required to examine diabetic patients for any changes to their eyes due to diabetes, and we report back to your GP to enable the best possible management of your condition.
🔹️If you are diabetic and require a comprehensive eye examination, you know where you should go.
Dr John Pearce (PhD) Optometrist
68 62 2232


🔹️We are open🔹️

🤓Wednesday and Friday

🤓 8.30am to 5.30pm

Find us at

👓 30 Currajong St, Parkes

🔹️or call us 🔹️

👓 02 6862 2232

eyetest eyehealth

10/07/2026

👓 FUN FACT FRIDAY 👓

Optometry in Parkes
Part 7.
Another first! In 2019, Dr John became the first optometrist from Parkes to be appointed as a full faculty member and lecturer at the Department of Vision Science at the University of Canberra (UC). As the optometry course was only in its second, year, there were only 3 academic staff members, and that included Dr John! The course units had to be written by Dr John and his fellow staff members, so it was hectic to say the least. Dr John is still involved at UC on a less formal basis, now as a sessional academic, presenting lectures and tutorials as required as well as being involved in making up and marking exam questions for the final year students in their Objective Subjective Clinical Exams. In the tutorials and lectures for Integrated Eyecare and Ocular Therapeutics, he uses patient presentations which he has seen in his clinical practice to demonstrate to students how they should differentially diagnose ocular pathology and then determine the appropriate treatment. These real-life examples show the students how things happen in the real world, and that it may not be like it is in the textbooks! The UC teaching not only inspires him in his clinic in Parkes, it keeps him right up to date with the latest diagnostic and treatment protocols for a wide range of eye conditions. Which is fantastic news for his patients! (But only if you are one of them!)


✨️We are open✨️

🤓Wednesday and Friday

🤓 8.30am to 5.30pm

Find us at

👓 30 Currajong St, Parkes

✨️ or call us ✨️

👓 02 6862 2232

eyetest eyehealth

08/07/2026

❄️☃️ School Holidays☃️❄️

✨️We are open✨️

🤓Wednesday and Friday

🤓 8.30am to 5.30pm

Find us at

👓 30 Currajong St, Parkes

✨️ or call us ✨️

👓 02 6862 2232

eyetest eyehealth

24/04/2026

👓 FUN FACT FRIDAY 👓

Optometry in Parkes
Part 6.
For some reason, Dr John forgot to celebrate 40 years in optometric practice in 2023. This year, we also celebrate 20 years of practice in Parkes. Dr John has been providing optometry services to Parkes for longer than any other practicing optometrist and is currently the longest serving optometrist who lives and works in Parkes, and the only therapeutically endorsed optometrist who lives and works in Parkes. So if you want to see an optometrist who is part of your local community, and has been for over 20 years, Dr John Pearce (PhD) Optometrist is the place to go.

✨️We are open✨️

🤓Wednesday and Friday

🤓 8.30am to 5.30pm

Find us at

👓 30 Currajong St, Parkes

✨️ or call us ✨️

👓 02 6862 2232

eyetest eyehealth

20/03/2026

👓 FUN FACT FRIDAY 👓

Optometry in Parkes
Part 5
Another first! Of course, doing his PhD led to him becoming the first optometrist from Parkes to be the lead author of published research papers in peer-reviewed journals published on PubMed. To be indexed in PubMed, a journal needs to meet specific criteria related to its content, quality, and adherence to publishing standards, and so not all journals are found here. (He learned this the hard way when one paper was published in a journal not found on PubMed!).
His exposure to teaching and students at the University of Canberra (UC) helped him publish further papers as a post-doctoral researcher attached to the John Curtin School of Medical Research at ANU. These papers have provided evidence-based practice treatment protocols now being taught at UC as well as being used by clinicians in clinical practice all over the world.
As a reviewer of one of his papers said: “ I enjoyed reading this clear, interesting description of an issue that has major bearing on the daily clinical care of millions of glaucoma patients and of tens (or hundreds) of millions of people undergoing routine eye examinations around the world.” Not bad for a little old optometrist in Parkes! If you want to see an optometrist who writes the papers rather than just reads them (!), come in and see Dr John Pearce Optometrist.

✨️We are open✨️

🤓Wednesday and Friday

🤓 8.30am to 5.30pm

Find us at

👓 30 Currajong St, Parkes

✨️ or call us ✨️

👓 02 6862 2232

eyetest eyehealth

20/02/2026

We have had a fresh restock of frames!!

✨️We are open✨️

🤓Wednesday and Friday

🤓 8.30am to 5.30pm

Find us at

👓 30 Currajong St, Parkes

✨️ or call us ✨️

👓 02 6862 2232

eyetest eyehealth

16/01/2026

Optometry in Parkes
Part 4
Another first! Optometrists in Australia can now prescribe a wide range of medications to treat serious eye diseases such as glaucoma, bacterial keratitis and anterior uveitis as well as removing metallic foreign bodies. In 2010, Dr John was the first optometrist in Parkes to achieve this qualification and the ability to prescribe treatments for a wide range of eye conditions locally. Not only that, he has been lecturing and conducting tutorials at the University of Canberra on the treatment and prescribing for a wide range of ocular pathologies and has been using examples of patients from his clinical practice to show the students how things look in real life! And also, while teaching, he has been learning a whole lot more as well! So if you want the highest level of eyecare in Parkes, Dr John has is the only therapeutically-endorsed optometrist who lives and works in Parkes.

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✨️We are open✨️

🤓Wednesday and Friday

🤓 8.30am to 5.30pm

Find us at

👓 30 Currajong St, Parkes

✨️ or call us ✨️

👓 02 6862 2232

14/01/2026

✨️We are open✨️

🤓Wednesday and Friday

🤓 8.30am to 5.30pm

Find us at

👓 30 Currajong St, Parkes

✨️ or call us ✨️

👓 02 6862 2232

eyetest eyehealth

24/12/2025