Patrick Walker

Patrick was born in Canberra and loves this city, even though people often commiserate with him when they hear it. He smiled warmly as he told me this. Having also lived in England, he doesn’t mind sharing the classic British “a bottle of water” joke to put his patients at ease.

I can see why people wrote on the store’s website that they had met a “skilled and friendly optometrist named Patrick.” He is welcoming, friendly and poised, and even allowed me to take a close look at his European brown eyes — a funny reversal of roles.