Our Team
Our optometrist has decades of clinical experience. Our support staff are fully qualified Optical Dispensers who can assist you with all your eyewear needs, providing expert advice on frames and lenses.
Contact our friendly team now.
Optometrist
Ms Jenny Currie
Jenny graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1984 and proceeded to enjoy a broad range of work experience in Melbourne, Newcastle and the USA. She has earned Fellowships with the Australasian College of Behavioural Optometrists (ACBO) and the College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD) and the Australian College of Optometry (ACO).
A Queenslander by birth, Jenny returned to the Sunshine Coast in 1993 and has been working in the area ever since. In January 2008 Jenny joined colleague Heather McLeod in a business partnership to form optometry@cooroy. She is married with two now adult step-children.
Jenny most enjoys the varied practice that Cooroy provides with the opportunity to help patients of all ages. She has decades of experience in general optometry, contact lens practice (including an area of speciality contact lens fitting – Orthokeratology) and children’s vision care including assessment and treatment of learning-related vision problems & binocular vision dysfunction. More recently she has developed an interest in and receives referrals for optometric treatment (including lenses, prisms, neurological filters and vision therapy) for vision problems related to Acquired Brain Injury including Post-Concussion Vision Syndrome. She is in the process of acquiring Certification in Neuro-optometric Vision Care (ANOC) and should complete this process later in 2024.
In late 2019 Jenny completed studies for the Graduate Certificate in Ocular Therapeutics with the Australian College of Optometry in Melbourne. She is now qualified to prescribe a range of topical ocular pharmaceuticals for the treatment of eye disease and is enjoying the expanded range of optometric practice this allows.
In July 2024 she was awarded the Certificate in Neuro-optometric Vision Care (ANOC) through the Australasian College of Behavioural Optometrists (ACBO).
Jenny is a keen bicycle tourist and has clocked up thousands of km’s touring parts of Australia, New Zealand, the USA, Europe including the Danube and with her husband Ray, the classic UK End to End ride from Lands End in Cornwall at the bottom to John O’ Groats in Scotland at the top. The couple have stayed closer to home in the last few years enjoying the multiple trails of Central Otago in New Zealand and the Kilkivan to Kingaroy and Brisbane Valley Rails Trails.
Optometrist
Miss Tira Kyreakou
We are pleased to say that our newest Optometrist has settled well into her role in our practice since arriving in Queensland in August 2024 and has been accepted well by our clientele who have been impressed by her thorough examinations and friendly manner.
Tira grew up in Central Australia, spending her younger years in Yulara (Ayers Rock), before moving to Alice Springs to attend and complete high school. She is an early career optometrist who graduated from Deakin University in Victoria with a Bachelor of Vision Science with Distinction & Master of Optometry (incorporating Ocular Therapeutics).
Tira thoroughly enjoys connecting with patients and working in diverse and challenging settings. She has particular interest in children’s vision (specifically binocular vision), corneal disorders and myopia control. Applying her knowledge of ocular therapeutics in anterior eye disease management and glaucoma co-management are also areas of interest for this young professional.
Tira has also commenced gaining experience and expanding her knowledge into the specialised area of Behavioural Optometry for which our practice is well known.
Outside of work, Tira loves enjoying the sunshine at the beach and keeping active both in and out of the gym. She loves exploring the great outdoors and is eager to become more familiar with the beautiful areas surrounding Cooroy and the rest of the beautiful Sunshine Coast.
Tira is available for consultation 5 days a week, from Monday – Friday.
Practice Manager and Optical Dispenser
Mr Ray Smith
Our Practice Manager Ray Smith is a fully qualified Optical Dispenser.Â
As a Practice Manager Ray is in charge of the daily operations of the business as well as lead, manage and motivate optometry@cooroy staff.
Ray’s innovative approach comes from an open-minded approach to the requirements of the patient with regards to their sight needs. If your needs are outside standard over the counter requirements, talk to Ray, he love’s a challenge.
Optical Dispenser
Ms Verinia White
Verinia is a fully qualified Optical Dispenser who can assists you with all your eyewear needs, providing expert advice on frames and lenses.
Receptionist and Optical Assistant
Mrs Georgie Sivyer-McDonald
In a part-time support role in reception Georgie Sivyer-McDonald joined us mid-2022.
Georgie is a Cooroy local who brings with her decades of reception and management experience and while she may be winding down in her working life she continues to put her all into anything that she does and, while new to optics, she is enjoying the challenges that working in a different field of practice brings.
Optical Assistant
Miss Isy Mauloni
Born in the Banana Shire but raised in the heart of the hinterland since 2012, Isy is not new to the Cooroy area. Most will know her as the best pink haired barista at Cooroy Harvest Fresh, others will know Isy from her other more eclectic jobs and she’s always happy to share interesting stories from them. Isy has settled in nicely to our small practice of optometry@cooroy and is enjoying her transition into the optical world and will hear any questions or queries about your optical needs.
