MOVING ON-LINE - We regret to inform you that About Sight will be closing its Glenferrie Rd doors at the end of 2022. It’s been a 4 year struggle to regain lost ground due to : Anti-Competitive corporate optical & corporate health-fund sales funnelling Aggressive corporate pricing tactics  Eroded customer loyalty due to the previous Held Family (and associated trusts) ownership.     Despite our best efforts to survive, we cannot continue on without further financial and emotional hardship. We thank those of you who have supported us over the past 4 years. We have enjoyed showcasing a more independent &...

In 2019 when About Sight was founded, its founder (Ben Hill) wanted to ensure that it wasn't just another business selling stuff and making a few dollars. Instead, he set strategic sustainability goals to put the planet first.    One of these goals was to help reduce landfill.   Ben was already familiar with a group named Terracycle through personal experience, and had identified a declining trend in used coffee pod deposit locations in the previous 5 years.   Ben jumped on the opportunity, and reached out to Terracycle to see whether they could forge a partnership. Turns out, they...

Plastic pollution is a problem. Particularly when it enters the environment and threatens the ecosystems that give us life itself. However since 2017, 4Ocean have worked to create awareness whilst also solving the problem. Raising money to remove discarded human contaminants from nature, they do so by making various apparel from reclaimed materials. About Sight is an official 4ocean stockist. Available in-shop and on-shop