The Practice Bundanoon

03/01/2026

A little message from the team 💗

When we took over this beautiful practice, little did we know we were heading into one of the biggest challenges of our lives!
We remained as committed as physically possible to creating a stable and thriving practice—and before long, we were bursting at the seams! Through it all, our commitment to our community never wavered, and we never gave up.

After months of interviews and hard work, we are incredibly proud to have fulfilled our dream of becoming a teaching practice for fellowship. We are also honoured to now offer sponsorship, allowing us to welcome wonderful overseas-trained doctors and specialists into our team and community.
Late last year, we were blessed to welcome Dr Raziyeh Raz, and in the coming weeks we are excited to introduce Dr Thilini Wijayarupa and her husband, Dr Sheril Fernando.

We want to personally thank our patients—you have given us the strength to continue on this path and the motivation to remain dedicated to our community.

✨ Our books officially reopen on the 12th of January. Thank you so much for your patience. We look forward to caring for you in many moons to come!

We also hope you love our new pink front door as much as we do!

Happy New Year 💫

Lots of love,

Dr Aarielle & Jess x

25/12/2025

🎅🎄 Merry Christmas! 🎄🎅
We want to wish all our patients a joyful and peaceful Christmas. Thank you for being part of our community—we look forward to caring for you in the New Year. 💕

22/12/2025

With Christmas just around the corner, don't forget to check our holiday hours! 🎄

17/12/2025

Say hello to Dr. Raziyeh Raz, our wonderful new GP! With international qualifications and experience in General Medicine and General Practice, Dr. Razi is passionate about providing high-quality care. Her expertise includes managing chronic conditions, preventive medicine, women’s health, and cardiovascular health. We’re grateful to have Dr. Razi on board!

07/11/2025

Exciting times ahead! We're expanding our space to welcome more amazing Doctors and allied health professionals to our family. Renovations are underway! We appreciate your patience and support, especially with picking our new front door colour!

30/09/2025

Alerting all patients.
Due to school holidays and our families needing us, we have had to close early on some days.
We apologies for the inconvenience caused! ❤️

29/09/2025

An itty bitty late to the party for Garden Ramble!

New flowers for our garden…Of course pink was the theme!

Aarielle and I can’t wait to share with you some upgrades we have been working behind the scenes to organise.

Big shout out to Lee from Lees Lawns aka Dad of Jess to give us a hand and a shovel.

Not to worry about the camellias that were there. 4 have been re planted on the property, 4 donated and 3 couldn’t be saved as they grew under the concrete.

13/08/2025

Sorry we have had to close a little early today but will be back tomorrow at 8:30am! If you need us please leave a email or voicemail and we will get back to you. If urgent please call After Hours GP 📞 4861 6433

22/07/2025

🎉 Happy Birthday to Nurse Jess — our incredible nurse, co-owner, and practice manager 💼👩‍⚕️

Your leadership, clinical care, and commitment to quality healthcare keep this practice running smoothly every day. From patient care to business strategy, you wear every hat with professionalism and purpose.

Here’s to another year of impact, growth, and leadership in healthcare. Grateful to have you on this journey. 💪🩺

07/06/2025

Friendly reminder we are closed Monday. ❤️

23/04/2025

Happy Wednesday from half the team!

18/03/2025

From my dear friend Nikki ❤️

Make your choices matter – Why Advance Care Planning is a gift to your loved ones.

What if you were unable to make decisions about your own care? Would your family know what you’d want?

According to Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner Nikki, ‘Some of us will not have decision-making capacity when the time comes to die, and that’s why it’s important to have a conversation with our legally appointed decision-maker and document our wishes.’

For Nikki’s 64-year-old patient, having an Advance Care Plan meant her family didn’t have to guess. After a devastating stroke left her unconscious in ICU, her partner arrived with her documented wishes in hand. ‘Living well to me means being able to communicate with my loved ones and to be independent living on the farm,’ she had written. She had also stated that if she couldn’t return to that level of independence, she wanted comfort care and to donate her organs.

Her children were heartbroken but relieved. They didn’t have to make an impossible decision—Nikki’s patient had already made it for them. ‘Carrying out her wishes made it a little bit easier somehow.’

‘When there is no Advance Care Plan, families can suffer, feeling guilty that they made the wrong decision. Should they have said to turn the machine off? Should they have agreed to surgery when their mother lived for 10 years in a nursing home being tube-fed, not able to communicate, and bedbound?’

There are also many misconceptions about Advance Care Planning. Some people think it’s only for the elderly or terminally ill, but the reality is, accidents and sudden illnesses can happen to anyone. Others believe that talking about death is too confronting, but Nikki says, ‘People, especially older people, want to talk about and plan for their death. Just like living well matters, so does dying well.’

Having the conversation doesn’t have to be scary. Start simple: What matters most to you? What do you want—or not want—at the end of your life?

Make your choices matter. Talk to your loved ones and put your wishes in writing.