Driving lessons across Brisbane with a patient local instructor, automatic or manual, picked up from your door. Metro has been teaching Queenslanders to drive since 1965.
Brisbane is a big, spread-out city, and learning to drive here depends a lot on where you start. A first lesson in the quiet streets of Kenmore is a world away from the stop-start traffic on Gympie Road, or reading the one-way blocks and bus lanes of the CBD. The river cuts the city in two, and sooner or later you'll be crossing it on one of the bridges.
That's why our instructors are local to your part of Brisbane. They teach on the roads you'll actually use, coach the hill starts the western and northern suburbs are full of, and build up to the busier arterials and roundabouts once your confidence is there. You keep the same instructor each lesson, so nothing gets lost between visits, and a parent can do the booking and follow the progress if they're the one organising it. The aim is a driver who's still relaxed on Brisbane's hills and bridges years after the test.
The river and its bridgesCrossing between north and south on the Story Bridge and the inner-city crossings.
Hills and hill startsSteep streets through Bardon, The Gap and the northern suburbs.
Busy arterialsGympie Road, Sandgate Road and Logan Road in stop-start traffic.
The inner-city gridOne-way streets, bus lanes and the busway through town.
Metro has taught people across Brisbane to drive since 1965. Whether you're booking your first driving lessons or preparing for the practical test, you'll work with a patient local instructor who knows the roads around your suburb and teaches at a pace that suits you. If you're a parent organising the lessons, you can book and follow the progress while your son or daughter works with the same instructor each time.
Automatic and manual driving lessons with experienced local instructors who pick you up from your door. Complete beginners start on quiet streets and build up as their confidence grows.
Mock tests, car hire and test-day packages so you walk into your Brisbane driving test knowing what the examiner expects.
Save with 5 & 10-lesson packs, and spread the cost with a payment plan on eligible packages.
No hidden costs. Automatic and manual lessons are the same price, and every lesson includes free door-to-door pick-up across Brisbane. Buy online and you're booked.
A single one-hour driving lesson in Brisbane with a local instructor and free door-to-door pick-up. A good way to try a lesson before you commit to more.
Two longer lessons for newer learners in Brisbane who want a proper introduction behind the wheel before booking a package.
Five driving lessons for Brisbane learners, working out cheaper per lesson. A good choice once you've decided to keep going.
Ten driving lessons for Brisbane learners working steadily towards the practical test, at the lowest price per lesson.
Prices are per lesson or package, and packages work out cheaper than booking one lesson at a time. See all packages or book online.
It takes four steps to book a lesson with a local Brisbane instructor.
Here are the main steps to a Queensland licence, and where lessons with Metro fit in.
Pass the learner theory test and pick up your learner permit.
Book your first lesson with a Brisbane instructor who comes to you.
Build your supervised hours, including 10 at night. Your instructor's hours count too.
Rehearse the real practical test on local roads and fix the last few habits.
Sit the test in our familiar dual-control car, with test-day support.
Provisional licence sorted. Refresher lessons are there if you want them later.
In Queensland, the first 10 hours of professional driving lessons each count as three hours in your learner logbook. Those 10 hours go in as 30, which takes a real chunk out of the 100 supervised hours a learner records before the practical test.
Your instructor logs each lesson so the hours are recorded correctly. After the first 10, lessons still add up as normal logbook hours, and they tend to be some of the most useful practice before test day. If a parent is sharing the supervising, it also means fewer late evenings spent chasing night hours.
Your practical driving test is booked and run by Transport and Main Roads, not by Metro. Several centres around greater Brisbane hold tests, and the one you use usually comes down to where you live. Your instructor will help you practise the roads and situations near your local centre, so test day feels familiar rather than a surprise.
Suits learners around the inner suburbs who are used to one-way streets, bus lanes and steady city traffic.
The main northside options, handy right across the northern suburbs. Some northside centres run Saturday tests.
Popular southside centres. Greenslopes is one of the few that runs Saturday tests.
Serving the western suburbs, with the mix of quiet streets and busier arterials common to that side.
The bayside option for learners around the eastern suburbs and the Wynnum and Manly area.
Just beyond Brisbane, covering Logan, the Redcliffe peninsula and the Ipswich side. Logan also runs Saturday tests.
Transport and Main Roads can change which centres hold tests and when, so check the current list and book directly through Transport and Main Roads. Whichever centre you use, your instructor can take you through the local roads beforehand.
Metro teaches across greater Brisbane. Choose your part of the city for local lessons and suburbs.
Chermside, Aspley, Nundah, Bracken Ridge and the northern suburbs.
Sunnybank, Mount Gravatt, Moorooka, Holland Park and the south side.
Indooroopilly, Toowong, Kenmore, The Gap and the western suburbs.
Wynnum, Manly, Carindale, Bulimba and the bayside east.
The CBD, Fortitude Valley, New Farm, South Brisbane and the inner city.
A few words from the learners and parents who've booked driving lessons with Metro.
I used Metro Driving School for both my kids during their learner time. The school was always prompt and the instructors were friendly and helpful, making sure they were road ready and confident. Would highly recommend.
A very positive experience with Metro Driving School. Victor was amazing with my daughter, who experiences anxiety and autism. He was supportive, patient and understanding of her needs, and adapted the way he taught, which made a real difference to her confidence.
Great experience with Metro Driving School. Colin is an amazing instructor. I highly recommend him for anyone wanting to learn manual, or for internationals like me converting a licence and getting familiar with the test.
I had about four lessons with Adam at Metro Driving School and it was fantastic. He taught me road rules, manoeuvres and road safety tips, and I passed my driving test with no mistakes. Metro Driving School is worth every cent.
I wanted to express my gratitude for the guidance Alan provided during my son's driving lessons. His calm manner, clear instructions and patience made a huge difference to Luca's confidence, and he passed his test on a manual the first time.
This is the go-to driving school for the region. Metro teaches valuable driving habits and has outstanding preparation for your driving test.
Yes. We have instructors north and south of the river, right across greater Brisbane, from the northside and the western suburbs to the bayside east and the inner city. Pick your area above and we'll come to you.
Yes. Hill starts are part of everyday driving in Brisbane, especially through the western and northern suburbs, so your instructor will make sure you're confident on them well before your test.
Everyone starts where they're comfortable. Early lessons stick to quieter streets, then build up to busier arterials, roundabouts and Brisbane's hills as your control and confidence grow, always at a pace that suits you.
Yes. Free door-to-door pick-up is included, so we can collect you from UQ, QUT, Griffith, a TAFE campus, work or home anywhere in Brisbane, and drop you back afterwards.
Transport and Main Roads runs several practical test centres around Brisbane. Your instructor will prepare you for the standard the examiner expects and practise on similar local roads near you, so the test day feels familiar.
We teach both, at the same price. Automatic is the quickest path to a licence, or choose manual for a full unrestricted one. A single one-hour lesson is $93, with 5 and 10-lesson packages working out cheaper per lesson.
Learning outside Brisbane? We cover these regions too, with the same local instructors and door-to-door service.
Wherever you're learning, whether that's the northside, the south, the bayside east, the western hills or the inner city, a local instructor will meet you at your door and teach on the roads you'll actually drive.