Metro has taught Queensland learners since 1965. Local male and female instructors, automatic or manual, with free door-to-door pick-up from home, work or school.
Every learner arrives somewhere different. Some are starting from scratch on quiet residential streets. Others can already drive but want to feel steadier through the busier roundabouts around Robina and Nerang, or in Surfers Paradise traffic. Lessons start with what you can already do, and spend the time where it actually helps.
Our instructors live and teach on the Coast, so they know the local roads and conditions well. Lessons are calm and structured, with the same instructor each time, and parents are welcome to book and follow a learner's progress. The aim is safe, confident driving that lasts well beyond the test.
Busy multi-lane roadsLane changing and merging on the Coast's arterials, like Bermuda Street.
Gold Coast Highway and the G:linkSharing the road with trams and busy pedestrian crossings.
Plenty of roundaboutsRobina, Nerang and Burleigh all take practice at first.
Beachside streets and tourist trafficNarrow parking, pedestrians and give-way practice.
From your first lesson to test day, here's what we offer across the Coast with a local instructor.
Automatic and manual lessons with local, experienced instructors who come to your door.
Mock tests, car hire and test-day packages so you walk into your Gold Coast test ready.
Save with 5 & 10-lesson packs, and spread the cost with a payment plan on eligible packages.
It takes four steps to book a lesson with a local Gold Coast 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 Gold Coast 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.
From the northern waterfront to the southern beaches and hinterland. Pick your suburb for local lessons and pricing.
Julie was an amazing instructor — great at explaining things in detail so the lessons really stuck. Very patient, never hard on me, and if I made a mistake she'd calmly walk me through to correct it.
My instructor Sunny was amazing. I upgraded to a manual licence from an automatic open licence and Sunny prepared me so well. I felt so confident by the time of my exam.
Great experience with Metro. Colin is an amazing instructor — highly recommend for anyone learning manual, or for internationals like me converting a licence and getting familiar with the test.
Yes. Our instructors cover the Gold Coast from Runaway Bay, Labrador and Hope Island in the north, through Surfers Paradise, Broadbeach, Nerang and Robina, down to Burleigh Heads, Varsity Lakes and the southern hinterland.
We currently teach in 38 Gold Coast suburbs, and the full list is above. If you don't see yours, get in touch and we'll let you know the nearest instructor.
Yes. Free door-to-door pick-up and drop-off is included on the Gold Coast, so we can start your lesson from home, work, TAFE or school.
Yes. With our car-hire-for-test and test-day packages you sit the practical in the same dual-control car you've trained in, with a warm-up lesson beforehand.
Both, at the same price. Choose automatic for the quickest, calmest path to a licence, or manual for a full unrestricted licence that lets you drive any car.
A single one-hour lesson is $93, and 5 and 10-lesson packages work out cheaper per lesson. Automatic and manual cost the same.
We cover these regions too, with the same local instructors and door-to-door service.
Pick a time that suits you and a local instructor will meet you at your door. Automatic or manual, single lesson or a package, whatever suits where you're up to.