Redlands

Driving lessons across the Redlands, where Metro is based

Driving lessons across the Redlands, from the bayside streets of Cleveland and Victoria Point to Capalaba and the hills out at Mount Cotton. Automatic or manual, door-to-door, from a school based right here since 1965.

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17Redlands suburbs covered

Your local roads

Learning to drive in the Redlands

The Redlands is home ground for Metro, our office sits out at Victoria Point, so these are the roads we know best of all. It is mostly bayside and flat, which makes the quiet foreshore streets around Cleveland, Ormiston and Wellington Point an easy place for a first lesson. Capalaba is the busy hub in the middle with its shopping centre and heavier traffic, and out towards Mount Cotton and Sheldon the land rises into hills and semi-rural lanes.

Because this is where we are based, our Redlands instructors are properly local and teach on the roads you use every day, from Old Cleveland Road and Finucane Road to the Cleveland-Redland Bay Road running down to the ferry. You keep one instructor throughout, a parent can book and follow along, and the aim is a driver who is at ease everywhere from the bay to the hills well after test day.

A Metro Driving School learner with a green P-plate beside a Metro dual-control car in Redlands after passing the driving test

Bayside streetsFlat, quiet foreshore roads around Cleveland, Ormiston and Victoria Point, a calm place to start out.

Capalaba in the middleThe Capalaba shopping hub and the roads around it get busy, which is good for building confidence in traffic.

Hills at Mount CottonOut towards Mount Cotton and Sheldon the roads climb, so hill starts get a proper look-in.

Your local test centreThe Cleveland centre holds the practical test for the whole Redlands, booked through Transport and Main Roads.

Where we teach across the Redlands Open map

Lessons and services

The Redlands driving school, based here

Metro has taught Queenslanders to drive since 1965, and the Redlands is our own backyard, so our instructors know these bayside streets and the hills behind them as well as anyone. One instructor stays with you, at the pace that suits.

Driving Lessons

Automatic and manual lessons with instructors who live in the Redlands. Beginners usually start on the quiet bayside streets before building up to Capalaba and the busier roads.

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Driving Test Prep

Mock tests, car hire and test-day packages, built around the Cleveland test centre and the roads near it, so the day itself is familiar ground.

Get test-ready

Packages & Payment Plans

Take your lessons as a 5 or 10-pack to lower the cost of each one, with payment plans on the packages that allow it.

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Automatic Lessons Manual Lessons Beginner Lessons Refresher Lessons Overseas Conversion Mock Test Test Day Package Car Hire for Test

Clear pricing

Driving lesson prices in Redlands

Clear rates, the same for automatic and manual, with free door-to-door pick-up on every Redlands lesson. Book and pay online in a couple of minutes.

1 driving lesson

One hour, automatic or manual

$93

A single hour with a local Redlands instructor, pick-up included, and nothing owing past the one lesson. An easy first taste.

Automatic Manual

Starter pack

Two 90-minute lessons

$270

Two ninety-minute lessons to give a newer driver a decent first run behind the wheel before choosing a package.

Automatic Manual

5 driving lessons

Five-lesson package

$445

Five lessons at a lower rate each, which usually suits someone who has settled on getting all the way to the test.

Automatic Manual

10 driving lessons

Best value per lesson

$880

Ten lessons at the lowest price each, for a learner steadily building hours towards the Cleveland test.

Automatic Manual

Each price is for that lesson or pack, and a pack always works out below the same lessons bought one at a time. See all packages or book online.

Simple to start

How to book a lesson

Booking a lesson with a Redlands instructor is four quick steps, all online.

Open our website and hit 'Book Now'Get things moving online, any time.

Tell us your Redlands suburbSay where around the bay to collect you.

Choose an instructor and timeMale or female, at a slot that works for you.

Pick a service and confirmLesson, package or test day, then you are set.

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The licensing steps

From your Ls to your Ps

Here is the run from a learner permit to your Ps in Queensland, and where our Redlands lessons fit in.

Get your Ls

Sit the learner theory test and pick up your learner permit.

Start lessons

Take a first lesson with a Redlands instructor who comes to your door.

Log 100 hours

Build up your supervised hours, 10 at night. Lessons count as well.

Mock test

Run test conditions on the Cleveland roads and tidy up the last habits.

Pass your test

Sit it in the dual-control car you trained in, with us there on the day.

On your Ps

Provisional licence done. Refresher lessons are here later if you want them.

10 = 30hours in your logbook

Professional lessons count triple

Queensland builds a genuine head start into the logbook. Each of your first 10 hours of professional lessons is recorded as three, so 10 hours become 30, which clears close to a third of the 100 supervised hours early.

Your Redlands instructor records every lesson so it counts. After the first 10 they log as normal hours, and they are usually the most useful driving before the test. Where a parent supervises, it also trims the run of night drives.

Where you'll sit the test

Redlands driving test centres

Your practical test is arranged and conducted by Transport and Main Roads rather than by Metro. Across the Redlands it runs from the Cleveland centre, so that is where your test day will be. Your instructor can take you over the nearby roads first so it feels familiar.

Bayside

Cleveland

The Redlands practical test runs from the Cleveland centre in the Ross Court Centre, on the corner of Bloomfield Street and Ross Court. It covers the whole bay, from Wellington Point down to Redland Bay.

Which services the centre runs can change, so check the current details and book straight through Transport and Main Roads.

Areas we cover

Driving lessons in 17 Redlands suburbs

From the bayside towns to the hills out at Mount Cotton. Choose a suburb for local lessons and pricing.

ClevelandDriving lessons CapalabaDriving lessons Victoria PointDriving lessons Wellington PointDriving lessons Alexandra HillsDriving lessons ThornlandsDriving lessons

Birkdale Burbank Capalaba West Chandler Gumdale Mt Cotton Ormiston Ransome Redland Bay Sheldon Thornside

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Real reviews

Learners rate us 4.9 out of 5

A few words from the Redlands learners and parents who have booked with Metro.

4.9

★★★★★

336 Google reviews for Metro Driving School

★★★★★

Tim is a great driving instructor and really helped put my nerves about driving at ease. I felt so much steadier by the end.

BBrittney W.Nervous learner

★★★★★

Victor was the most helpful instructor I could have had for getting through the dreaded driving test. I passed and I am so grateful.

RRayaan A.First-time test pass

★★★★★

Sunny is an awesome instructor, patient, professional and really thorough. Thanks to his guidance I passed my test on the first try. Definitely recommend him.

JJaskaran S.First-time test pass

★★★★★

Saroj made me feel safe, comfortable and genuinely clued-up about the road. Thanks to his lessons I passed on the first go. Thanks heaps.

DDawn M.Passed first go

★★★★★

Had my lessons with Zahida, a great instructor. Very friendly, good communication, and she explained the rules and techniques really well.

AAndrew T.Learner driver

★★★★★

Thank you so much Jody. You made our daughter feel so at ease, and you were knowledgeable and reassuring. We really appreciate the confidence and skill you gave her.

KKimberley R.Parent of a learner

Redlands driving lesson questions

Which test centre will I use in the Redlands?

The Redlands has its own centre. The practical test is held at Cleveland, in the Ross Court Centre on Bloomfield Street, and it covers the whole bay from Wellington Point down to Redland Bay. You book the test with Transport and Main Roads, and your instructor can run the local roads with you first.

Are you actually based in the Redlands?

Yes. Metro's office is at Victoria Point, so the Redlands is home ground for us. Our instructors are local to the bay and teach on the roads here every day, which is exactly the local knowledge you want going into a test.

Do you teach hill starts out at Mount Cotton?

Yes. Most of the Redlands is flat, but the roads climb out towards Mount Cotton and Sheldon, so your instructor will make sure you are comfortable with hill starts there before test day.

Do you pick up from home, work or school?

Yes. Free door-to-door pick-up and drop-off comes with every lesson, so we can collect you from home, work, a TAFE campus or school anywhere in the Redlands and bring you back.

Do you teach automatic and manual, and what does it cost?

Both, at the one price. Automatic is the fastest way to a licence; manual earns the full unrestricted one. A single hour is $93, with the 5 and 10-lesson packs working out cheaper per lesson.

How many supervised hours do I need before the test?

In Queensland you record 100 supervised hours, 10 of them at night, and pass the hazard perception test before the practical. Your first 10 hours of professional lessons each count as three, so they add up to 30 in the logbook.

Beyond the Redlands

Driving lessons across South East Queensland

Learning outside the Redlands? Metro's local instructors and door-to-door lessons reach these South East Queensland regions as well.

Brisbane Gold Coast Ipswich Moreton Bay Logan Sunshine Coast

Book your Redlands driving lesson

Wherever you are in the Redlands, from the Cleveland foreshore to Victoria Point and up into the Mount Cotton hills, a local instructor will meet you at your door and teach on the roads you actually drive.

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