Driving lessons in Canberra, ACT

In ACT, each hour of professional driving instruction counts as 3 hours in your learner logbook, up to a maximum of 10 lessons (30 hours credit). This helps you reach your 100-hour requirement faster.

Expect to pay between $50-$90 per hour depending on the instructor's experience.

Look at reviews from other learners, check their availability matches yours, and see if they offer the transmission type you need (auto or manual).

It depends on your experience — most learners take 10 to 20 hours of professional lessons alongside their supervised practice. Try the lesson estimator above for a guide based on your skills. Because DriveBuddy isn't lock-in, you can book a few lessons and add more only if you need them.

With DriveBuddy you compare independent instructors directly — their ratings, prices, cars and availability — and choose the one that suits you, instead of being assigned whoever a single school has free. You're not locked into a package, and you can switch instructors any time.

No problem — you're never locked in with DriveBuddy. Switch to a different Canberra instructor whenever you like, and your DriveBuddy credits work with any instructor.

Yes — as well as learning correct technique, in ACT each hour with a professional instructor counts as 3 hours in your logbook, so a few lessons can save you many hours of supervised practice before the test.

You can — and you'll need to log plenty of supervised practice with a parent or carer either way. But a few professional lessons are still worth it: an instructor teaches current test technique, catches habits that are easy to pass on without realising, and in ACT each lesson hour counts as 3 logbook hours — so lessons actually save you supervising time. Most families do both: lessons to build skills, parent practice to clock up the hours.

In ACT you can get your learner licence from 15.75 years old, and start booking lessons straight away.