Driving lessons in Templestowe East
Automatic driving lessons in Templestowe East — hilly leafy streets, Thompsons Road and Reynolds Road, with a run to the Ringwood test centre. From $70, 7 days a week.
Driving lessons Templestowe East — on your real local roads
Looking for driving lessons Templestowe East? Templestowe East is one of Melbourne's leafiest, hilliest suburbs — large blocks, winding streets and plenty of gradient. That's actually a gift for a learner: the quiet, curving hill streets are the perfect place to master hill starts, controlled stops on a slope and smooth steering before you take on the busier roads.
Your lessons start on the residential streets around Templestowe East, building confidence with hills, give-way intersections and low-speed control. From there we move up to the arterials — Thompsons Road, Reynolds Road, Porter Street and Anderson Street — and the roundabouts and school zones that examiners love to test.
Templestowe East is close to the Yarra parklands and only a run from the VicRoads Ringwood test centre, so once your hill and arterial skills are solid we rehearse the kinds of roads you'll meet on test day.
Where you will practise in Templestowe East
- Quiet, hilly, winding streets across Templestowe East — ideal for hill starts
- Thompsons Road and Reynolds Road — local arterials
- Porter Street and Anderson Street roundabouts and school zones
- Approaches to the Yarra parklands and Westerfolds Park
- The run to the VicRoads Ringwood test area
Your local test centre: VicRoads Ringwood
Templestowe East learners sit their drive test at the VicRoads Ringwood Testing & Inspection Centre (93a Heatherdale Road), a run east via the Eastern Freeway and EastLink. We rehearse the kinds of roads and manoeuvres examiners use around Ringwood so test day feels familiar.
Preparing for your drive test at Ringwood
Templestowe East learners sit their drive test at the VicRoads Ringwood Testing & Inspection Centre (93a Heatherdale Road), a run east via the Eastern Freeway and EastLink. The test is a short pre-drive vehicle check followed by two on-road stages — you only continue to the second stage once you've driven safely and competently in the first — and it usually takes around 30 to 45 minutes.
Ringwood routes are known for busy roundabouts, multi-lane intersections and plenty of lane changes and merges, and you'll be asked to complete a reversing manoeuvre such as a parallel park or a three-point turn. Templestowe East's hills and winding streets build superb car control, which carries straight over to Ringwood's roundabouts and manoeuvres. We drill every one of those elements before test day.
Most learners who don't pass first time lose marks for the same handful of things: not enough mirror and blind-spot checks, drifting over the limit or well under it, poor lane positioning, and hesitating at intersections instead of committing safely. Every lesson in the lead-up is aimed squarely at those.
Before you can book your Ringwood drive test
- Hold your Ls long enough — if you're under 21, that's at least 12 months on your learner permit.
- Log your 120 hours — 120 hours of supervised driving including 20 at night, recorded in your logbook or the myLearners app (for under-21 learners).
- Pass the Hazard Perception Test — the online VicRoads test you sit before the drive test; your first online attempt is free through your myVicRoads account.
- Have an eligible car — clean, registered and roadworthy with a working handbrake, or simply use our dual-control car, which is included in the test-day package.
Why Templestowe East learners choose Pathfinder
- Hilly, winding streets — the best place to master hill starts
- Calm, quiet starts ideal for nervous and first-time learners
- Arterial and roundabout practice on Thompsons & Reynolds Roads
- A run to the Ringwood test centre — rehearse the real test area
- Patient, calm instruction — one-on-one lessons at your pace, never rushed.
- 7 days a week, 8am–6pm — mornings, evenings and weekends available.
Ready to start? You can book driving lessons Templestowe East online any time, or compare our lesson prices and packages first. Before your drive test, make sure you've completed the VicRoads Hazard Perception Test, as it's required to sit your practical test at VicRoads Ringwood.
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Real Pathfinder learners on test day at the Ringwood/Mitcham centre, where Templestowe East learners sit their drive test — no stock photos.
Templestowe East lesson prices
Same simple prices in every suburb — no hidden extras.
Packs never expire, and every test-day package includes a warm-up lesson plus use of the instructor’s car at VicRoads Ringwood.
Templestowe East lesson FAQs
Automatic driving lessons in Templestowe East start from $70 for a 60-minute lesson or $110 for 90 minutes, with discounted 3, 5 and 10 lesson packs.
We teach automatic only. Most Victorian learners now sit their drive test in an automatic, which lets you focus on road craft, hazard perception and the Templestowe East test routes instead of clutch control.
Most learners in Melbourne's east sit their drive test at the Ringwood VicRoads customer service centre. We rehearse the routes around VicRoads Ringwood in your lessons, and our test day package includes use of the instructor's car on the day.
Lessons run 7 days a week from 8am to 6pm, including weekends — ideal for fitting around school, uni or work in Templestowe East.
Absolutely. The hilly, winding streets are perfect for practising hill starts and controlled stops on a gradient. In an automatic it's very manageable once you know the technique, and we drill it until it's second nature.
At the VicRoads Ringwood centre, a run east via the Eastern Freeway and EastLink. We rehearse the roundabouts, merges and manoeuvres examiners use around Ringwood so it all feels familiar.
A short pre-drive check of the car, then two stages of on-road driving — you continue to the second stage only after passing the first. Expect roundabouts, multi-lane intersections, lane changes and merges, and a reversing manoeuvre such as a parallel park or three-point turn. It usually takes 30 to 45 minutes.
Yes. Our test-day package includes a warm-up lesson plus use of the fully insured, dual-control car for the test itself, so you sit the test in the same car you've trained in. You're also welcome to use your own car if it's clean, registered and roadworthy.
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