Driving lessons in Wantirna
Automatic driving lessons in Wantirna — Stud Road, Mountain Highway and EastLink, minutes from the Ringwood test centre. From $70, 7 days a week.
Driving lessons Wantirna — on your real local roads
Looking for driving lessons Wantirna? Wantirna sits in the heart of Knox, wrapped around some of the east's busiest roads — Stud Road, Mountain Highway and Boronia Road — with EastLink running along its edge. That makes it a brilliant place to build real-world driving skills, because once you're comfortable you can practise multi-lane arterials and freeway merging without travelling far.
Your lessons start on the quieter residential streets around Wantirna and Wantirna Mall, getting give-way, roundabout and lane-discipline basics solid. From there we move up to Stud Road and Mountain Highway — multi-lane, higher-speed and busy — and then onto EastLink for genuine merging and lane-changing practice at speed.
Wantirna is only minutes from the VicRoads Ringwood test centre, so the roundabouts, arterials and merges you learn on are exactly the kind you'll meet on test day.
Where you will practise in Wantirna
- Quiet residential streets around Wantirna and Wantirna Mall
- Stud Road and Mountain Highway — busy multi-lane arterials
- Boronia Road and local roundabouts
- EastLink on-ramps — merging and lane changes at speed
- The VicRoads Ringwood test area, only minutes away
Your local test centre: VicRoads Ringwood
Wantirna learners sit their drive test at the VicRoads Ringwood Testing & Inspection Centre (93a Heatherdale Road), only minutes away via Boronia Road or Mountain Highway. We rehearse the kinds of roads and manoeuvres examiners use around Ringwood so test day feels familiar.
Preparing for your drive test at Ringwood
Wantirna learners sit their drive test at the VicRoads Ringwood Testing & Inspection Centre (93a Heatherdale Road), only minutes away via Boronia Road or Mountain Highway. 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. Wantirna's busy Stud Road and Mountain Highway are ideal training grounds for exactly this. 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 Wantirna learners choose Pathfinder
- Busy-arterial confidence on Stud Road & Mountain Highway
- EastLink merging practice close to home
- Quiet-street starts building to multi-lane traffic
- Minutes from 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 Wantirna 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.
Recent passes with Pathfinder
Real Pathfinder learners on test day at the Ringwood/Mitcham centre, where Wantirna learners sit their drive test — no stock photos.
Wantirna 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.
Wantirna lesson FAQs
Automatic driving lessons in Wantirna 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 Wantirna 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 Wantirna.
Very close — only minutes away via Boronia Road or Mountain Highway. That lets us rehearse the roundabouts, merges and manoeuvres examiners use around Ringwood repeatedly before your test.
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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