DRIVING LESSONS · CANNINGTON & THE SOUTH-EAST
First Gear Driving School From carpark laps to the test route, without a raised voice
Patient, dual-control driving lessons across Perth's south-east corridor — pick-up from home, school or work, every hour logged 1:1 in the WA log book, and an instructor who never sighs. First lesson $80, no call-out fee.
WA-LICENSED INSTRUCTORS · DUAL CONTROLS IN EVERY CAR · SINCE 2015
- First lesson — $80 An honest assessment, wherever you're starting from — zero hours, an overseas licence, or years off the road.
- A plan, reassessed every five Packs recommended by stage, never by default — and if you're ready early, we say so.
- Test day in a car you know Warm-up, the school car for the assessment, drop-back — $170.
Plan your 50 hours
BUILDINGWA's log book wants 50 supervised hours. Slide to where you are, and we'll be honest about what to buy — and what not to.
RECOMMENDED PLAN · BUILDING
Log-book honesty: in WA, an hour with an instructor counts as one hour in the log book — there's no 3-for-1 multiplier here like some eastern states. What you're buying is skill and calm, not log-book arithmetic — and we'll say that plainly.
Since 2015
A decade of first lessons in the south-east — thousands of log-book hours taught one honest hour at a time.
Licensed & checked
Every instructor holds a WA driving instructor's licence and a Working With Children Check — card numbers on the receipt. DI 0000 · WWC 0000000
Dual controls, every car
The brake on my side means the mistake on yours is safe to make.
Patience, by policy
We don't shout, we don't sigh. A nervous driver taught kindly becomes a safe one — taught harshly, they just become quiet.
Lessons & packs, priced plainly
No call-out fees, no joining fees — the price is the price, and pick-up and drop-off inside the service area is included in every lesson.
Driving lessons
from $8060 minutes behind the wheel — not 45 with a chat. Picked up from home, school or work, every hour logged 1:1.
5-lesson pack
$380 · $76 a lessonThe first-lessons block: controls, car parks, quiet streets — and an honest reassessment at lesson five.
10-lesson pack
$740 · $74 a lessonThe building block: lane changes, roundabouts, right turns at lights — spread across your private practice hours.
Manual lessons
from $85+$5 a lesson for the clutch's sake (packs +$25 / +$50). Learn auto unless your work needs manual — we'll say so.
Practical test package
$17045-minute warm-up, the school car for the practical driving assessment, and a drop-back after. The DoT booking fee is yours, paid to them.
Overseas licence conversion
from $80Same meter, different starting point — the first lesson is an honest assessment, and some drivers need two lessons, not twenty; we'll say which you are.
Nervous-driver refreshers
from $80Same meter, stated plainly. Years off the road, a freeway you've been avoiding — patient is the whole product.
From our learners — and their parents
"Supervising got easier after lesson three, because the kid came home with a plan, not just kilometres. I knew what to practise and what to leave to the instructor."
"Passed first go on the Cannington route we'd driven eleven times. Walking into the test centre knowing the roundabout by name is a different kind of calm."
"Back on the freeway after nine years, in four lessons. Nobody sighed once, which is more than I can say for my family."
DEMO REVIEWS — ILLUSTRATIVE COPY FOR A FICTIONAL BUSINESS
Cannington out, corridor-wide
The suburbs we lap every week
Cannington base, corridor-wide pick-up — home, school or work, inside the lesson price. We teach on the streets the south-east actually tests on: the Cannington DoT centre is in our home zone, and its routes are the ones we rehearse.
A few suburbs past the edge? Ask — usually it's a yes with a few minutes' notice built in, and we'll say so before you book, not after.
Book a first lesson
Rather talk it through?
Call us: (08) 9000 0263 — a real instructor answers, Monday to Saturday, 7am–7pm.
Tell us where you're starting from — zero hours, an overseas licence, or years off the road — and we'll match you with the instructor who suits, not just the next free slot.
Used the planner? Your stage and plan carry into this form, so the first call is about you, not admin.
Thanks — received
This is a demonstration, so nothing has been sent. On the real site, we'd call you back within one business day to match you with an instructor, confirm your pick-up spot and lock in the first lesson.
Rather not wait? (08) 9000 0263 answers Monday to Saturday, 7am–7pm.
Asked from the passenger seat
How many lessons will I need?
The honest answer is it depends — zero-to-test averages 8–12 lessons alongside private practice, and we reassess every five. The planner above is the logic we actually use: first lessons set the habits, building hours spread lessons across your private practice, and test-ready hours should be spent on test routes and parking, not laps.
Do instructor hours count extra in WA?
No — in WA an hour with an instructor counts as one hour in the log book. Some eastern states run a 3-for-1 multiplier; WA doesn't, and we won't pretend otherwise. What a lesson buys is skill and calm — the habits your supervisor then gets to reinforce instead of untangle.
Auto or manual?
Learn auto unless your work needs manual — utes, trucks, farm gear. That's the honest 2026 answer: most cars you'll drive are autos, and you can add a manual assessment later. Manual lessons run +$5 for the clutch's sake.
What car is the test in?
The school car you learned in — that's the test package: a 45-minute warm-up, the car for the practical driving assessment, and a drop-back after, for $170. The DoT booking fee is yours, paid to them — and we'll help you pick a centre with honest wait times.
Do you cover my suburb?
Cannington out through the south-east corridor — East Victoria Park to Gosnells, Riverton to Maddington — with pick-up from home, school or work inside the lesson price. A few suburbs past the edge is usually a yes with notice; we'll say so before you book.
How do I get my learner's permit first?
Through the Department of Transport: pass the road rules theory test at a DoT centre, and you're issued your learner's permit and log book. Then the 50 supervised hours begin — that's where we come in. We'll happily talk you through the steps on the phone before you've sat any test at all.