01Before anything else

Four ways to book, one price list

The per-lesson fee is the fee; a pack is about how the run is booked and held, not a discount rate. The full lesson-by-lesson price list is on the pricing page.

5-Lesson Learner Pack

$399

  • Five 60-minute standard lessons
  • The same instructor for all five, roster permitting
  • Logbook signed and dated after every lesson
  • Priority rebooking for the following pack

Learners building steady logbook hours with one instructor from start to finish

Most booked

10-Lesson Confidence Pack

$749

  • Ten 60-minute lessons, the maximum that counts for bonus logbook hours
  • Up to thirty bonus hours logged under the department's instructor hour rule
  • A progress check-in at lesson five and lesson nine
  • One complimentary reverse-parking top-up session
  • Priority booking for the pre-test warm-up lesson

Learners who want the full bonus-hour benefit from instructor time, spread across ten lessons

Test-Day Package

$265

  • Dual-control test car for the full test appointment
  • Pick-up from the test centre car park
  • One 60-minute pre-test warm-up lesson on the route
  • A 30-minute buffer if the test appointment runs early or late

Learners who do not have access to their own car, or would rather sit the test in a car they already trained in

School Holiday Intensive

$620/per week

  • Four 60-minute lessons across one school holiday week
  • Lessons spaced to leave a full day between each one
  • A short written progress note after the final lesson
  • Priority booking for the following week if more lessons are needed

Learners visiting Logan for the holidays, or wanting fast, structured progress in a short block

Every lesson price, in full

02How it works

Hold nine and three. The rest follows.

Nine and Three starts every learner on the same two habits, hands at nine and three and a mirror check before every decision, then builds the logbook hours and the test-day nerve on top of them.

  • Hands at nine and three before the car moves an inch
  • The same instructor for every lesson in a booked pack, roster permitting
  • A logbook signed on the spot, not chased up later
  • No guarantees about passing, only about being told the truth about readiness
A learner’s hands set at nine and three on the wheel, approaching a give-way intersection
Hands set at nine and three, checked and corrected before speed, gap, mirror, indicate.

04Lesson to lesson

Uncertain, practised, test ready

A line that draws itself left to right: Uncertain, then Practised, then Test ready

Uncertain. Lesson one starts wherever a learner actually is, from never having driven at all to nine banked hours and a shaky first roundabout.

Test ready. The last lesson before a booked test, driven on the real route, with an honest read on readiness before the fee is paid.

05The learner journey

Four stages, the same order every time

From the first lesson to test day, taken straight from how a booking actually runs.

  1. 01

    Stage one

    The first lesson

    Lesson one starts at the pick-up address, not on the road. The seat, the mirrors and the pedals are set up from scratch, then the hands go to nine and three before the handbrake comes off. Everything after this lesson builds on that one habit.

    More on this stage
  2. 02

    Stage two

    Logbook hours

    Queensland’s requirement is 100 supervised hours, including 10 at night, before a learner under 25 can sit the practical test. Every hour with an accredited instructor can count as up to 3 logbook hours, for the first 10 lessons, which is the fastest legitimate way to bring the total down. The logbook is signed and dated at the end of every lesson, not chased up later.

    More on this stage
  3. 03

    Stage three

    Reading the road

    Roundabouts and give-way intersections are the single most common reason a learner stalls on progress, usually because they were taught a sequence rather than a read. This stage is about speed, gap, mirror, indicate, worked on real Logan roundabouts until it happens without being talked through.

    More on this stage
  4. 04

    Stage four

    Test day

    The last lesson before a booked test is driven on the actual route out of Beenleigh or Loganholme, at the same time of day where possible. It finishes with an honest read on readiness rather than a pep talk, because a learner deserves to know before the fee is paid, not after.

    More on this stage

06Since 2015

  • 1,900+

    Learners taught since 2015

    Across Springwood and the Logan suburbs around it

  • 74%

    First-attempt practical test pass rate

    Self-reported by learners who let us know their result, averaged over the last three years

  • 19

    Average bonus logbook hours banked per learner

    Using the instructor hour-for-three rule across a typical 7 to 8 lesson booking

  • 3

    TMR-accredited instructors on the road

    Plus one bookings and test-day coordinator

  • 2,600+

    Lessons delivered a year

    Across weekday afternoons and Saturday mornings

Grant Ashby, owner and lead instructor at Nine and Three Driving School

Grant Ashby Owner and lead instructor

07The school

A learner Grant had taken over partway through his lessons failed on a give-way at a roundabout he had driven past a dozen times, not because he didn't know the rule, but because his hands were never set in a position to react to it in time.

From the school's own story, 2015 to now

Teach the habit before the manoeuvre, so the test is the easy part and the forty years after it are the part that matters.

  • Every learner is shown hand position and mirror timing before the car leaves the kerb, on lesson one
  • Dual-control cars in both auto and manual, so a P-plater trains in the transmission they will actually own
  • The same instructor is booked for the whole lesson pack, roster permitting, not a rotating roster
  • The test-day package includes the car, so a learner never has to find someone else's to sit the test in

More on how Nine and Three works

08What learners and parents say

sixteen reviews, from across Logan

The rest, with a filter by lesson type, are on the reviews page.

  • Isla M., Springwood Aug 2026

    Grant had my daughter set up on hand position before we even left the driveway. Calm, specific, no wasted time.

    Introductory lesson

  • Declan P., Underwood Jul 2026

    I had put off reverse parking for months. One lesson with the cones and it finally clicked.

    Reverse parking and manoeuvres

  • Fatima R., Daisy Hill Jul 2026

    Priya made me do the same roundabout about six times at different times of day. Sounds boring, worked completely.

    Roundabout and give-way skills

  • Toby W., Shailer Park Jun 2026

    Good lessons, straightforward instructor. Only reason it is not five stars is a reschedule that pushed my week back.

    Standard driving lesson

  • Grace L., Loganholme Jun 2026

    Drove the actual test route out of Loganholme and Grant told me straight I was ready. Passed two days later.

    Pre-test warm-up lesson

  • Marcus H., Rochedale South May 2026

    Cody taught me manual from scratch. Patient with the clutch control in a way my dad definitely was not.

    Standard driving lesson

All sixteen reviews

5kmSpringwood and next door
Springwood, Slacks Creek, Underwood, Rochedale South, Priestdale
12kmA short drive
Daisy Hill, Shailer Park, Cornubia, Tanah Merah, Loganholme, Bethania, Waterford, Kingston
20kmTo the edge of the radius
Logan Central, Woodridge, Berrinba, Eight Mile Plains, Rochedale

09Dual-control car, your address

20km around Springwood, dual control every lesson

Every lesson runs in the same dual-control car, auto or manual, picked up from home or school across Springwood and the Logan suburbs around it. Tell us the pick-up address when you book.

The full list of suburbs

10Book a lesson

Booking

Choose an instructor, or leave it to us

Every instructor works from the same nine-and-three method and the same dual-control cars. Picking one is about who you'd rather sit next to, not who teaches "properly" and who doesn't.

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