Learn to Drive with Confidence
Teaching you to be a patient, safe and aware driver.
Professional driving lessons, with an accredited female driving instructor, in Byron Bay and surrounding areas.
✔️ Reduce anxiety behind the wheel of a car
✔️ Develop skills that take you beyond test-day
✔️ Be hazard aware and gain road-confidence
Through professional driving lessons with a qualified instructor, you can:
✔️ Learn the required techniques to drive a car safely and competently, in a range of conditions
✔️ Feel prepared for your P’s test, with test-day tips and practice exercises for real-life scenarios
✔️ Become a courteous and safe driver, by learning hazard awareness skills to keep you and other drivers safe on the road
✔️ Fine-tune your skills, in a calm environment, to confidently take your P's test & pass with flying colours!
For Parents & Teens
Teaching your teen to drive can be a daunting task. You're not sure if you're doing it right, and you don't want them to make the same mistakes you did.
With structured driving lessons from a professional instructor, your teen can learn how to stay safe on the road and gain the confidence to navigate hazards. Cath will help you feel at ease while your teen learns to drive, so you can relax and know they are in good hands.
Learning to drive is an important rite-of-passage for teens, and Lighthouse Driving School can help make it a safe and enjoyable experience, offering affordable driving lessons, with the aim of teaching your teen the life-saving skills required to drive a vehicle. Maintaining awareness of their surroundings and driving to the conditions are emphasised during the lessons, so they can be a safe driver with road-confidence, long past test day.
For Mature-Age Drivers
As a mature-age L-plater, it’s natural to feel nervous about your driving test. Even though you’re not required to log hours before attempting to obtain your P’s test, you may feel like you need more practice behind the wheel before taking it.
Professional driving lessons can help you know what to expect on test day, and help you to drive confidently on the open road with a license in hand. With Lighthouse Driving School as your guide, you can pass your test with ease and gain confidence behind the wheel for years to come.
Whether you're getting ready for your first driving test or want to regain confidence after some time away from the driver's seat, Lighthouse Driving School will help get you there! We offer professional driving lessons in and around Byron Bay, which can be tailored specifically for mature age students and your level of driving experience. Whether you’re after some refresher lessons pre-test, or are learning from scratch, our experienced female instructor will guide you through every step of the way until you feel confident behind the wheel!
Meet Your Driving Instructor
Catherine Burns
Cath is an accredited female driving instructor who is patient, calm, positive and reassuring. She will adapt her teaching style to suit each individual, based on their driving ability, anxiety levels etc. Cath is passionate about teaching and it’s a personal reward for her to see her student’s progression from L’s to P’s. She believes that by teaching people how to do the right thing, and forming fundamental safe-driving skills from the beginning, there will be better drivers on the road. Cath has completed both Advanced Driving and Defensive Driving courses, equipping her with the extra skills to help you be aware of hazards, control the vehicle in uncertain circumstances and adjust your driving for the unknown. Her non-reactive and reassuring method of teaching will help you learn to make the right judgement calls and become a confident driver.
You can trust Cath to teach you the correct techniques in order to be a better driver on the road. With her patience and dedication, you will be able to reduce anxiety and feel confident behind the wheel.
Contact Cath today for more information on how she can help you become a safe driver!
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Lighthouse Driving School - Byron Bay
Prices & Packages
3 x 1hr Lessons
ADDS 9 HOURS TO YOUR LOG BOOK
Learn how to drive in a calm and safe environment. You will be able to gain the skills and confidence you need to pass your driving test.
$264
5 x 1hr Lessons
ADDS 15 HOURS TO YOUR LOG BOOK
Brush up on some important skills before test-day, or set yourself up with the right habits from the very beginning. Our 5-pack of driving lessons will help you feel confident behind the wheel.
$435
10 x 1hr Lessons
ADDS 30 HOURS TO YOUR LOG BOOK
Ace your driving test and learn to be a safe and confident driver with our 10 driving lesson pack. At an affordable price, this pack is a great option for those who want to learn to drive without breaking the bank. Our lessons are perfect for those who feel they need a little extra time with a professional instructor, or who have limited access to a vehicle and friend or family member who can help them to learn to drive.
$850
(save $0)
Single lessons available upon request, at $90/hour and depending on availability.
1 hour with an instructor = 3 hours towards your log book.
TO SECURE YOUR LESSON TIMES, A 50% DEPOSIT IS REQUIRED BY BANK TRANSFER - AT LEAST 48 HOURS PRIOR TO YOUR LESSON, BY CONFIRMING WITH ME VIA PHONE OR EMAIL
CANCELLATION WITHIN 24 HOURS WILL MEAN LOSS OF YOUR DEPOSIT
Test-Day Package
Ready to take your driving test but feeling a little nervous? Our Test-Day Driving Lesson Package is here to help!
We'll pick you up from your home address and drive you to your test location*, where you'll receive a 45 minute pre-test lesson. This will ensure that the skills you've learned are fresh in your mind, and help calm any nerves you may be feeling.
Plus, you'll get to use the driving school vehicle for your test - so you can feel at ease and in a vehicle you're familiar with.
So why wait? Book our Test-Day Driving Lesson Package today and make those driving dreams a reality!
DURATION: 2 Hours
Includes 1 x 1 hour driving lesson and the use of driving school’s vehicle for the test
$245
(price & time will vary, depending on test location)
*The nearest ‘P’s’ or Hazard Perception Tests are available in Lismore, Ballina, Murwillumbah or Tweed. Travel costs may apply for locations outside of the Byron region.
Prices are for Byron Shire area and include pick up and drop off from your address. Additional costs may apply for all areas outside of Byron Bay.
Frequently Asked Questions
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How many driving lessons you should have depends on a few factors, including your level of experience, your comfort level behind the wheel, and your budget.
If you're under 25, you’ll need to complete 120 log book hours. This can often be achieved with the help of family members and friends who have their unrestricted license. However, lessons from a professional driving instructor can ensure that you’re setting yourself up for success on test-day and beyond!
We find that a minimum of 3 lessons is generally required, to ensure that we have adequate time to teach you the life-saving, safe-driving skills and prepare you for test day.
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There’s no set rules that say you have to have professional driving lessons before you go for your P’s. However, these lessons can help you develop hazard awareness and road-safety skills that are not always taught by friends and family members.
Some people choose to start their learning-to-drive journey with professional lessons, helping them establish great driving habits from the beginning. Others opt to have driving lessons closer to the time that they are ready to go for their P’s, to ensure they have refined all the necessary skills to pass their test. -
To supervise and teach a learner driver, you must hold a current full Australian driver licence.
Both the teacher and a learner driver can be fined if the supervisor does not have a full Australian licence.
As a professional driving school, you’ll benefit from the advanced driving skills that Cath has obtained from completing both Advanced Driving and Defensive Driving courses.
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Cath is a female driving instructor who can help even the most anxious drivers feel at ease. Her calm and patient demeanour will give you all of your confidence back, so that nothing gets in between you and your driving success!
As an experienced driver herself with many years under her belt, Cath is both dedicated and respectful and will work with you and your specific needs, so that no matter what level of ability or experience, you learn to feel confident behind the wheel.
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Cath has worked with people with disability or who have special needs, and knows how to adapt her teaching style to suit each individual.
Cath is patient and calm, creating a non-reactive and reassuring learning environment, with plenty of encouragement along the way to help the new skills learned to sink in.
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If you hold a current license in another Australian state, or an overseas drivers license, you can legally drive in NSW for up to 3 months. After this time, if you are living in NSW, you will be required to obtain a NSW driver’s license.
You can find more information here: https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/transfer-overseas-driver-licence