Learner driver log book hours
Ashraf and George Hany are Transport for NSW accredited instructors who teach learner drivers across Liverpool, Campbelltown and Macarthur, complete your Learner Driver Log Book at the end of every lesson, and record each eligible hour as three logbook hours while you are under 25.
What the NSW log book asks for
Service NSW asks a learner driver under 25 to record supervised driving in the Learner Driver Log Book before booking the practical driving test, and the six cards below set out exactly what those hours have to show.
A learner driver under 25 records at least 120 hours of supervised driving in the log book before the practical driving test, and every hour driven with Ashraf in the Liverpool region or George Hany in Campbelltown and Macarthur is written up before you get out of the car.
At least 20 of the 120 hours are driven between sunset and sunrise, which is why Sydney South Driving School runs evening bookings until 7pm across Liverpool, Casula, Campbelltown and Oran Park all year round.
A learner under 25 holds the learner licence for at least 12 months before moving to a P1 licence, so the smoothest plan spreads roughly 10 hours of driving across each of those months rather than saving them for the end.
Service NSW does not ask a learner aged 25 or over to submit log book hours, and those drivers usually book a short block of lessons with Ashraf or George to reach a confident, test-ready standard instead.
Hours are kept in the digital log book inside the Service NSW app or in the paper Learner Driver Log Book, and your instructor fills in the date, start and finish times, kilometres, conditions and their accreditation number for every lesson.
A supervising driver holds a full Australian driver licence for that class of vehicle, so a parent, older sibling or family friend on a provisional licence cannot sign your log book, while an accredited instructor always can.
3-for-1 logbook hours
A learner driver under 25 who takes a structured lesson with a Transport for NSW accredited instructor can have each eligible hour recorded as three hours in the log book, up to the published limit, which is the fastest legitimate way to build the 120 total while the driving itself improves. The full NSW learner hours guide explains the rule in detail.
How a logbook lesson runs
Four straightforward stages, run by one instructor in an automatic car, with free door-to-door pick-up from home, school or work in every suburb listed on this page.
Send your suburb, mobile and current log book total through the form at the top of this page, and the enquiry reaches Ashraf for the Liverpool region or George Hany for Campbelltown and Macarthur within one business day.
Your instructor collects you from your door, checks what you can already do on quiet streets such as Wilby Street at Chipping Norton or the crescents around Raby, then sets the two or three skills this lesson will build.
A lesson moves from local streets to the conditions your log book is thin on, whether that is roundabouts at Gregory Hills, merging on the Hume Highway, wet weather, night driving or reverse parking at Prestons.
Before you leave the car, your instructor records the drive in your log book with the eligible 3-for-1 credit, names what improved, and gives you two exercises to repeat with your supervising driver during the week.
Planning the 120 hours
A learner who drives around 10 hours a month reaches 120 hours inside the 12 months the learner licence has to be held, and the plan below shows what each stage is best spent on so the total arrives with genuine skill behind it.
| Stage of the learner licence | Hours to aim for | What the driving covers |
|---|---|---|
| Months 1 to 2, first control | About 15 hours, including 2 professional lessons | Cockpit setup, moving off, stopping, steering and mirror habits on quiet streets in your own suburb, such as Ashfordby Street at Chipping Norton or the crescents around Kearns. |
| Months 3 to 4, local roads | About 25 hours in total, including night driving | Intersections, give-way decisions, school zones and kerbside stops on Cowpasture Road, Cabramatta town streets or the roads around Mount Annan, plus your first hours after sunset. |
| Months 5 to 6, busier traffic | About 50 hours in total | Multi-lane roads, lane changes and roundabouts on Narellan Road, Governor Macquarie Drive or Camden Valley Way, where timing and gap selection matter more than steering. |
| Months 7 to 9, highways and weather | About 85 hours in total | Merging and speed management on the Hume Highway and Hume Motorway, wet-weather driving, hill starts around Glen Alpine and the remainder of your 20 night hours. |
| Months 10 to 11, manoeuvres | About 110 hours in total | Reverse parallel parking, 90-degree parking and three-point turns repeated against real kerbs at Prestons, Woodbine and Oran Park until the reference points are automatic. |
| Month 12, test standard | 120 hours, ready to book the test | Full drives on the roads around your Service NSW centre at Warwick Farm, Edmondson Park, Macquarie Fields or Macarthur, at the standard the testing officer assesses. |
Your 20 night hours
Night hours are the hours driven between sunset and sunrise, and they are the part of the log book a family cannot catch up on quickly, because a summer evening in Liverpool stays light until well after dinner.
Ashraf and George Hany book evening lessons against the actual sunset time for the season, so a 5.30pm start in June fills your night column while the same booking in December does not. Winter is the cheapest time to bank night hours, and both instructors teach until 7pm seven days a week.
A night lesson does more than move a number. Learners practise low beam and high beam choice on unlit stretches of Newbridge Road, recovering from oncoming glare on Appin Road, judging following distance under street lights on Governor Macquarie Drive, and spotting pedestrians on the Campbelltown and Casula shopping streets where dark clothing appears late.
The 3-for-1 bonus hours from an eligible evening lesson are recorded as daytime hours, so only the time you actually drive after sunset counts toward the 20-hour night requirement. Your instructor writes both figures into the log book at the end of the lesson so the two columns stay correct.
For parents and supervising drivers
Most of the 120 hours are driven with a parent or family member beside the learner, so Sydney South Driving School treats a supervising driver as part of the plan rather than an afterthought.
A supervising driver holds a full Australian driver licence for the class of vehicle, sits in the front passenger seat, and records the drive in the digital log book in the Service NSW app or in the paper book. The learner enters the date, times, distance and conditions, and the supervisor confirms the entry, which is why filling it in at the end of the drive is far easier than reconstructing a week later.
After every lesson, Ashraf or George tells the supervising driver exactly what to practise next, such as head checks before every lane change on Newbridge Road, or slowing to walking pace during reverse parking at Prestons. That handover keeps home practice building the same habits the lesson taught rather than quietly undoing them.
Parents who have not taught a learner before often ask what they are allowed to correct. A short phone call with your instructor after the first lesson answers that, and many families in Liverpool, Campbelltown and Macarthur use one lesson every two or three weeks purely to keep their own supervision on track.
Keeping the log book right
Service NSW asks a learner and their supervising driver to declare log book hours accurately, and an honest, complete book is also the one that shows a testing officer a genuinely prepared driver.
Record each drive as it finishes, while the start time, finish time and distance are still in front of you, and keep the digital log book in the Service NSW app updated rather than transferring a month of drives from memory.
Vary what you record as well as how much. A book full of one easy route around a single suburb builds a smaller driver than the same hours spread across quiet streets, arterial roads, rain, night driving and unfamiliar suburbs.
Lesson packages
The $700 ten-hour package is the one most under-25 learners choose, because those 10 hours are the exact number that can attract the 3-for-1 credit and can be recorded as 30 log book hours. Every price below includes free pick-up and drop-off in your suburb.
Perfect for beginners
$80
One automatic lesson hour, including pick-up and drop-off.
Most popular
$150
Two automatic lesson hours, including pick-up and drop-off.
Save $30
$370
Five lesson hours, including pick-up and drop-off.
Best value
$700
Ten lesson hours, including pick-up and drop-off.
Lessons plus test day
$770
Eight lesson hours, a warm-up lesson on test day and car hire for the Service NSW assessment.
Test-ready package
$220
A one-hour warm-up lesson plus car hire for the driving test.
Suburbs taught by Ashraf
Every suburb below has its own page with local road detail and booking information. Pick-up and drop-off is free anywhere on this list.
Our home base. Lessons cover the 40km/h zones and pedestrian traffic around Liverpool Hospital and the Bigge Street precinct, then step up to the Hume Highway. Pick-up from Westfield Liverpool, Liverpool Station, local schools and workplaces.
The Liverpool Service NSW testing centre sits on Orange Grove Road in Warwick Farm, so this is the natural place to rehearse the decisions you will make the moment you leave the car park.
Sits on the Hume Highway south of Liverpool. Layered give-way decisions and arterial merging make it strong ground once the basics are steady.
Home to one of the region's Service NSW driver testing centres. Learners here practise on the same estate layout, roundabouts and school zones they will be assessed on.
The structured street grid gives consistent kerb lines and bay spacing, which makes reverse parking and roundabout work far easier to repeat until it sticks.
Early control work runs on Wilby Street and Ashfordby Street, three-point turns on Derby Crescent, then a measured move into Governor Macquarie Drive traffic.
Newbridge Road and the M5 interchange give you genuine motorway entries and exits without travelling far from home.
Quiet residential roads off Cowpasture Road make an easy starting point for a first-ever lesson, with arterial traffic close by when you are ready.
Steady Cowpasture Road traffic paired with calmer surrounding estates, so a lesson can move between the two without a long drive.
Curved estate roads and real gradients here are ideal for controlled hill starts and accurate road positioning.
A busy town centre with constant pedestrian movement. Lessons here sharpen observation timing and hazard awareness more than anywhere else on the Liverpool side.
A quieter pocket that suits building a reliable routine before heavier traffic gets involved. Ashraf collects you from home, school or work.
Lessons concentrate on low-speed control and parking repetition, then progress toward Cabramatta and central Liverpool as confidence grows.
Good ground for practising controlled stops and smooth take-offs, with the same instructor tracking your progress from one lesson to the next.
Well-planned estate streets beside Holsworthy allow steady skill building at a relaxed pace before test-route work begins.
Henry Lawson Drive and its bridge approaches provide solid multi-lane driving and merging experience close to home.
Quiet residential streets sit alongside the Heathcote Road corridor, so one lesson can cover both ends of the difficulty range.
A compact suburb on the Heathcote Road side of the service area, close enough to Liverpool for regular test-route practice.
Quiet riverside streets stay genuinely low-pressure, which makes this a kind place for a nervous learner to take a first lesson.
Narrow local roads teach careful positioning and patience with oncoming traffic, then lessons head toward Liverpool for busier conditions.
Newer estate streets suit early lessons, and test preparation is usually built around the Edmondson Park centre.
Open, higher-speed roads make this useful for speed management and judging safe gaps, paired with Edmondson Park test-route practice.
Suburbs taught by George Hany
George Hany covers every suburb below. Choose yours for local road detail, or book straight away and he will come to you.
George's home ground. Lessons start on quiet crescents, then build to Narellan Road's multi-lane intersections, the Macarthur Square approaches and the Hume Motorway interchanges.
Has its own Service NSW driver testing centre, which makes it the natural test choice for learners in the northern Macarthur suburbs.
The town centre grid handles the early work, then lessons move onto the busier Campbelltown Road corridor and its school zones.
Narellan Road meets Camden Valley Way here, so learners get repeated practice at genuine multi-lane intersections and lane choice under pressure.
A modern road network of roundabouts and school zones off The Northern Road. Clear signage makes it a good place to build give-way confidence.
Historic town streets ask for slow, precise driving, while the Camden Bypass covers open-road speed management in the same lesson.
Estate streets and roundabouts near the Australian Botanic Garden let beginners build early skills without traffic pressure.
A mix of industrial roads and quiet residential streets, which gives George room to vary a lesson plan without leaving the suburb.
Railway crossings and steady suburban traffic close to Campbelltown centre make this useful for reading the road ahead.
Elevated streets give consistent slopes for practising controlled stops and smooth hill take-offs.
Another suburb with reliable gradients, so hill starts stop being the thing you dread before test day.
Hilly residential streets and compact blocks suit gradient control and low-speed manoeuvres in the same session.
Compact residential blocks give generous kerb space for reverse parking and three-point turns.
Quiet residential crescents make Ruse a comfortable place for the very first session: cockpit setup, moving off, stopping and mirror habits.
Looping estate streets with clear sight lines are ideal for repeating turns, kerbside stops and three-point turns until they feel automatic.
Low-traffic crescents beside Eagle Vale help absolute beginners establish steering and pedal control before anything else.
Local shopping-centre approaches and roundabouts feature heavily, which is good preparation for the decisions examiners watch closely.
Local streets suit steering, road position and head-check practice, with the Campbelltown Road corridor a short step away.
Winding local roads and active school zones sharpen speed awareness and forward observation.
Quiet estate roads with quick access to Narellan Road, so a lesson can step up to arterial traffic as soon as you are ready.
A newer estate with modern roundabouts, wide roads and clear signage. Plenty of space to make mistakes safely and fix them.
Well-laid-out estate roads near Camden Valley Way are good for consolidating skills before test-route practice begins.
Sits between Camden and Narellan, mixing older street layouts with newer estate roads in a single lesson.
Quiet roads on the rural edge of the Macarthur region help build comfort with higher speed limits and open-road observation.
The Emerald Hills estate has modern intersections and clear signage, which makes it a forgiving place for early traffic decisions.
Wide streets through the Willowdale estate suit first-time learners, with Edmondson Park and Macarthur test routes both within reach.
Filling specific gaps
A log book shows its own gaps. Sydney South Driving School matches a lesson to the column that is short, so the hours you add next are the hours you actually need.
A learner who has never driven starts with automatic lessons for beginners on quiet local streets, which is a calmer first log book entry than a parent's car on a Saturday morning.
Evening lessons with Ashraf or George put real hours between sunset and sunrise into the log book while teaching headlight use, glare recovery and low-light distance judgement.
A wet-weather lesson uses genuine rain to practise longer stopping distances, gentler steering and reduced visibility, so a wet test day or a wet drive home is already familiar.
Parking practice lessons build reverse parallel, 90-degree and angle parking against real kerbs at Prestons and Woodbine, using reference points you can repeat with your supervising driver.
A practice test on the roads around your own Service NSW centre shows what a testing officer would mark, which is a better use of hour 118 than another lap of your street.
Once the log book is complete, you can hire the same Sydney South automatic you trained in for the Service NSW assessment, with a warm-up lesson on the roads around the centre first.
Calm, staged lessons for nervous drivers get a stalled log book moving again, because a learner who dreads the next drive stops recording hours altogether.
Saturday and Sunday lessons from 7am to 7pm suit a learner at school, university or working full time, and weekend mornings are the easiest hours to book consistently.
The NSW learner hours guide sets out the 120-hour and 20-night-hour requirements, the age-25 exemption and the 3-for-1 limit in one page you can send to a parent.
Who decides what
Reading this before you book keeps the two roles clear, so nothing about your log book comes as a surprise in the month you want to sit the driving test.
Sydney South Driving School provides accredited instruction, completes your log book for the lessons you take and prepares you for the practical driving test. Service NSW sets the current requirements for supervised hours, night hours, exemptions, the 3-for-1 credit and how the log book is submitted, and confirms your eligibility before a test appointment is issued.
Using your Learner Driver Log Book Getting your driver licence in NSW
A log book is a declaration, and Service NSW expects the learner and the supervising driver to record only the driving that actually happened. Sydney South Driving School records the exact time you drive with your instructor, including the eligible bonus hours, and will not sign for hours you did not drive.
Sydney South Driving School teaches learner drivers in automatic vehicles across Liverpool, Campbelltown and Macarthur. Hours driven in an automatic count in your log book in the ordinary way, and passing the practical test in an automatic gives you a NSW licence carrying an automatic condition, which Service NSW explains in full. A learner who needs a manual licence sits the test in a manual vehicle arranged elsewhere.
See automatic lessons for beginners Compare lesson packages and logbook value
Professional standards
Ashraf and George Hany hold Transport for NSW accreditation, Australian Driver Trainers Association membership, Working with Children Checks and National Police Checks, which is the standard a learner and their parents should expect from the instructor writing in their log book.
ADTA membership supports current professional training standards.
Recognised, structured driving instruction for NSW learners.
Vetted instructor conduct for younger learners and their families.
Lessons aligned with NSW road rules and assessment standards.
Added reassurance for learners and parents.
Learner feedback
Learners and parents across Liverpool, Campbelltown and Macarthur describe how their log book hours and test day went, and the live review feed loads below with a public profile link as its fallback.
Frequently asked questions
Clear answers on the 120 hours, the 20 night hours, 3-for-1 credit, supervising drivers and how a lesson is recorded.
A learner driver under 25 records at least 120 hours of supervised driving in the Learner Driver Log Book, including at least 20 hours at night, before sitting the practical driving test. A learner aged 25 or over is not asked to submit log book hours, although Service NSW still confirms eligibility before a test appointment.
Yes. Every hour you drive with a Transport for NSW accredited instructor is recorded in your log book, and for an eligible learner under 25 each of those hours can be entered as three hours under the 3-for-1 rule, up to a maximum of 10 actual instructor hours.
One eligible lesson hour with an accredited instructor is recorded as three log book hours: the hour you drove plus two bonus hours. A maximum of 10 actual hours can attract the credit, so 10 lesson hours can appear as 30 recorded hours, which leaves 90 hours for supervised practice.
Yes. The 10-hour ceiling applies only to the bonus credit, not to how many lessons you can book. Learners often add lessons for parking, night driving, wet weather or test preparation, and those hours are still recorded in the log book at their actual duration.
No. If an eligible lesson is driven after sunset, the actual time you drove counts as night driving, while the bonus portion is recorded as daytime hours. That is why Ashraf and George book real evening lessons rather than treating a late-afternoon booking as night practice.
A supervising driver holds a full Australian driver licence for the class of vehicle you are driving and sits in the front passenger seat. A provisional licence holder cannot supervise a learner in NSW, so a parent, older relative or family friend on a full licence is the usual choice between lessons.
Yes. Before you get out of the car, your instructor completes the entry with the date, the start and finish times, the distance driven, the conditions and their accreditation number, including any 3-for-1 credit that applies, so nothing has to be reconstructed later.
Either. Sydney South Driving School instructors record lessons in the digital log book inside the Service NSW app or in the paper Learner Driver Log Book, whichever you use. Tell your instructor at the start of the lesson which one you are keeping.
Ashraf teaches Liverpool and surrounding suburbs including Casula, Prestons, Chipping Norton, Cabramatta, Moorebank and Edmondson Park. George Hany teaches Campbelltown and Macarthur including Ingleburn, Minto, Narellan, Oran Park, Camden and Gregory Hills. Pick-up and drop-off is free in every suburb listed on this page.
A learner who drives about 10 hours a month reaches 120 hours inside the 12 months an under-25 learner has to hold the learner licence. Booking one lesson a month and a few supervised drives a week keeps that pace comfortable without a rush at the end.
Service NSW does not require log book hours from a learner aged 25 or over. Most drivers in that position book a short block of lessons with Ashraf or George to reach a reliable, test-standard level of driving, then move straight to test preparation.
Yes. Sydney South Driving School teaches seven days a week from 7am to 7pm, including weekends and evenings, and collects you from home, school or work. That flexibility is what keeps log book hours accumulating during term time and shift work.
Log book hours
Send your suburb, mobile and current log book total through the four-field form, and Ashraf or George Hany will confirm a lesson time, complete your Learner Driver Log Book at the end of it and tell you exactly what to practise next.
