Visit a service centre
Once you have passed and are 16 or older, apply for your learner licence at a Service NSW centre, mobile service centre or council agency. No booking is needed.
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Passed the DKT? Start your hours properly
The first hours on your Ls set habits that last. For learners under 25, each hour with an accredited instructor records as three log book hours, up to 10 professional hours. Tell us when you get your Ls and we will plan your first lessons.
Sydney South Driving School teaches new learners across Liverpool, Campbelltown and the Macarthur region in automatic cars, with free door-to-door pick-up.
Online or in person
Two ways to sit the DKT
Both lead to the same learner licence. The difference is where you sit the test, what a failed attempt costs and how soon you can try again.
| Detail | DKT online | DKT in person |
|---|---|---|
| Where | At home, on a computer with an internet connection | On a computer at a Service NSW centre |
| Format | A 4 to 6 hour interactive course with practice quizzes, followed by the test | A multiple-choice test |
| Booking | Enrol online and work at your own pace | Book in advance |
| Fee | $58, and the one fee covers unlimited attempts | $58 for each attempt |
| When you pay | When you pass and apply for your licence at a service centre | Each time you attempt the test |
| If you fail | Retake the test after 12 hours | Book and pay again |
| Minimum age | 15 years 11 months to enrol, 16 to apply for the licence | 16 |
| Languages | English, Simplified Chinese, Arabic, Spanish, Vietnamese and Korean | English, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Croatian, Greek, Korean, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish and Vietnamese, with interpreters and Auslan available |
| Course access | 12 months from enrolment | Not applicable |
Choosing
For most learners, the online DKT is the better choice
Online, the $58 covers every attempt and a fail only costs you 12 hours. In person, every fail costs another $58 and another booking. The in-person test suits learners who want a language the online course does not offer, or need an interpreter or Auslan.
What is tested
What the DKT asks about
The test checks that you know the NSW road rules and safe driving behaviour before you drive with a supervisor. Transport for NSW publishes its car question bank, which groups questions into general knowledge, road safety and traffic signs.
Study from the Road User Handbook
The official question bank refers to the Road User Handbook throughout. Reading it once before the practice test makes the practice test far more useful, because you can check why an answer is right instead of memorising it.
Use the free practice test
Transport for NSW runs a free online practice test. Take it until you pass comfortably, and look up every question you get wrong in the handbook.
About the pass mark
The NSW Government's Driver Knowledge Test page does not publish the number of questions or the pass mark for the car test, so this guide does not quote one. The motorcycle Rider Knowledge Test page does publish its structure: 45 questions, with at least 12 of 15 general knowledge questions and at least 29 of 30 road safety questions needed. Do not assume the car test is the same. Aim to pass the free practice test comfortably and consistently before you sit the real one.
Questions learners often get wrong
Rules that apply to a stage of licence rather than to every driver catch people out, such as learner and P plate speed limits, zero alcohol and phone restrictions. So do give-way rules at roundabouts and T-intersections, and school zone times.
After you pass
From a DKT pass to your first drive
Passing the test does not issue the licence by itself. Once you have your Ls, learners under 25 start the log book that leads to the Hazard Perception Test and the driving test, and many book their first Liverpool driving lessons in the same week.
Bring proof of identity
Bring your proof of identity documents, and any medical information if you have a condition that affects your driving.
Pay and get your Ls
Pay the $58 test fee if you took the DKT online, and the $32 learner licence fee.
Start driving with a supervisor
Display L plates, drive with a full licence holder beside you, and log every hour.
Official information
Checked 13 September 2026
Every rule on this page was checked against the NSW Government Driver Knowledge Test page and the Service NSW online DKT page on 13 September 2026. Confirm the current details before you enrol or book.
NSW Government and Service NSW
Driver Knowledge Test Do the DKT online Book the DKT in person
Suburbs taught by Ashraf
Liverpool and surrounding areas
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.
View all 38 Liverpool suburbs we serve
Liverpool
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.
Warwick Farm
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.
Casula
Sits on the Hume Highway south of Liverpool. Layered give-way decisions and arterial merging make it strong ground once the basics are steady.
Edmondson Park
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.
Prestons
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.
Chipping Norton
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.
Moorebank
Newbridge Road and the M5 interchange give you genuine motorway entries and exits without travelling far from home.
Green Valley
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.
Hoxton Park
Steady Cowpasture Road traffic paired with calmer surrounding estates, so a lesson can move between the two without a long drive.
Cecil Hills
Curved estate roads and real gradients here are ideal for controlled hill starts and accurate road positioning.
Cabramatta
A busy town centre with constant pedestrian movement. Lessons here sharpen observation timing and hazard awareness more than anywhere else on the Liverpool side.
Hinchinbrook
A quieter pocket that suits building a reliable routine before heavier traffic gets involved. Ashraf collects you from home, school or work.
Bonnyrigg
Lessons concentrate on low-speed control and parking repetition, then progress toward Cabramatta and central Liverpool as confidence grows.
Bonnyrigg Heights
Good ground for practising controlled stops and smooth take-offs, with the same instructor tracking your progress from one lesson to the next.
Wattle Grove
Well-planned estate streets beside Holsworthy allow steady skill building at a relaxed pace before test-route work begins.
Milperra
Henry Lawson Drive and its bridge approaches provide solid multi-lane driving and merging experience close to home.
Holsworthy
Quiet residential streets sit alongside the Heathcote Road corridor, so one lesson can cover both ends of the difficulty range.
Hammondville
A compact suburb on the Heathcote Road side of the service area, close enough to Liverpool for regular test-route practice.
Voyager Point
Quiet riverside streets stay genuinely low-pressure, which makes this a kind place for a nervous learner to take a first lesson.
Sandy Point
Narrow local roads teach careful positioning and patience with oncoming traffic, then lessons head toward Liverpool for busier conditions.
Horningsea Park
Newer estate streets suit early lessons, and test preparation is usually built around the Edmondson Park centre.
Denham Court
Open, higher-speed roads make this useful for speed management and judging safe gaps, paired with Edmondson Park test-route practice.
Austral
Newer estate streets off Craik Avenue suit a first lesson, with Bringelly Road and Camden Valley Way close by for arterial practice. Test preparation is usually built around the Edmondson Park centre.
Carnes Hill
Three environments close together: calm residential circuits, the Marketplace precinct for low-speed hazards, and Cowpasture Road for multi-lane traffic and turning lanes.
Middleton Grange
A newer estate built around roundabouts rather than cross intersections, so give-way judgement and approach speed get practised from the first lesson. Fifteenth Avenue is close by for arterial work.
Leppington
New estates beside the old semi-rural grid, so a lesson moves from quiet roundabout streets to the changing limits of Ingleburn Road. Camden Valley Way leads straight to the Edmondson Park centre.
West Hoxton
Calm residential streets inside the suburb and heavy Cowpasture Road traffic on its edge, so lessons move from first hours to test-route lane choices without a long drive.
Ashcroft
Under two kilometres from the Orange Grove Road test centre, with two school zones and Maxwells Avenue between the quiet grid and Elizabeth Drive.
Busby
A roundabout-rich residential network for give-way practice, with South Liverpool Road for busier traffic and Orange Grove Road under four kilometres away.
Cartwright
Short Place streets that suit three-point turns and kerbside stops, with Joadja Road and Hoxton Park Road for the step up to arterial traffic.
Elizabeth Hills
A new estate with one of the highest roundabout counts in the area, and Cowpasture Road beside it for arterial practice toward Liverpool.
Heckenberg
Compact Snowy Mountains-named streets either side of South Liverpool Road, with Elizabeth Drive on its edge for the step up to heavier traffic.
Lurnea
Every road type in one suburb: eighty-plus quiet streets, three school zones, Hill Road, Hoxton Park Road and the M5 on its edge.
Miller
Miller Central's car park hazards and school zones on Cabramatta and Cartwright Avenues, with Hoxton Park Road for arterial practice.
Mount Pritchard
Around a hundred residential streets for varied practice, three school zones, and Elizabeth Drive two kilometres from the Orange Grove Road centre.
Sadleir
A quiet core with no arterial road through it, edged by Cartwright, Heckenberg and Sadleir Avenues, which makes it an easy place for a first or nervous lesson.
Bardia
Ed Square and the Edmondson Park test centre sit just across Campbelltown Road, with four roundabouts along Bardia Avenue and five sets of lights onto Campbelltown Road.
Len Waters Estate
A business precinct rather than a housing estate: pick-up from work or the shops, trucks and buses on Airfield Drive, and the Westlink M7 interchange on Cowpasture Road.
Suburbs taught by George Hany
Campbelltown and Macarthur
George Hany covers every suburb below. Choose yours for local road detail, or book straight away and he will come to you.
View all 26 Campbelltown and Macarthur suburbs we serve
Campbelltown
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.
Macquarie Fields
Has its own Service NSW driver testing centre, which makes it the natural test choice for learners in the northern Macarthur suburbs.
Ingleburn
The town centre grid handles the early work, then lessons move onto the busier Campbelltown Road corridor and its school zones.
Narellan
Narellan Road meets Camden Valley Way here, so learners get repeated practice at genuine multi-lane intersections and lane choice under pressure.
Oran Park
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.
Camden
Historic town streets ask for slow, precise driving, while the Camden Bypass covers open-road speed management in the same lesson.
Mount Annan
Estate streets and roundabouts near the Australian Botanic Garden let beginners build early skills without traffic pressure.
Minto
A mix of industrial roads and quiet residential streets, which gives George room to vary a lesson plan without leaving the suburb.
Leumeah
Railway crossings and steady suburban traffic close to Campbelltown centre make this useful for reading the road ahead.
Glen Alpine
Elevated streets give consistent slopes for practising controlled stops and smooth hill take-offs.
St Helens Park
Another suburb with reliable gradients, so hill starts stop being the thing you dread before test day.
Ambarvale
Hilly residential streets and compact blocks suit gradient control and low-speed manoeuvres in the same session.
Woodbine
Compact residential blocks give generous kerb space for reverse parking and three-point turns.
Ruse
Quiet residential crescents make Ruse a comfortable place for the very first session: cockpit setup, moving off, stopping and mirror habits.
Raby
Looping estate streets with clear sight lines are ideal for repeating turns, kerbside stops and three-point turns until they feel automatic.
Kearns
Low-traffic crescents beside Eagle Vale help absolute beginners establish steering and pedal control before anything else.
Eagle Vale
Local shopping-centre approaches and roundabouts feature heavily, which is good preparation for the decisions examiners watch closely.
St Andrews
Local streets suit steering, road position and head-check practice, with the Campbelltown Road corridor a short step away.
Rosemeadow
Winding local roads and active school zones sharpen speed awareness and forward observation.
Currans Hill
Quiet estate roads with quick access to Narellan Road, so a lesson can step up to arterial traffic as soon as you are ready.
Gregory Hills
A newer estate with modern roundabouts, wide roads and clear signage. Plenty of space to make mistakes safely and fix them.
Harrington Park
Well-laid-out estate roads near Camden Valley Way are good for consolidating skills before test-route practice begins.
Elderslie
Sits between Camden and Narellan, mixing older street layouts with newer estate roads in a single lesson.
Camden Park
Quiet roads on the rural edge of the Macarthur region help build comfort with higher speed limits and open-road observation.
Emerald Hills
The Emerald Hills estate has modern intersections and clear signage, which makes it a forgiving place for early traffic decisions.
Willowdale
Wide streets through the Willowdale estate suit first-time learners, with Edmondson Park and Macarthur test routes both within reach.
Driving lessons
Turn the guide into safer driving skills
Choose structured support for your current stage and goals.
Beginner driving lessons
Build vehicle control, observation and safe routines with calm, structured coaching.
Driving test preparation
Practise speed choice, positioning, decisions, hazard response and vehicle control.
Lessons for nervous drivers
Develop confidence through clear explanations, staged practice and useful feedback.
Frequently asked questions
Driver Knowledge Test questions
Use the official links on this page to confirm current rules for your situation.
How much does the Driver Knowledge Test cost in NSW?
The DKT costs $58. Taken online, that one fee covers unlimited attempts and you pay it when you pass and apply for your licence. Taken in person at a service centre, you pay $58 for each attempt. The learner licence itself is a further $32.
How old do you have to be to do the DKT in NSW?
You can enrol in the online DKT from 15 years and 11 months. You must be 16 or older to sit the test in person and to be issued your learner licence.
What happens if I fail the DKT online?
You can retake the test after 12 hours, at no extra cost. The one online fee covers unlimited attempts until you pass.
How long does the online DKT take?
The online course and test is described by Service NSW as a 4 to 6 hour interactive course. You can work through it at your own pace, and you have 12 months of access from when you enrol.
How many questions are in the NSW DKT, and what is the pass mark?
The NSW Government's Driver Knowledge Test page does not publish the number of questions or the pass mark for the car test. The published car question bank groups questions into general knowledge, road safety and traffic signs. The motorcycle knowledge test, which does publish its structure, has 45 questions and needs at least 29 of 30 road safety questions correct. Do not assume the car test matches it; aim to pass the free practice test consistently before sitting the real one.
Can I do the DKT in another language?
Yes. Online, the DKT is available in English, Simplified Chinese, Arabic, Spanish, Vietnamese and Korean. In person, it is available in English, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Croatian, Greek, Korean, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish and Vietnamese, and interpreters and Auslan support can be arranged.
Do I need to book to get my learner licence after passing online?
No. Once you have passed and are 16 or older, you can visit a Service NSW centre, a mobile service centre or a council agency without a booking. Bring your proof of identity documents.
Driving lessons
Your first lesson on your new Ls
Start in quiet streets near home with an accredited instructor and dual controls, then build up to Liverpool traffic.
Automatic lessonsLocal pick-up and drop-offOpen daily, 7am to 7pm