Victoria (VIC) Driving Test Routes

Find your testing location

Victoria driving tests are run at local VicRoads testing locations, and every one uses different streets, intersections, and parking spots. Pick your city below for turn-by-turn practice routes built around your exact location, delivered straight to your phone with no app required.

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Victoria driving test practice routes

Booking your test through VicRoads is only half the job. The real edge on test day comes from already knowing the streets, intersections, and turns your examiner is about to take you through. Below you'll find practice routes built around actual VicRoads testing locations, so you can rehearse the same roads before you ever get in the car with an examiner.

Real routes, delivered straight to your phone

Every route in this collection is built from a mix of first-hand feedback from Victorian driving instructors and recent test-takers, GPS data collected near each testing location, and, where available, footage of real driving tests that's been manually reviewed and mapped for accuracy.

Unlike some route providers, we don't lock this behind a separate app. Buy a route package here and you'll get an instant digital download you can open directly in Google Maps on any phone, Android or iPhone, and follow turn-by-turn, the same way you'd navigate to a friend's house. No app store install, no account, no subscription.

How Victoria's Graduated Licensing System works

Victoria's system is more age-sensitive than most, with different hold periods depending on how old you are when you start:

  • Learner permit: If you're under 21, you need to log 120 hours of supervised driving, including 20 hours at night. The minimum hold period is 12 months if you're under 21, 6 months if you're 21 to 24, and just 3 months if you're 25 or over, with no logbook required at all once you're 21.
  • Hazard perception test: A computer based test covering 25 scenarios, checking how well you observe the whole road scene and respond within a timed window. You have to pass it before you're allowed to book your drive test.
  • P1 (red plates): Earned by passing the drive test after the HPT. Zero blood alcohol applies, and night driving comes with passenger restrictions. Minimum hold: 1 year.
  • P2 (green plates): This is where age matters most. If you were under 21 when you got your P's, you're on P2 for 3 years. If you were 21 or over, it's just 1 year.
  • Full licence: Available once you complete your P2 period with a clean enough record.

What's actually tested on the drive test

To book your drive test you need to be at least 18, have held your learner permit for at least 12 months, completed your logbook hours if you're under 21, and already passed the hazard perception test. The drive test itself is separate from the HPT: where the HPT checks how you respond to hazards on screen, the drive test is about car handling and demonstrating safe driving on real roads, things like vehicle control, observation, and following road rules through a live route.

How to book your test and what it costs

The drive test costs $51.80 plus a $21.50 appointment fee, $73.30 in total. Your first attempt at the hazard perception test online is free; after that, each new online attempt costs $20.70, or $21.50 plus $20.70 if you sit it in person at a VicRoads customer service centre.

Why practice by location?

Victoria splits its network into Licence Testing Centres, where the actual drive test happens, and Customer Service Centres, which handle general licensing and registration work. A route built around a Licence Testing Centre in Pakenham East looks nothing like one built around a Customer Service Centre in Mildura. That's why every route package is built around one specific testing location, matched to where your actual test will run.

Tips for passing your Victoria driving test

  • Take your free HPT attempt seriously. It's the only one that doesn't cost anything, so treat it like the real thing rather than a practice run.
  • Log your night driving hours early if you're under 21. Twenty hours is more than most learners expect, and they're easier to spread out than to cram in near the end.
  • Know your P2 timeline going in. If you're under 21 when you get your P's, you're looking at 3 years on green plates, not 1, so plan around that rather than being caught off guard.
  • Practice at your actual testing centre, not just any VicRoads location. Licence Testing Centres and Customer Service Centres aren't always the same building.
  • Drive smoothly and confidently. Hesitation at intersections is marked the same way poor decision making is.
  • Check the appointment and test fees before you book. The total cost is the drive test fee plus a separate appointment fee, not just one number.

Useful resources for Victorian learner drivers