Gympie & District Driving School

06/12/2025

MISSING - Gympie

Police are seeking public assistance to locate a 16-year-old girl who has been reported missing from Gympie. The girl (pictured) was last seen in Gympie

01/10/2025

Did you know your car's exhaust is hot enough to burn grass?

Keep your car off dry grass this fire season.

10/09/2025

Letter To The Editor Gympie Today – Michael Torrens

We are heading into a road safety storm.

Conditions are ripe for our next generation of drivers to be the worst.

It’s also too late.

Our preteens [On e-scooters and the like] have no respect for the road.

No helmets, excessive speed, and a flagrant disregard for their safety or the safety of others.

They duck and weave through traffic, bouncing from pavement to road like a video game.

Whipping across roads without even a glance.

We’ve got so many safety programs for kids and teens, but guess what we don’t have?

Parents enforcing their children’s compliance.

We’ve got police too busy doing other jobs and just driving past nonconforming young road users.

Schools can’t do anything.

Hand on heart, nobody could seriously say these teens will make safe motorists.

They’ve no respect for the law, and they’ve been taught through our inaction that corner-cutting isn’t punished.

We used to do things not just because it was right but because the fear of being caught outweighed everything else.

With this new generation of drivers coming through, all of that is gone.

– Michael Torrens

Owner and operator of Gympie and District Driving School

16/08/2025

I thought it was us stalling

17/07/2025

Another excellent day facilitating RYDA Road Safety for James Nash State High School. Remember it's your life and your choices!

07/05/2025

A great shot of Michael at The Reid Park Street Circuit in Townsville delivering the RYDA Program to regional and remote QLD.

18/12/2024

We are absolutely honoured to facilitate sessions for RYDA here in Australia. Between Michael & Josh they saw 53 Schools and 4900 students between Gympie & South Brisbane and West to Kingaroy. Valuable road safety information and on most occasions free. RYDA Road Safety

27/11/2024

Prepaid vouchers are now back in stock!
Head to Gympie Pet Supplies in Tozer St

16/09/2024

We've moved to 16 Cross St. Right under Oakvale Homes.

As per normal our office is not manned but it is a great place to meet for lessons!

12/09/2024

Every day is a good day to ask if U R Ok

27/08/2024

Drive for Life - The Salvation Army is coming to Gympie and we're partnering up! We'll be providing automatic and manual. Check out Salvos for more info

26/08/2024

Drive like everyone's your family