haha what a pisser urq, karma for you champ
when i did my test, it lasted almost an hour, all tests in queensland are supposed to last a minimum of 40mins, and a maximum of 70mins. thats what my driving instructor told me anyway.
if the examiners are as bad as what they are in redcliffe, they will take you to all the little traps around the area, so its best that you go and get your test done in an area you are familiar with.
for example, there is what is called a spoon drain in an intersection of a back street or margate, the examiners would take you there and when you cross the spoon drain, if you dont slow down, you will scrape. the examiner will count this as a collision and you will fail your test.
another example is on the beachfront road in redcliffe, near the police station, heading towards the jetty/margate, there is a 50km/hr sign just before the round-a-about. this sign is right next to a pine tree, and sometimes the pine tree grows over the sign, if the leaves are overhanging they take you through there and then of course you dont see the sign so they bust your ass for speeding and you fail.
if you are going for a manual test it is supposed to be mandatory that you do at least 1 3 point turn, 1 hill start, and 1 reverse park. in an auto however, you dont have to do any of this. that is supposed to be an australia wide ruling too.
you can never be too prepared for a driving test anyway, i failed twice. the first time was the mistake of the examiner, the 2nd time was my fault.
first time, a postie came off a footpath across in front of me, he should have given way to me because he wasnt on the road, however i was failed for not giving way to the postie. go figure. my instructor was furious.
the 2nd time i failed because i was merging with traffic, it was peak hour and there were stacks of cars, so me, trying to be the merging boy i am, merged just before the dotted line started, so i was failed for crossing a solid white line
anyway. thats my story about getting my p's in brisbane.