My Australian Driving Test Experience

I have been driving in India for over 20 years. When I first moved to Sydney as a temporary visitor, I was eligible to drive using my Indian licence until I became a permanent resident. At the time, there was very little incentive to take the NSW driving test; if I failed, I would have lost my eligibility to drive on my Indian licence, too. Last March, due to regulation changes, I could no longer continue driving with my Indian licence. Soon after, we got our Australian Permanent Residence and I'd been meaning to get my licence done but we focused on our house hunt and purchase, that meant most of our weekends were spent on house inspections. After moving in to our new house, I couldn't put off getting the licence done anymore - while we were in the city, public transport was easy and frequent so even get by most of our daily routines, or grocery shopping without any hassles. Now that we're in the outer suburbs - it was a lot harder. Even though our suburbs are reasonably well…