THE Easter holidays gave good chance to get some extra learning in, this meant I was able to do three one hour long driving lessons with my father.

I'll have to dedicate my time to the second one in this article as it was the most new and the greatest learning curve.

For a change we went to an area widely used by instructors to train people with junctions, traffic and of course stationary cars.

This area is better suited for more advanced learner drivers who have already grasped the basics.

It's an interlinked, fairly busy suburban sprawl of older houses, near and around the Ladies College, with superb junctions so it's great to learn how to handle all types!

I started by pulling out onto the road into this network of roads, easily pulling out after traffic had passed.

On down the road till we were able to do a lap of where we were learning, and trying to take in the differences in junctions.

Then trying to pull up to the junctions with the right amount of space to see out, but under the amount needed for a car speeding past not to smash into the front.

I did this on many different junctions - on uphill, blind, giveway and stop - adding to my ability to do them and a feel for what's best in each situation.

Of course there was my bad junctions - an uphill restart while accidentally shifting down made it a very hairy moment to say the least, but easily recoverable.

Getting junctions done close to town is a good experience, although I wont be dealing with in town driving with my dad as that's one area duel controls are needed the most.

Other things are dealing with parked traffic as you have to stay a set distance away from the cars so if someone opens the door or walks out there is a good amount of room to not smash the door off!

This was more easy here but in town it could be a lot harder!
I also did practice a few other things in a large back road, uphill starts again, and the three point turn - all fun!