Casual parking at The Star Gold Coast in Broadbeach is free for the first 3 hours from Monday to Thursday, but from Friday to Sunday it costs $10 once you pass 30 minutes. The first 30 minutes are free every day, as of October 2026, and the day resets at 6:00am.
The City of Gold Coast’s Jubilee Avenue Carpark in Broadbeach is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and costs $3.90 an hour or $19.00 for the day, as of October 2026. It is on basement level one of the Qube building at 2–4 Jubilee Avenue, and vehicles over 2.20 metres high cannot enter.
Parking is free at both City of Gold Coast car parks at Pratten Park in Broadbeach, but each has a time limit: 3 hours between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday at the North car park, and 4 hours between 8.30am and 6pm every day at the South car park. Outside those times, the City says parking at both is available 24/7 and unrestricted.
Parking at Pacific Fair is free for the first 4 hours each day. After that you pay by the half hour, from $10.00 for 4 to 4.5 hours up to $40.00 for more than 10 hours, unless you spend $300 or more on the day and have your parking validated at Concierge, which makes the whole day free.
Parking at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre (GCCEC) in Broadbeach is a flat $15 per entry, per day, including GST. The first 30 minutes are free. The $15 does not cover re-entry, so if you leave and come back you pay again. Prices are as of October 2026, from the centre’s parking page.
Surf Parade in Broadbeach closes to traffic from 6:30am Thursday 15 October until 1pm Monday 19 October for the free Groundwater Country Music Festival, which runs from Friday 16 to Sunday 18 October. The easiest way in is the G:link tram to Broadbeach North, but if you come by train from Brisbane that weekend, note that Gold Coast line trains are replaced by buses.