Parking at both Roughton Park car parks beside Kirra Beach is free. The City of Gold Coast says there is no charge to park at either one, and that parking is available 24 hours a day. Each car park holds 150 to 199 vehicles, and each has accessible parking spaces. Details on this page are as of October 2026, taken from the City’s car park pages.
The City of Gold Coast’s Tallebudgera Creek car park in Palm Beach is free. It has no meters, and it is open 24 hours, but some bays have a maximum stay of 3 hours between 7am and 5pm, Monday to Sunday. The City says spaces fill quickly on weekends and public holidays, so it recommends arriving early. Details on this page are as of October 2026, taken from the City’s car park and park pages.
The City of Gold Coast runs two free car parks in Palm Beach, and both limit your stay to 3 hours on weekdays. The Fifth Avenue & Cypress Terrace car park has a 3-hour limit from 7am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. The Palm Beach Parklands car park has a 3-hour limit from 8am to 4pm, Monday to Friday. Outside those times, the City says parking is unrestricted at both. Details on this page are as of October 2026, taken from the City’s car park pages.
The City of Gold Coast’s Frigo Court and Holden Place car parks in Bundall both charge $3.20 an hour and $11.10 a day, and you pay between 9am and 7pm, Monday to Sunday. Parking at both is free outside those times. The City lists public holiday charges as applying, excluding Anzac Day, but one line on the Frigo Court page says otherwise, so check the sign.
The City of Gold Coast’s Alex Black car park in Burleigh Heads costs $3.20 an hour or $9.20 for the day, and you pay between 9am and 7pm every day of the week, including public holidays (Anzac Day is the exception). Parking is available 24 hours a day and is free outside those paid times. Prices on this page are as of October 2026, taken from the City’s car park page.
Both of the City of Gold Coast’s small car parks at the southern end of the coast are free: the Chalk & Lanham Street car park in Coolangatta and the Bielby Street car park in Tugun Village. Bielby Street has no time limits and is open 24/7, while Chalk & Lanham Street mixes time-restricted and unrestricted bays, so you need to read the signs.
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 is free at both the Doug Jennings Park car park and the Philip Park car park on The Spit at Main Beach. The City of Gold Coast says there is no charge at either. Doug Jennings Park has a listed capacity of 700 to 799 spaces and Philip Park 200 to 249, and both are off Seaworld Drive.
Parking at the Broadwater car park in Southport costs $3.60 an hour, and the City of Gold Coast says you pay between 9am and 7pm, Monday to Sunday, public holidays included (Anzac Day is excluded). It is a large outdoor car park inside Broadwater Parklands on Marine Parade, and the City lists its capacity as 650 to 699 spaces.
The City of Gold Coast’s Cypress Avenue car park in Surfers Paradise costs $9.20 for a day, or $3.20 an hour, and you pay between 9am and 7pm every day of the week, public holidays included (Anzac Day is the exception). The car park is open 24 hours, and parking is free outside those paid times.