Main Beach

CLOSURES · UNTIL 13 NOVSurfers Paradise · Main Beach

After the Gold Coast 500 (QLD): One-Way Roads and No-Parking Clearways Until 5am Tuesday 27 October, Then Works at Surfers Paradise and Main Beach Into Mid-November

Surfers Paradise Boulevard near Cypress Avenue, photographed in June 2026, shown for orientation

The Gold Coast 500 circuit roads in Surfers Paradise and Main Beach stay one-way, anti-clockwise, all of Monday 26 October and return to normal at 5am on Tuesday 27 October, and parking is banned in special event clearways until then. Removal works continue on the roads until mid-November.

TRANSPORT GUIDESurfers Paradise · Broadbeach

G:link Station Guide: All 27 Stops from Helensvale to Burleigh Heads, With Travel Times and Connections (Gold Coast, QLD)

Surfers Paradise light rail station in June 2026

The G:link’s L1 line runs between Helensvale and Burleigh Heads with 27 stations, and the whole trip took 63 minutes on the first of the five sample trips in Translink’s timetable for Monday 19 October 2026. Eight of the stations are new with the extension of the line south to Burleigh Heads, and Translink changed local bus routes to match on Monday 7 September 2026.

TRANSPORT GUIDESurfers Paradise · Southport

Hopo Ferry on the Gold Coast: Hourly Timetable, Fares and Stops from Surfers Paradise to Sea World (QLD)

Southport Pier, Southport, Queensland

The Hopo ferry runs a hop-on hop-off service on the Broadwater, leaving Surfers Paradise every hour from 9:15am to 4:15pm and calling at HOTA, Marina Mirage, Broadwater Parklands in Southport and Sea World. A single fare starts at $6 for a child, and a one-way adult fare between the two nearest stops costs $10 as of October 2026.

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Gold Coast 500 2026 (QLD): A Race Ticket Means Free Trains, Kinetic Buses and G:link, but Not Airtrain

G:link tram at Surfers Paradise North station

If you hold a pre-purchased ticket to the Supercars Gold Coast 500, Translink says you can travel free to and from the race on all regular Queensland Rail City Network trains, Kinetic Gold Coast bus services and G: services, excluding Airtrain. The free travel runs from the first service until the last service on the date printed on your event ticket.

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Gold Coast 500 Event Week 2026: Transporter Parade, Free Driver Signing and Tedder Avenue Street Party — Times and Access (QLD)

Main Beach, Gold Coast, looking towards Surfers Paradise

Before the Gold Coast 500 racing starts on Friday 23 October, the organisers list three events around Main Beach and Surfers Paradise: a transporter parade on Wednesday 21 October, a free Drivers Sunset Signing on Thursday 22 October from 5:30pm to 6:30pm, and a Tedder Avenue street party on Saturday 24 October from 3pm to 7pm.

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Sea World Gold Coast: Parking and Getting There During the Gold Coast 500 — Waterways Drive Stays Open (Main Beach, QLD)

Sea World Australia entrance sign, Main Beach

Sea World stays open during Gold Coast 500 week, and Waterways Drive, the main road to Sea World, The Spit and Main Beach, is open and is not part of the racing circuit. The organisers warn there may be delays on the Gold Coast Highway, Waterways Drive and Southport Bridge, and changed traffic conditions run from Monday 19 October to 5am on Tuesday 27 October.

EVENTMain Beach · The Spit

Free Parking on The Spit: Doug Jennings Park Car Park (700 to 799 Spaces) and Philip Park Car Park (200 to 249), Main Beach (Gold Coast, QLD)

The Gold Coast Seaway at Main Beach

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.

CLOSURES · UNTIL 3 NOVSurfers Paradise · Main Beach

Gold Coast 500 Bus Stop Closures: Where Routes 70, 704 and 705 Stop Instead Until 3 November (QLD)

Main Beach G:link station seen from across the Gold Coast Highway, with a sign to Tedder Avenue

Bus stops on Main Beach Parade have been closed since Tuesday 13 October, and more close on Sunday 18 and Monday 19 October, so routes 70, 704 and 705 stop in different places around Main Beach and Surfers Paradise until Tuesday 3 November. The closures are for the Gold Coast 500, and most of them lift at 5am on Tuesday 27 October, two days after the race weekend.

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Gold Coast 500 2026 Road Closures: One-Way Circuit From Monday 19 October, Track Closed Friday to Sunday (QLD)

Gold Coast Highway and the Sundale Bridge towards Main Beach and Surfers Paradise

From about 5am on Monday 19 October, the streets of the Gold Coast 500 circuit in Main Beach and Surfers Paradise turn one-way, anti-clockwise, and the Gold Coast Highway runs with reduced lanes until 5am on Tuesday 27 October. The track itself is shut to all vehicles from 6am to 6pm on Friday 23 October and from 7am to 7pm on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 October.

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Gold Coast 500 2026: No Public Parking — How to Get There by Tram, Train and Bus (23–25 October, QLD)

G:link tram at Main Beach station

There is no public parking at the 2026 Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500, so the practical way in is the G:link tram: Main Beach station is about 200m from the gates if you come from the north, and the new Cypress Avenue station is about 600m from Gate 6 if you come from the south. Your race ticket also covers free travel on Queensland Rail City network trains, the G:link and Kinetic buses.