Parking at Westfield Coomera is free for 2 hours if you are not a Westfield member, and free for under 4 hours if you are a member who has added their number plate to the Westfield app. After that you pay by the half hour, up to a maximum of $36.00 a day. All prices on this page are as of October 2026, taken from the centre’s parking page.
Parking at Westfield Helensvale is free. The centre says it has over 2,000 free parking spaces for your entire day of shopping. This page reflects the centre’s website as of 15 October 2026.
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.
Parking at Dreamworld in Coomera is free. The park’s own FAQ says it has space for over 1,600 cars and 15 buses, with reserved parking for guests with disabilities. We checked this on 15 October 2026 against the Dreamworld website.
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.
City of Gold Coast parking meters take cash or Visa and Mastercard cards, and you can also pay with the EasyPark app. Cash is not accepted at every meter, and the City does not accept American Express. Your parking time starts when your car stops in the space, because most metered areas use in-ground sensors, and you do not need to display a receipt.
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.