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.
The most you can be charged at the Bruce Bishop car park in Surfers Paradise is $21 for a calendar day, with one entry and one exit. The City of Gold Coast runs the car park at 10 Beach Road, and it takes cards only: no cash is accepted, and only Mastercard and Visa work.
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.
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.
The City of Gold Coast’s Carey, Athol Paterson and Cloyne Road car parks in Southport all charge $3.20 an hour or $9.20 a day, and you pay between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Saturday. Parking at all three is free outside those times, and charges apply on public holidays except Anzac Day.
There is no public parking at Cbus Super Stadium in Robina. The stadium says so on its parking page, and the nearest alternatives are free shuttle buses from three Park & Ride sites, or Robina station, which is about 350 metres south of the stadium. The next event is the Rugby League World Cup 2026 on Saturday 31 October.
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.
Gold Coast Airport gives you the first 10 minutes of short term parking free, then charges $10 for up to half an hour. For longer stays the drive-up rates run from $28 a day in the Budget car park to $75 a day in the Premium car park. All prices on this page are as of October 2026, include GST and come from the airport’s drive-up rates page.