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Gold Coast Parks

Surrounded by beautiful parks with BBQ, picnic and playground facilities, the Gold Coast has a park for everyone.

Sports Facilities

Our sporting facilities are world-standard. They cater for a myriad of sports and were the training bases to many Olympic and Paralympic teams – including boxers, rowers, cyclists and soccer teams - in the lead up to the Sydney 2000 Games. They will also be key venues for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. 

Major Sporting Centres

Carrara Indoor Stadium

Broadbeach-Nerang Road, Carrara
Contact: Booking Officer
Phone: (07) 5581 7082

Gold Coast Athletics Track

Parklands Boulevard, Parkwood
Phone: (07) 5594 9329

Gold Coast Cycle Centre

Hope Street, Nerang
Phone: (07) 5581 7082

Palm Meadows Baseball Facility

Palm Meadows Drive, Carrara
Phone: (07) 5581 7082

Runaway Bay Indoor Stadium

Sports Drive, Runaway Bay
Phone: (07) 5581 7082

Runaway Bay Sports Super Centre

Sports Drive, Runaway Bay
Phone: (07) 5500 9988

Sports Facilities Upgrades

Mallawa Drive Sporting Complex upgrade

Over the next six months, users of the Mallawa Drive Sporting Complex in Palm Beach will see improvements to the netball courts and lighting.

The $1.4 million project will upgrade the facility in line with compulsory Australian standards, including the Building Code of Australia, for elements including:

  • obtrusive spill lighting for adjacent properties - our design engineers undertake design compliance through light modelling software to do this 
  • post construction auditing of the upgraded flood lighting system.

Works are expected to be completed in March 2013.

Inspections will be carried out during construction and completion phases to obtain certification in building approvals.

The project is part of Council’s program of regularly upgrading and maintaining its community assets to ensure they comply with regulation and to prolong their lifespan.