Padel in Burleigh Heads — PadlX Opens October 2026, and Where to Play Now

Burleigh gets its first padel courts in October 2026: four outdoor courts at PadlX on Kortum Drive. Here is what is coming, what it will cost, and the three venues within twenty minutes you can play at this week.

Burleigh Heads has been the obvious gap on the Gold Coast padel map — a suburb full of people who surf at six and want somewhere to play at seven, with the nearest courts at Robina or Currumbin. PadlX is about to fix that, and the second PadlX site at Arundel follows a month later.

PadlX Burleigh Heads — opening October 2026

Address	80 Kortum Drive, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220
Courts	Four outdoor courts
Hours (published)	5am–10pm, seven days
Court hire (published)	Off-peak $80 an hour ($20 a player) — weekdays 9am–4pm, weekends and holidays 5–9am. Peak $100 an hour ($25 a player) — weekdays 5–9am and 4–10pm, weekends and holidays 9am–10pm
On site	Coaching, pro shop, cafe and bar, viewing areas
Status	Opening October 2026; founding memberships open now at padlx.com.au

Those hours and prices are what PadlX has published in advance and may change at opening. We will update this page when the doors open — if you are a founding member and know the day, tell us.

Where to play from Burleigh right now

Venue	Drive from Burleigh	Courts	Book via
Racquet Club, Robina Town Centre	About 15 min	7 open-air, 5am–11pm	Playtomic
House of Pickle, Currumbin Waters	About 15 min	1 indoor	PodPlay
Padel Gold Coast, Carrara	About 20 min	6 floodlit outdoor, 5:30am–10pm	Matchi

Robina is the default for most Burleigh players — biggest venue, longest hours, racquet rental on site. Currumbin is the wet-weather option. Carrara is where the coaching depth is and where the Masters Games are played in November.

Getting coached at one of these clubs? Ask your coach for a discount code. Most of the coaches we work with have one: you get 5% off anything you buy with it, and your coach is paid 5% of what you spend — so the person who taught you actually gets something back when you take their advice on a racket. If your coach hasn't been issued a code yet, ask them to email hello@australianpadelshop.com and we will set one up. It takes five minutes, costs them nothing, and there is no stock to hold. Full details on the coaches and community page.

Getting gear in Burleigh

Pacific Fair in Broadbeach is about ten minutes up the Gold Coast Highway from Burleigh, and that is where our free click-and-collect counter is — Priceline Pharmacy, Shop 81. Order between 9am and 5pm on a weekday and it is ready within three hours where the stock is on hand; collect seven days during centre hours; return across the same counter if it is not right. There is no showroom and no demo rackets, and we say so rather than pretend.

Four outdoor courts by the coast means sun, salt air and a hot car. A frame protector before the first hit, an overgrip you actually change, and a wristband in summer — Queensland humidity is the number one reason a grip goes slick. Prices below are live from our shelf.