The Sunshine Coast came to padel later than Brisbane and the Gold Coast and then did something neither of them had: built indoor. Every court on the coast is under a roof, which in Queensland summer is not a luxury. It also means the Sunshine Coast is where Brisbane players drive to when it rains.
Open right now
Ace Padel Clubs — Forest Glen
Shed 2, 5 Cedarbrook Drive, Forest Glen QLD 4556. Four indoor courts, open 5am to 11pm seven days, booked through Playtomic. Private and group coaching from a team of four European coaches — Tomas, the head coach, is Lithuanian; Gaizka is Basque — plus social padel sessions for players who do not have a four to bring. Cafe, bar, viewing lounges, showers and lockers, and a pro shop that carries rackets, balls, grips, shoes and bags.
Two things make Ace unusual. The coaching bench is deeper than anywhere else in Queensland, and they run demo rackets at $20 a game, which makes Forest Glen one of the very few places in the state where you can properly hit with a frame before buying it. If you are anywhere between Caloundra and Noosa and choosing a racket, do that first.
Opening now
Padelground — Forest Glen
84 Sandalwood Lane, Forest Glen QLD 4556, a few hundred metres from Ace. Seven indoor courts including one of the first singles courts in Australia, AI replay cameras, a group training studio, sauna, cold plunge, cafe and licensed bar — a $4 million, 3,200 square metre build by Brendon and Cristy Levenson, the founders of Jetts 24 Hour Fitness. Founder memberships opened on 17 August and the venue's own site says September 2026, so by the time you read this it is either open or days away. Check padelground.com.au for the day.
Announced
| Venue | Where | What is planned | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| PadelClubhouse | Baringa | 3 padel courts, 3 pickleball courts, 2 TrackMan golf bays, cafe, bar, function room; 6am–10pm daily | Announced for late 2026 — confirm before travelling |
| Padel House Australia | Sunshine Coast, site to be confirmed | Not yet published | Announced |
Noosa and Gympie have nothing open or announced. Everything on the coast sits at Forest Glen, with Baringa to come — which puts the courts roughly in the middle of the region, twenty minutes from Maroochydore and Caloundra and forty from Noosa.
Sunshine Coast at a glance
| Venue | Where | Courts | Book via | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace Padel Clubs | Forest Glen | 4 indoor | Playtomic | Open, 5am–11pm daily |
| Padelground | Forest Glen | 7 indoor (incl. 1 singles) | padelground.com.au | Opening September 2026 |
| PadelClubhouse | Baringa | 3 indoor + 3 pickleball | — | Announced |
| Padel House Australia | TBC | Not published | — | Announced |
Eleven indoor courts within a few hundred metres of each other — fourteen once Baringa lands — is more indoor padel than Brisbane and the Gold Coast have between them until Arundel opens in November. It is the reason this page exists on its own rather than as a footnote to Brisbane.
Playing competitively from the Sunshine Coast
No Sunshine Coast tournament is published yet — Ace advertises competitions generically and Padelground says they are planned. The one real event in the state is padel at the Pan Pacific Masters Games, 13–15 November 2026 at KDV Sport in Carrara on the Gold Coast: men's, women's and mixed doubles in 35+, 45+ and 55+ brackets, open entry, no ranking required. Entries close 16 October 2026. Two hours down the highway, and worth it if you have been playing socially for six months and wondered whether you are ready.
How competitive padel works in Australia →
Which brands to buy where
Worth knowing before you go shopping, because nobody else will tell you.
Every club pro shop buys through its own wholesale account, which means it goes deep on one or two brands rather than wide across the market. Which brands depends entirely on the club — around Australia you will find adidas, Bullpadel, Head, Wilson and StarVie clubs, and plenty that do not publish what they carry at all.
If the brand you want is the one on your club's wall, buy it there. You get to pick the racket up and hit with it before you pay, and no website can compete with that.
We range the five that most club shops don't: Babolat, NOX, Siux, Tecnifibre and Dunlop — with the manufacturer's full specification published on every frame, so you can compare shape, weight, balance, core and face material properly instead of guessing.
Between a club pro shop and this site a player can get to more or less any racket made. Start wherever the brand you want lives.
Getting padel gear on the Sunshine Coast
Ace has a pro shop and Padelground will have one. Beyond those two, the Sunshine Coast has no padel retail. We are an online shop run out of Broadbeach on the Gold Coast, which for the Sunshine Coast means:
- Same-day dispatch on orders placed before 1pm AEST on a business day. Australia Post standard from the Gold Coast to the Sunshine Coast is usually next business day, sometimes two.
- Free shipping over $99 Australia-wide, $9.95 flat below that.
- The manufacturer's full specification on every racket — shape, weight, balance, core, face material — so you can compare a frame you tried at Ace against the ones you did not.
- Free click and collect at Pacific Fair in Broadbeach if you are heading south anyway, ready within three hours on weekday orders placed 9am–5pm where the stock is on hand.
There is no showroom and there are no demo rackets at our end — Ace's $20-a-game demo programme is the honest answer to "can I try it first", and we would rather you used it than bought blind.
Shipping and delivery in full →
What to buy once you are going regularly
Prices below are live from our shelf.
A racket that suits a beginner — round or hybrid head, soft core, under 365g. Spend $140 to $250; what a padel racket costs in Australia explains what each band buys.
Balls, an overgrip and a frame protector. Indoor courts are kinder to a frame than outdoor ones, but the glass is still glass. The protector goes on before the first hit.
Coming to padel from tennis?
Padel vs tennis covers what carries over and what you have to unlearn — four minutes, worth it before your first session at Forest Glen.
Coaching on the Sunshine Coast?
We run a referral programme for coaches and social organisers: your player gets 5% off and you are paid 5% of what they spend, tracked automatically and reconciled monthly. Nothing to hold, nothing to sell, and it sits comfortably alongside a club pro shop because we range the brands most club shops do not. Details on the coaches and community page.
Playing elsewhere in Queensland?
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