Where to Play Padel in Australia: The Best Clubs in Every State

The rise of padel in Australia

Three years ago, you could count Australia's padel clubs on one hand. Five, nationwide. There are now 33, and more springing up while you read this. Ten in Sydney. Nine in Melbourne. Courts turning up in warehouses, beside bowling clubs, on the edge of shopping centres. Pat Rafter predicting 1,000 Aussie courts in the next 5 years! Globally, the sport has passed 38 million players across more than 170 countries. Here it is still early enough that you will know faces at your local by week three, and who doesn't love a social hit and making new friends?

Where to play padel in Sydney

Sydney hits hard with the most courts and the longest hours. Indoor Padel in Alexandria opens at 5am. Padel Point in Bankstown offers climate-controlled indoor courts with a sauna and cold plunge for recovery, a gym and working pods, to boot.

Where to play padel in Melbourne

In Victoria, Recess in Port Melbourne built five terracotta courts, two ice baths and a juice bar worth sitting at. Well worth a visit is Game4Padel with seven undercover courts on the water at Docklands, skyline included.

Where to play padel in Queensland

Up north, Padel Gold Coast has six floodlit courts at KDV in Carrara, plus a bar (essential). Padel Brisbane is expanding their 4 courts at The Gap with 2 more centres. On the Sunny Coast, newcomers Padelground have seven new courts, with an AI replay facility, a wellness centre, cafe and cocktail bar - now we’re talking.

Where to play padel in Perth

Over west, Padel Crush sits on the banks of Lake Monger at Wembley, minutes from the Perth CBD. Good times guaranteed set-to-set, coast-to-coast.

Padel beyond the capital cities

Outside the big smoke. The Town Padel opened in Coffs Harbour in July 2025. Four glass courts, a bar, a cafe, shade and a kids' zone so parents get a game in. No membership. Book and play, happy days! Sol Padel has become an Albury hot-spot, La Palma has three indoor courts at Tuggerah on the Central Coast, and Tribe has plans for indoor courts near Newcastle, not to mention Adelaide, Byron Bay and beyond. You no longer need a capital city postcode for a good hit.

The biggest room in the country

Indoor Padel Australia in Alexandria was the first indoor club here, and it is still the largest. Ten courts, eight under cover, two out in the sun... with more on the horizon. Doors open at 5am and stay open until 11pm, midnight Friday and Saturday. Rain cancels nothing. There is a second site at Cromer on the Northern Beaches. If you play weekly and you are done checking the radar before you text your doubles partner, this is the one.

Indoor courts run warm. Our Dry-Tec range is built for exactly that, moisture-wicking, quick dry and anti-microbial, so a 6am hit does not follow you into the office.

Rafter played the Opera House

On 15-16 August, a padel court landed on the Northern Broadwalk at the Sydney Opera House for the Padel Invitational presented by UBS. Pat Rafter played, which around here counts as a good day at the office. Casey Dellacqua was in too, alongside a ten-strong pro field including Juan Martin Diaz, Martin Di Nenno, Alejandra Salazar and Marina Lobo. Saturday ran celebrity one-point padel, pro exhibition matches and a party on the harbour. Sunday handed the court to club players before the pros closed it out. A padel court in front of the Opera House. That is how far this thing has come.

What to wear on court

Padel is a social sport, often with a bar attached, which suits us fine. Have a look at the new After Dark range, or go straight to the Dry-Tec pieces if you're playing indoors. Designed in Byron, for players by players. From first serve to last round.