The site was originally coastal lagoons, and the city council had historically used the site as landfill rubbish tip. In 2003, the ground was featured in the media on ABC Stateline, when local residents suggested that DDTs, and other Organochlorides had been used to control vermin and mosquitoes when the site was a rubbish dump, and that these chemicals were responsible for higher than usual rates of diseases such as cancer in the area.
The site initially consisted of coastal lagoons, and the city council had habitually utilized it as a waste disposal facility. In 2003, the ground received media attention on ABC Stateline, when local residents suggested that DDTs, and other Organochlorides had been used to control pests and disease-carrying insects when the site was a rubbish dump, resulting in higher-than-usual rates of diseases such as cancer in the area.