Built in 1975 under the Labor government's Red Scheme for the long-term unemployed, it was officially opened in November 1977 at a cost of A$326,156.
[1] The complex had pools, water slides, and mini-golf.
It was managed by a partnership between the YMCA of Perth and the City of Belmont.
[2] The park closed in 2002 because of new occupational health and safety laws, as well as river run-off laws.
[3] It was added to the Municipal Heritage Inventory in 2003,[1] and in 2018 was demolished to make way for housing.