The club is based at Pizzey Park, in Miami on Queensland's Gold Coast.
The Pirates were a loosely affiliated bunch of rugby enthusiasts with no fixed home ground who would often cobble together a team on a Saturday morning.
Initially the newly formed club remained at Bond University, but with tensions increasing over vehicle access, noise, ground and facility maintenance, and a raft of other issues, the decision was made to look for a new home.
Eventually a deal was struck with the Gold Coast City Council to take over a recently vacated club house at the back of the Miami tip, in the Pizzey Park sports complex.
Quite a number of junior players have gone on to play Colts at the Bond University Club, which competes in the Queensland Premier League based in Brisbane.