Who remembers the old Menai tip, where you drove right into the site and unloaded your unwanted household goods and garden waste while a huge bulldozer hovered nearby?
Before heading home, you would have a look around to see what others had thrown out, and some people left with the boot or trailer full.
The kids would love the outing, too, scavenging for bikes, toys and other collectibles.
For a long time, there wasn't even a fee for residents dumping small quantities.
It turned out to be an environmental disaster, but provided a lot of enjoyment.
Memories were stirred by photos in the Leader archives of Police Rescue Squad officers dumping 30 video and poker machines at the Menai tip in 1987.
The reason is unknown, but the photos certainly capture the tip as it was in the 1970s and '80s.
For one thing. workplace safety wasn't what it is today.
The Sutherland Shire Council tip was opened in the mid-1960s, replacing one on Captain Cook Drive, Woolooware, where the Sharks later made their home.
In 1976 the Menai tip, or Lucas heights tip as it became known, became a regional waste depot.
The original Menai tip was later covered and became The Ridge sporting complex.
