Fairlight, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Fairlight
city = Sydney
state = nsw


caption =
lga = Manly Council
postcode = 2094
est =
pop =
area =
propval =
stategov = Manly
fedgov = Warringah
near-nw = Manly Vale
near-n = Manly Vale
near-ne = Queenscliff
near-w = Balgowlah
near-e = Manly
near-sw = Balgowlah Heights
near-s = "North Harbour"
near-se = Manly
dist1 = 13
dir1 = north-east
location1= Sydney CBD

Fairlight is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Fairlight is located 13 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Manly Council and is part of the Northern Beaches region.

Fairlight lies between Balgowlah and Manly on both sides of Sydney Road. The suburb reaches north past Balgowlah Road and the western boundary is Hill Street.

History

Fairlight takes its name from Fairlight House built by Henry Gilbert Smith (1802-1886) on land he bought in 1853 from John Parker who had received a land grant in 1837. The house was named after Fairlight, East Sussex, a historic village in Hastings, on the south coast of England. ["The Book of Sydney Suburbs", Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8, page 104]

Fairlight was originally only the area near the beach where Fairlight House once stood, and the suburb at the top of the hill was called Red Hill, due to the pre World War II red gravel surface of Sydney Road.

Shortly after World War II, a submarine moored at Manly was carried around to Fairlight by a storm, and wrecked off the beach.Fact|date=October 2007 Most of the parts were salvaged by the 1960s.

Landmarks

Fairlight Beach is located on the Manly Scenic Pathway on Sydney Harbour, which can be followed for some kilometres to Spit Bridge. Fairlight Beach experiences light harbour swells and southerly winds. Though swells up to 2 metres were recorded following Hurricane Larry, it is not a surfing beach, as the shore is rocky and the break unpredictable.Fact|date=September 2008 The beach has sand largely made up of shell grit (largely missing from the beaches on either side), and a small rock pool. Fairlight has a cemetery in Griffiths Street. The Manly Fire Station is located in Sydney Road, Fairlight.

port and recreation

Fairlight Beach is popular for swimming and snorkelling and as a vantage point to view harbour yacht races. Fairlight is home to the Manly Golf Club and Golf Course. Shops and cafes are located in a shopping strip in Sydney Road.

Events

Fairlight is home to an annual Christmas Lights fundraising competition.

References

External links

* [http://www.manly.nsw.gov.au/content.aspx?PageID=144 Manly Council - History of each of the Streets in Fairlight]
* [http://www.sydney-australia.biz/historical/?whereto=A07 Historical Photograph of Fairlight House]