The house was named after Fairlight, East Sussex, a historic village in Hastings, on the south coast of England.

The Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company had a tradition of naming its ferries after the suburbs of the Northern Beaches.

Fairlight Beach is located on the Manly Scenic Walkway[6] on Sydney Harbour, which can be followed for some kilometres (miles) to Spit Bridge.

Though swells up to 2 metres (6') were recorded following Hurricane Larry, it is not a surfing beach, as the shore is rocky and the break unpredictable.

The K-12 was a 611-ton ex-submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy (later the United States Navy) that was bought by private buyers after World War II and leased to the Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company, who set her up as a museum ship at a custom berth adjacent to Manly harbour pool.

[8] The hull was lightened by salvagers then re-floated on 7 January 1951,[9] and towed up the Parramatta River to Ryde Road bridge; however here she sank again after her seacocks were vandalised.

[1] Fairlight Beach is popular for swimming and snorkelling and as a vantage point to view harbour yacht races.