Fairlight was never big, but thrived on the explosion of settlement that followed the gold rush hereabouts. Now, most of the township is an Edwardian homestead ('built in the Georgian style' by one of the original runholders), and a tiny station. The building itself was bought from Otautau when the station there was closed.
Here it is still well in use. This is the Kingston flyer, emerging majestically from the bush. She was on a special run for a 'third age' holiday; her decks were crowded by older blokes grinning fit to bust their jaws.