Taylors Mistake Beach
Short sandy surf beach framed by volcanic cliffs, with historic cave baches clinging to the rocks.
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This guide to Taylors Mistake Beach in Christchurch starts in eighteen fifty-eight, with an American captain steering the Volga toward a bay he thinks he recognises, and then asks an awkward question about the name the bay still carries. Along the way you'll meet a ship's mate with a hold full of sheep, a land-hunting settler and a schooner captain, plus the older names this beach went by. Best heard standing at the waterline, facing the sea.
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