The bach row
Thirty-four register entries, and they are the row the bay is famous for, holiday baches the council lists one by one, from the settlement that began in caves and tents before the road came. The walk runs the shore west to east: the bunch at the bay’s south end first, the main row after, where the numbered baches and the numbered bays interleave, and the last three standing apart to the east. The numbers jump; the shore doesn’t. Long, a good stretch of coast between the row and its outliers.
The walk, as a line
Straight between pins, the streets run longer. Every numbered pin opens that place’s own record.
The stops, in order
- Taylors Mistake Bach 6, 46 Taylors Mistake Bay · 37 unread leads
Bach 6, the westernmost entry; the row starts at the bay’s south end.
- Taylors Mistake Bach 46, 46 Taylors Mistake Bay · 25 unread leads
Bach 46, first of the south bunch, where the entries stand closest.
- Taylors Mistake Bach 45, 45 Taylors Mistake Bay · 26 unread leads
Bach 45, shoulder to shoulder down the shore.
- Taylors Mistake Bach 44, 44 Taylors Mistake Bay · 24 unread leads
Bach 44.
- Taylors Mistake Bach 43, 43 Taylors Mistake Bay · 22 unread leads
Bach 43.
- Taylors Mistake Bach 42, 42 Taylors Mistake Bay · 23 unread leads
Bach 42.
- Taylors Mistake Bach 41, 41 Taylors Mistake Bay · 25 unread leads
Bach 41.
- Taylors Mistake Bach 40, 40 Taylors Mistake Bay · 29 unread leads
Bach 40.
- Taylors Mistake Bach 39, 39 Taylors Mistake Bay · 25 unread leads
Bach 39.
- Taylors Mistake Bach 38, 38 Taylors Mistake Bay · 27 unread leads
Bach 38.
- Taylors Mistake Bach 37, 37 Taylors Mistake Bay · 22 unread leads
Bach 37.
- Taylors Mistake Bach 36, 36 Taylors Mistake Bay · 25 unread leads
Bach 36.
- Taylors Mistake Bach 35, 35 Taylors Mistake Bay · 27 unread leads
Bach 35, the south bunch’s last.
- Taylors Mistake Bach 7, 33 Taylors Mistake Bay · 40 unread leads
Bach 7, the shore keeps listing, east along the sand.
- Taylors Mistake Bach 8, 32 Taylors Mistake Bay · 41 unread leads
Bach 8.
- Taylors Mistake Bach 9, 31 Taylors Mistake Bay · 40 unread leads
Bach 9.
- Taylors Mistake Bach 10, 30 Taylors Mistake Bay · 40 unread leads
Bach 10.
- Taylors Mistake Bach 11, 28 Taylors Mistake Bay · 39 unread leads
Bach 11, the south side ends; the main row is a short stretch on.
- 48 Taylors Mistake Bay, 48 Taylors Mistake Bay
Bay 48, the main row begins, and the numbered bays join the numbered baches.
- Taylors Mistake Bach 5, 49 Taylors Mistake Bay · 39 unread leads
Bach 5.
- 51 Taylors Mistake Bay, 51 Taylors Mistake Bay
Bay 51.
- 52 Taylors Mistake Bay, 52 Taylors Mistake Bay
Bay 52.
- Taylors Mistake Bach 4, 56 Taylors Mistake Bay · 40 unread leads
Bach 4.
- 53 Taylors Mistake Bay, 55 Taylors Mistake Bay
Bay 53.
- Taylors Mistake Bach 3, 57 Taylors Mistake Bay · 40 unread leads
Bach 3.
- 58 Taylors Mistake Bay, 58 Taylors Mistake Bay
Bay 58.
- Taylors Mistake Bach 2, 59 Taylors Mistake Bay · 38 unread leads
Bach 2.
- 60 Taylors Mistake Bay, 60 Taylors Mistake Bay · 1 unread lead
Bay 60.
- Taylors Mistake Bach 1, 68 Taylors Mistake Bay · 39 unread leads
Bach 1, the register’s own first entry on the row.
- 69 Taylors Mistake Bay, 69 Taylors Mistake Bay
Bay 69.
- 70 Taylors Mistake Bay, 70 Taylors Mistake Bay
Bay 70, the north end of the row; the street numbers run out.
- Taylors Mistake Bach 12, 6 Taylors Mistake Bay · 40 unread leads
Bach 12, the first of the three that stand apart, east along the coast.
- Taylors Mistake Bach 13, 2 Taylors Mistake Bay · 43 unread leads
Bach 13.
- Taylors Mistake Bach 14, 1 Taylors Mistake Bay · 40 unread leads
Bach 14, the row’s last entry, standing on its own.
What the register built on the way
Council structures within about 30 m of the stop-to-stop line, the bridges, steps and shelters the route passes. Site names are the register’s own.
A set of steps at Taylors Mistake Beach, 33 steps · built 1998
A set of steps at Whitewash Reserve, 4 steps · built 2000
A set of steps at Whitewash Reserve, 14 steps · built 2000 1 m off the line
A footbridge at Taylors Mistake Beach, 10 m long · 3 spans · built 1998 9 m off the line
A set of steps at Whitewash Reserve, 7 steps · built 2000 14 m off the line
A footbridge at Taylors Mistake Beach, 11.25 m long · 5 spans · built 1998 17 m off the line
A footbridge at Taylors Mistake Beach, 3 m long · built 1998 17 m off the line
A set of steps at Taylors Mistake Beach, 3.5 m long · built 1999 20 m off the line
The reports along it
149 council reports pinned within 150 m of the line, most often Trees & parks and Roads & footpaths, 131 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Dumped Rubbish
Dumped Rubbish
Trees - General
Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Animal - General
Park - General Request
Animal - GeneralQuestions, answered briefly
Thirty-four register entries, and they are the row the bay is famous for, holiday baches the council lists one by one, from the settlement that began in caves and tents before the road came. 34 listed places, 2.8 km as the line runs, Taylors Mistake.
Taylors Mistake Bach 6 (46 Taylors Mistake Bay) to Taylors Mistake Bach 14 (1 Taylors Mistake Bay), the order is a suggestion, not the only way round.
Every one, each pin is a row in the district plan’s heritage schedule, and each opens the place’s own sourced record here.
2.8 km measured straight between the pins, the streets run longer, and the stops deserve a pause each.
The record behind this
Every stop is a row in the district plan’s heritage schedule, held here as the register’s own layer. The order and the notes are ours, the listings are the council’s and Heritage New Zealand’s. "Setting" is the register’s word for the ground a listing covers.
The rest of the register here: Taylors Mistake · Taylors Mistake - South · Taylors Mistake Baches - North
The same ground today: Sumner
More walks over this ground: The sea front
This page as markdown: /walks/taylors-mistake-baches.md · the route as data: /walks/taylors-mistake-baches.geojson · on the live map: the walks layer.