Gore Bay

A surf beach for swimming complemented by walks and fluted cathedral-like cliffs. There are a number of coastal walkwayson the surrounding headlands.

Until the railway reached Domett in 1907, goods for Cheviot came and went by sea, initially using surfboats at Gore Bay. In 1879 William Robinson of Cheviot Hills built a slipway and shed at Port Robinson, 4 km to the south, where ships could anchor in the lee of a headland, to be serviced by a boat worked from the slipway. There is still a slipway at Port Robinson.

The cliffs at Gore Bay show a cross-section through a variety of marine sediments.

Gore Bay Canvas Art Print by Linelle Stacey