Blind Bight, Victoria

Blind Bight Victoria
Blind Bight
Coordinates	38.214°S 145.340°E / -38.214; 145.340
Population	1,290 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	3980
Location	55 km (34 mi) from Melbourne 16 km (10 mi) from Cranbourne
LGA(s)	City of Casey
State electorate(s)	Hastings
Federal division(s)	Holt

Blind Bight (the Victorian Bayou) is a town in Victoria, Australia, 55 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Casey local government area. Blind Bight recorded a population of 1,290 at the 2021 census.^[1]

Located on the large bay of Western Port, Blind Bight is a mangrove area, offering birdwatching opportunities and walking tracks along the foreshore and in surrounding bushland. The town contains a community centre, Sanjos general store and post office, a playground, a basketball court, picnic facilities, a boat ramp and a lookout over the bay. Of the coastal villages in the area it is the most populated and developed. Blind Bight Post Office opened on 25 July 1994. Blind Bight is a very low-wave-energy environment and is also quite sheltered and calm. Nearby shopping precincts include Cranbourne Park Shopping Centre (14 km), Shopping on Clyde (13 km), Botanic Ridge Village (11 km), and the shops in Tooradin (6 km). ^[2]

It is serviced periodically by bus route 795 operated by Cranbourne Transit.^[3]

Education

Most of the children in the area go to Tooradin Primary School, Koo Wee Rup Secondary College or Cranbourne Secondary College. School buses are operated by Westernport Road Lines, Cranbourne Transit and Berwick Bus Lines.

See also

• City of Cranbourne – Blind Bight was previously within this former local government area.

References

1. "2021 Census QuickStats Blind Bight". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
2. Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 12 February 2021
3. "795 Warneet - Cranbourne". Public Transport Victoria.