Blind Bight is a town in
Victoria
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,
Australia
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, 55 km south-east of
Melbourne's Central Business District
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, located within the
City of Casey
The City of Casey is a local government area in Victoria, Australia in the outer south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Casey is Victoria's most populous municipality, with a 2021 population of 365,239. It has an area of .
The city is named afte ...
local government area
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. Blind Bight recorded a population of 1,290 at the
2021 census.
[
Located on the large bay of ]Western Port
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, 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).
bus route
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795 operated by Cranbourne Transit
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History
In August 1953, Phillips Bus Service purchased Woods Bus Service ...
.
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
The City of Cranbourne was a local government area about southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of , and existed from 1860 until 1994. It was notable for being the last local government area ...
– Blind Bight was previously within this former local government area.
References
Towns in Victoria (state)
Coastal towns in Victoria (state)
Western Port
City of Casey
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