title: Blind Bight, Victoria
text: # Blind Bight, Victoria
  
  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.
  
  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).
  
  It is serviced periodically by bus route 795 operated by Cranbourne Transit.
  
  ## 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.
  
  