Mitchell River Silt Jetties

It was my last day locuming in Bairnsdale. As the lockdown restrictions eased, Tan could join me in Bairnsdale. After over a 7 hour journey from Warrnambool, he came to Bairnsdale around 5.15pm. I picked him from the station and without wasting anymore time, we wanted to go and see the silt jetties. I have heard the sunsets here are mesmerizing and wanted to see it to ourselves before leaving Bairnsdale.

Mitchell river silt jetties are located about 10km from Bairnsdale. It is porbably better you have an SUV / AWD to get there as the latter part of the journey is on dirt road with so many potholes. Silt jetties are a natural formation of finger like elongated deltas formed by silt, minerals and mud over millennia. At 8km Silt jetties in Bairnsdale are the second largest in the world and the largest in the southern hemisphere. 

By the time we reached there the sun had already set but it was still casting a mesmerizing array of colors at the horizon. It was only us there and the thick silence, even the water didn't seem to make any sound. It was surreal and soothing to the eyes, ears and mind. 

We watched the color display of the setting sun until the night fell and drove back to our hotel down the pothole infested road with occasional bunches of kangaroos jumping across the road.