The Bairnsdale SMM site is19km WSW of Bairnsdale in the central Gippsland region of Victoria.

Weather station and telemetry unit of the Bairnsdale soil moisture monitoring site located on the fence line between two paddocks. Soil core from the Bairnsdale paddock, which highlights a gradual change in soil characteristics down the profile. A piece of the soil core from the Bairnsdale paddock which has a plant root clearly growing into it.