We show that the class of Steiner triple systems on 3d points defined in Bagchi and Bagchi (J. Combin. Theory Ser. A 52 (1989) 51-61) closely resemble the systems defined through the designs of points and lines of an affine geometry of dimension d over F3 in that they have a rich collection of hyperplanes and subspaces, all of which are designs of the same Bagchi-Bagchi type. The ternary codes and the automorphism groups of these designs can also be fully described.