A mother plunged to her death from her daughter's favourite clifftop lookout with the two-year-old in her arms in a suspected murder-suicide.
The bodies of Tanja Ludwig, 33, and her daughter Tilly were found at the base of a cliff below picturesque tourist hot spot Robertson Lookout at Mt Keira, near Wollongong, on Tuesday night.
Jenae Johnston, the founder of Bushwalk the Gong and a close friend of Ms Ludwig's, said the lookout was Tilly's favourite spot.
'She shared how much her daughter loved the trees and how she ran along the pathway enjoying it so much,' Mrs Johnston said.
The bodies of Tanja Ludwig (pictured), 33, and her daughter Tilly were found at the base of a cliff below picturesque tourist hotspot Robertson Lookout at Mt Keira, near Wollongong, on Tuesday night
Ms Ludwig often visited the area to participate in meditation retreats (pictured centre) and found the surroundings both relaxing and restorative
In one of her final social media posts, Ms Ludwig shared a message for people suffering with mental health problems
'She told me of the new trails they had explored together and the big tree she found.'
Ms Ludwig often visited the area to participate in meditation retreats and found the surroundings 'relaxing and restorative'.
'I knew Tanja loved the bush there too. She attended many of the meditation events we held in the rain forest under Robertson Lookout.
'Her last conversation with me, less than a fortnight ago, we walked along the pathway together in the rain forest and she shared how she had brought her German friends that were visiting here for a walk as it was her favourite place.
'She just loved this place and was always so thankful for the experience of being in nature, meditating and staring up into the tree canopy.'
'I could never of expected that you would lose your life in a place you loved so much.'
In one of her final social media posts, Ms Ludwig shared a message for people suffering with mental health problems.
'It's OK not to be OK. We all need support sometimes,' Ms Ludwig posted to Facebook, alongside phone numbers offering support and counselling.
'It's OK not to be OK. We all need support sometimes,' Ms Ludwig posted to Facebook, alongside phone numbers offering support and counselling
Ms Ludwig - originally from Germany - and her partner had recently separated, and she had been living in a flat (pictured) with her daughter in Coniston, a Wollongong suburb
Detectives are understood to be treating the deaths as a murder-suicide, and are preparing a report for the coroner.
Ms Ludwig - originally from Germany - and her partner had recently separated, and she had been living in a flat with her daughter in Coniston, a Wollongong suburb.
A relative of Ms Ludwig's estranged partner, who went to the
