Tanja Ludwig shared online post encouraging support for people with depression in December 2018

Tanja Ludwig, who killed herself and her two-year-old daughter Tilly when she jumped off a Wollongong lookout, had posted online late last year that “it’s OK not to be OK”. The mother and child were found at the base of Robertson Lookout on Tuesday.

• Mum, daughter fall to deaths in suspected murder-suicide
• Man ‘very sorry’ for ‘punching’ paramedic

A mother who killed herself and her two-year-old daughter when she jumped off a Wollongong lookout had posted online late last year that “it’s OK not to be OK”.

Tanja Ludwig, 34, and her daughter Tilly, 2, were found at the base of Robertson Lookout at Mt Keira on Tuesday after concerns about their welfare were raised with police.

Police were trying on Wednesday to piece together Ms Ludwig’s final hours before the tragic incident which is being investigated as a murder-suicide.

Ms Ludwig should have been planning the third birthday of her daughter, which was just 10 days away.

Tanja Ludwig jumped to her death with daughter Tilly, 2, from a lookout at Mt Keira on Tuesday. Picture: Facebook

Tanja Ludwig’s Instagram profile picture is believed to be of her daughter Tilly (pictured).

MORE NEWS

Camilla Franks’ US launch has top stylists excited

Candice and Dave Warner’s World Cup baby plan

Symphony of lights: Vivid 2019 launches

It’s understood the lookout was a favourite spot for Ms Ludwig, who recently separated amicably from Tilly’s father Ben Stone.

Mr Stone was comforted by paramedics when he ­arrived at the scene shortly after the pair’s death.

Mr Stone is comforted by a paramedic at the scene on Tuesday. Picture: TNV

Mr Stone at Robertson Lookout on Tuesday. Picture: TNV

In a Facebook post in ­December last year, Ms Ludwig shared contact details for organisations like Lifeline and Beyond Blue.

“It’s OK not to be OK,” she wrote in the post. “We all need support sometimes.”

A month earlier, Ms Ludwig promoted PANDA — Peri-natal Anxiety & ­Depression Australia — awareness week.

Ms Ludwig had recently split with partner Ben Stone (above). Picture: Facebook

Ms Ludwig, understood to have been born in Germany, had lived all over the world, including New Zealand, Austria, Thailand and Hawaii.

A neighbour at Ms Ludwig’s Coniston home, ­Ath­ena Kinnas, described Ms Ludwig as a “quiet, ­lovely woman”, and said she often saw her walking down the street with Tilly.

“I’m going to miss her,” she said. “And the little girl — they were nice. Very nice people.”

On Wednesday shocked members of the community laid flowers at the site.

Specialist paramedics were winched into the dense bushland on Tuesday to ­remove the bodies.

One women at the scene, who did not know the pair said she was “deeply traumatised” by the incident.

A Facebook post appearing on Tanja Ludwig’s page dated December 17, 2018. Picture: Facebook

The granny flat at the back of the home in Wollongong Ms Ludwig lived with her daughter. Picture: Justin Lloyd.

A friend of Ms Ludwig, who had only spoken to her last week, said she never saw her suffering from “any sort of massive sadness”.

“On Mother’s Day I showed her this special place under Robertson Lookout,” Jenae Johnston said.

“Only last week she said she had friends and family over from Germany and brought them to this place, and had a wonderful time.

“She said her daughter was there too and had a wonderful time running through the forest.”

Jenae Johnston said she spoke to Tanja Ludwig just last week. Picture: Facebook

Tanja Ludwig attended Jenae Johnston’s meditation classes. Picture: Facebook

Ms Johnston runs meditation classes in the national park, near Robertson Lookout, which Ms Ludwig started attending earlier this year. “I knew that she had recently separated from her partner, but she gave off the impression she was fine,” she said.

“She was so excited to bring her daughter to the forest, you could tell the joy in her face and how much her daughter enjoyed the nature.”

The deaths have renewed community calls for ­improved fencing and sign­age for mental health support at the lookout.

There are Wollongong City Council signs for Lifeline at the Mt Keira lookout, not far from where Ms Ludwig and her daughter died.

In 2002 a mother jumped from Robertson Lookout with her five-year-old son in her arms.

The little boy survived the fall, with his mother, who was killed, taking the brunt of the impact.

*** For support contact Lifeline Crisis Hotline: 13 11 14 ***