An Australian woman who was killed along with her partner after a landslide swept away their Balinese villa while on holiday has been identified.
Angelina Smith, 47, and her Dutch partner Luciano Kross, 50, were sleeping in their wooden villa when a hill behind their Yeh Baat accommodation near Jatiluwih village gave way early Thursday morning after heavy rain.
It is understood it had been the couple’s first night on the mountain after rejecting locals’ suggestions to stay elsewhere until the weather cleared.
Hours before the tragedy, Mrs Smith shared footage of strong winds whipping the palm trees, while her partner captioned pictures of their villa as ‘old paradise’.
Ms Smith was originally from Melbourne but was a US permanent resident who spent a lot of time in Indonesia, according to her social media accounts.
Angelina Smith, 47, (right) and her Dutch partner Luciano Kross, 50 (left) have been identified as the two tourists killed by a landslide in Bali early Thursday morning
The couple were fast asleep when the landslide crushed their villa (damage in the picture)
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A member of the Bali Travel Forum shared this webcam screenshot of two people walking on the beach below Nyepi
She described herself as an artist, leader of feminine embodiment and movement explorer who offered a four month Blut Lotus apprenticeship in online alchemy and mysticism.
Ms Smith was in Byron Bay in northern NSW as recently as December.
“This time for me in Australia was a time to really sit with the earth and give back to the land that gave so much,” she wrote online at the time.
‘Much reflection and spaciousness allowed me to take a step back to look at where I give and receive in balance, in gifts, in reverence for the beauty of the simplicity and artistry of just ‘being’ in nature.’
Sir. Kross was previously a massage therapist and lecturer in holistic medicine.
The couple’s bodies were found among the debris in a ‘sleeping’ position, according to Indonesian authorities.
Water channels that sat above the villa for irrigation were eroded by the torrential rain and triggered the fatal landslide.
Two empty villas next to the couple’s residence remained intact.
Angelina Smith, 47, (pictured with her partner) was originally from Melbourne
The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is providing consular assistance to Ms Smith’s family.
“We send our deepest condolences to the family at this difficult time,” a spokeswoman said.
Large areas of Indonesia are prone to floods and landslides during the wet season, which starts in November.
Landslides in Indonesia have in some places been exacerbated by deforestation, with prolonged torrential rains causing flooding in some areas.
Landslides and floods triggered by intense rain on Sumatra island last week killed at least 27 people.
Angelina and her Dutch partner were on the first night of a mountain retreat when heavy rain triggered a landslide that swept away their villa
