Bring Brianna Home & Fulfil Her Dreams

Our hearts are broken. Our kind, loving and beautiful daughter and sister, Brianna Lani Cronin, passed away in Bali. We are asking for your help to bring her home to Australia.

Who Brianna was

If you knew Brianna, you know she lit up every room she walked into. She was a kindred spirit, quirky, bubbly and endlessly curious, with a laugh that pulled everyone in. She was a friend to everyone she met, a caring sister and a loving daughter and granddaughter.

Brianna felt most at home in nature. She would be the one wandering off the track to look at a mushroom, crouching beside tiny wildflowers, or gently holding a python while the rest of us kept our distance. She practised yoga with grace and joy, climbed mountains, explored rainforests, and travelled the world with wide-open eyes, from the lakes and peaks of Europe to the canals of Venice. In 2022 she proudly graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts, throwing her cap to the sky the way she met all of life: arms open.

Who is organising this fundraiser

My name is Kyle Lawrence Cronin, and I am Brianna’s brother. I am organising this fundraiser on behalf of our family, together with our parents, Brett Cronin and Eileen Tuhou. Brianna is the person this fundraiser is for. As her immediate family, we are responsible for her repatriation and her funeral, and the funds will be used by us to pay these costs directly.

How the funds will be used

Every dollar raised goes towards bringing Brianna home and laying her to rest. The figures below are our current estimates while we finalise quotes:

Repatriation from Bali to Brisbane — mortuary care and preparation in Indonesia, the required coffin and documentation, consular and customs paperwork, and air transport to Brisbane. Estimated cost: $20,000 AUD.

Funeral and memorial service in Brisbane — funeral director’s fees, the service, and laying Brianna to rest. Estimated cost: $10,000 AUD.

Family travel and accommodation in Bali — flights and accommodation so that Brianna’s father and younger sister could travel to Bali to be with her and bring her home. These costs have already been paid out of pocket by our family. Cost: $9,000 AUD.

Total estimated cost: $39,000 AUD.

Funds are withdrawn to a Macquarie Bank account held by our cousin, Blake Tymms, who is helping our family manage the finances during this time. Blake transfers the funds to our family, and they are used to cover the costs set out above. We will post updates on this page accounting for how the money has been spent, so every supporter can see exactly where their donation went.

If we raise more than we need

Brianna had big plans. On her vision board, under the words “Personal Growth,” she had drawn her dream: an environmentally friendly greenhouse powered by a solar roof, filled with strawberries, blackberries, grapevines and passionfruit, with a cobbled garden path, a café, a yoga studio and a space where people could gather, connect and grow together.

Any funds raised beyond the cost of bringing Brianna home and her funeral will go towards making that dream real, a living place in her honour that carries on her love of nature, wellbeing and community. Our family will manage these funds and will share our plans on this page before anything is spent.

Thank you

We are deeply grateful to our families and friends, and to Brianna’s friends and colleagues, for your love, support and condolences. To the consular staff and officials in Bali and Australia, thank you for taking care of her. We also extend our heartfelt sympathy to other families who have lost loved ones overseas.

If you are able to donate, thank you from the bottom of our hearts. If you can’t, sharing this page helps just as much.

In Brianna’s honour, we humbly ask that the thousands of acts of kindness we have been shown continue until we have her back in our loving embrace.

With love,

The Cronin Family