Reef Kite was a bubbly, gentle toddler who was just learning to find his voice.
He was not a climber, and he had only just mastered saying his favourite fruit blueberries and the name of his aunt, Dee Quartermaine.
Named by his parents after his father's passion for marine life, the 21-month-old was the cherished youngest brother to two older boys.
But in an instant, a preventable home accident took his life when a set of pine drawers overturned and crushed him.
Before the tragedy, Reef's mother Skye had asked their landlord for permission to anchor that piece of furniture to a wall.
The landlord refused as the interior walls of the property had been freshly painted.
"Skye has not coped well since," Ms Quartermaine said.
"She's not doing well in her life still.
"It's been 11 years, so I think that really demonstrates how big of an impact something like this has on a parent.
"It really broke everyone."
Amid the overwhelming grief, Ms Quartermaine noticed a disturbing pattern online.
"About a week after he passed away, I kept coming across a pattern of people saying drawers had fallen on their kids," she said.
"I was like 'something needs to be done about this because obviously we're not the only family'."
Channelling her grief into action, she launched Bolt it Back for Reef.
What began as a social media support group quickly grew into a national campaign, earning recognition from Kidsafe and pushing state governments to rewrite tenancy laws.
The journey has been long and often frustrating.
When Western Australia introduced Reef's Law in 2019 to give renters the right to anchor furniture, the campaign faced surprising pushback over landlord property rights.
"A landlord did say no, and a death occurred," Ms Quartermaine, who now lives in Tasmania, said.
"There has to be a line that you draw between what's morally and ethically right and someone else's right."
Tasmania recently passed legislation to update tenancy laws to improve child safety and allow renters to anchor heavy furniture.
Tenants can secure furniture without asking, as long as it causes no permanent damage.
If permanent damage is likely to occur, tenants must seek permission, and landlords must respond within 14 days and cannot unreasonably refuse.
Refusals can be appealed to the Residential Tenancy Commissioner.
While Tasmania's recent passage of safety modification laws marked another major milestone in a six-year crusade across state legislatures, Ms Quartermaine emphasised that legal changes were only half the battle.
Crucially, public awareness remained the ultimate key to keeping children safe.
"It's great to have laws and protect tenants, but the education side of reminding parents that this is a risk is just as important," Ms Quartermaine said.
"A lot of new parents don't actually know the risk."
Tenants' Union of Tasmania principal solicitor Ben Bartl said while the new government legislation was supported, Tasmanian renters continued to have the weakest protections in the country.
"As well as safer homes, renters also need homes that allow them to make other minor modifications such as hanging a picture on the wall, installing a shelf in the bathroom or planting a herb garden," he said.
"Most Australian states and territories allow renters to make minor modifications that ensure safety and security as well as be more disability friendly and energy efficient.
"Renting for many Tasmanians is no longer a transition to home ownership so we need to ensure that our rental laws allow renters to make their homes more homely."