Jill Meagher’s husband has paid tribute to her in a moving Facebook post marking the second anniversary of her death.

Jill was raped and murdered while walking home from a night out in Melbourne’s Brunswick in 2012.

In the post Mr Meagher recounts his last moments with Jill on the morning of her death.

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“I remember our last moments together two years ago this morning.

“You emerged from the bathroom beaming with Friday enthusiasm, wearing a towel that was wrapped so tightly around your head that it forced your eyes to slant upwards.

“Your skin was bright pink from your customary scalding-hot shower, and the edges of the towel left a white imprint on your forehead.

“When I left the apartment, I don’t remember looking back, all I remember is the sound of your voice singing, and fading slightly with each step I took, until it vanished.”

Mr Meagher writes of how his wife “loved to irritate and surprise”, and says his house is still filled with her exam results, notes, to-do-lists and old diaries.

“I read your diary, and laugh at how funny you were, even when writing only to yourself.

“I still keep your clown make-up and your perfume. The bristles of your hairbrush are still blunted by the sheer volume of dark hair wrapped so tightly around it that they’re impossible to remove.

“You were a true original Jilly, a free soul, you were unashamedly you. I love you even more than you loved life.”

In April this year, Mr Meagher wrote a powerful essay appealing for an end to violence against women.

He said, unlike Jill, most women were killed not by “monsters lurking on busy streets” but by people they know.