Judy nunn biography

A lifelong storyteller

Judy Nunn’s childhood prepared her well for life as a storyteller. 

Whether it was fishing with big brother Rob in the Swan River close to their home in Perth or skimming the ocean at giddy speeds in a skiff built by her father, it was a childhood brimming with adventure and discovery. 

“I was a tomboy,” Judy says.

“Mine was an idyllic childhood.

Judy nunn biography

Our home was on the banks of the beautiful Swan River. Rob and I grew up swimming and boating and crabbing and prawning and diving for the mussels.”

Judy’s father Bob, an agriculturist, liked to introduce his children to new experiences and sometimes took them with him on work trips to remote parts of Western Australia.

Judy was a natural born explorer, curious, brave, up for any challenge.  

“My most vivid memory of a trip north with Dad and Rob was a cattle station called Boollalloo, where I first learned to ride. I was ten years old and a wonderful Aboriginal stockman call