Stuart Trueman was born in 1962 at Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England and was brought up in a little village close by called Frisby-on-the-Wreake. After leaving Frisby Stuart climbed, skied, cycled, paddled and travelled through over forty countries before finally settling in the Blue Mountains, Sydney, Australia. Stuart and his wife have two girls, Brittany aged thirteen and Ella aged nine.