Joel Nash

Joel Nash is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away played by David E Woodley. Joel made his first appearance on 18 February 1998 and departed on 11 October 2000.

Character creation and casting

In 1997, after Debra Lawrance quit her role as Pippa Ross producers decided to introduce a new family to run the caravan park, because the household was seen as the "centrepieice of the show". They created the Nash family consisting of parents Joel and Natalie, played by Woodley and Angelica la Bozzetta respectively and children Gypsy (Kimberley Cooper) and Tom (Graeme Squires). The family come to Summer Bay from Hong Kong to start a new life.