Andrew Norton might call her the cheapest pet, but to Broome residents, Julia is a priceless pig.
She's known around town for roaming the streets and humbugging people for food.
Julia started her new life in Broome after Mr Norton went pig shooting with his brother and they came back with two small pigs.
One went into the pot, and Julia stayed home.
This year, the gilt, a female pig with no piglets, turns 10 years old.
Now she lives the simple life of a retiree pig, walking up and down her street but making sure she goes home for dinner promptly at 4pm.
But in her heyday, Julia ran around and played with fellow pet dogs on the lawn.
Mr Norton said she used to know how to do tricks like sitting for her dinner.
"You could walk her on a lead straight away but now she's just a big lump," he said.
"I weighed her on some car scales, she's 200-and-something kilos."
Julia also liked to frequent the local butcher store.
Butcher shop manager Vinka Bridgeman said her first encounter with Julia gave her a fright.
"I had just parked my car and I could hear this, like grunting noise," Ms Bridgeman said.
"We used to throw over scraps to her and she used to root around all the bushes down there and ate whatever was there," Ms Bridgeman said.
"She would just wander down and you could hear the noises that she would make ... it was hilarious."
Ms Bridgeman and her team would feed the ginormous pig melon scraps from the farm.
But her owner says she was a lucky pig who was given a variety of foods from local eateries.
"She's very food driven … bread, fruit, dog biscuits, mangoes … she loves cakes, she used to get the leftover cakes from the nearby bakery," Mr Norton said.
Most residents and workers on the street are used to the sight of the tottering old pig.
"They used to take photos and I remember once, 11 o'clock one night, a copper was leaning over the fence with a torch, looking for the pig just for a photo," Mr Norton said.
But seeing pigs in Broome is not anything new. A few years ago, Julia had a few pink neighbours around town.
For Mr Norton, Julia is the perfect pet.
"Apparently, they live for 20 years, but I'll let you know," he said.
"She doesn't cost anything, doesn't go to the vet, doesn't get sick ... she's tough.
"If you've got the hose on, she'll want to come up and get hosed off."
While he would not recommend a pet pig to everyone, he counts himself lucky.
"I think she thinks she's a big dog," he said.
"Luckiest pig on the Fitzroy ... wouldn't have made it this far out there," he said.
For Ms Bridgeman and the staff at the butcher shop, Julia is the perfect neighbour.
"It's terribly funny having a neighbourhood pig in front of a butcher shop. I mean, who would have thought? It's one of those stories that's only in Broome."
