So, about seven months ago, Michael got a job as a helicopter pilot in Queensland. He got the job on the Tuesday, and by the following Friday, he was in Cairns. I stayed at…
Turia PittJanuary 17, 2022
"She might not live." That's what the surgeons told Michael, way back in 2011, after I was burnt. They asked him if he wanted to see me, but warned him I looked different (my head was the…
Turia PittDecember 20, 2021
It's a Tuesday morning. 8:30am. You open your laptop, with every intention of productively working away on a project, your mind engaged and focused, your body fuelled only by a glass of alkaline water. Sunbeams…
Turia PittDecember 20, 2021
Hey mate,So, a few years ago, I bought tickets for Michael, Hakavai and I to go and see The Wiggles.I’d been eagerly looking forward to the concert for months (I’m not sure if Hakavai realised what was…
Turia PittDecember 6, 2021
Hey mate, So, I started filming videos for my business in 2014. This was back before Instagram Live, TikTok or any of the other kinds of video content that we see everywhere these days. One…
Turia PittSeptember 27, 2021
In September 2011, I was trapped by a grassfire during an ultramarathon. This is what I remember. I remember the hot Kimberly sun beating down, burning my already burnt skin. I remember accidentally sitting on…
Turia PittSeptember 13, 2021
Hey mate, Let me take you to New York. It's 2016, a few weeks after I’ve competed in the Ironman World Championships. My Ironman journey had been included in an NBC documentary and I’d flown over to…
Turia PittJuly 16, 2021
Hey mate, I want to take you back to 2011... It’s less than a month since I’ve been burnt and I’m trapped in the intensive care unit with a tracheostomy, covered head to toe in…
Turia PittJuly 4, 2021
When I was at uni, I decided to enter a Miss Earth beauty pageant. We wore bikinis when we were talking about the particular environmental issue we were passionate about (very serious ?). I’d probably…
Turia PittMay 14, 2021
