To Be Known
That feeling when they know your name, know your order, know a bit about who you are — even if you’ve never really talked. A few thoughts on what it means to be known, just a little.
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The Kererū Almanac – Autumn 2025
The Kererū Almanac Autumn 2025Issue 1 Seasonal musings, notes from the journey, and a peek into the world of Cohen & Kleo. HiGood to have you here. Welcome to our new little venture, a place to share updates on all things Cohen and Kleo. About every three months, sort of seasonally.We’re a bit late on our plans for releasing this at the end of March, and quite late for some of you that have signed up over the last few years but here we are. The start of the year has passed by and as the days…
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Cohen and Kleo Site Relaunch
Welcome to our refreshed and renewed website.If you landed here without visiting our homepage first, check it out here! We’ve been working on this relaunch for a couple months now with a few goals in mind: So, what’s new? Colour One of the biggest changes we’ve made is a refreshed colour scheme. Our old site…
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Working with a Lion
Much of my time in Brisbane was spent working at The Lion Richlands restaurant.Was there a real lion? No. Was it a circus sometimes? Maybe a little, but what workplace isn’t. If you’ve been following Kleo and I for a while now you’ll know that we came to Brisbane for the purpose of finding work…
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A Year in Australia
10:30pm tonight (or there abouts) marks one year since I landed in Australia. One year since I finished 9 months of travel through eastern Europe. And what a year it has been! In that year I A very full year and I don’t think I’d have done anything differently. There has also been a lot…
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An ANZAC Day to Remember
The sun rises on our backs, the cool air bites against our cheeks, and the gentle wash of waves fills the silence. As the Last Post echoes across ANZAC Cove, we are drawn together in reflection, honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice on these shores. Knowing I would be in Turkey during ANZAC Day,…
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Sailing on a Turtle’s Back in Belgrade
(No Turtles were harmed in the adventures of this story) One goal I kept in mind while travelling was to make sure I didn’t miss an adventure. It meant keeping an eye out on billboards and posters, ears open in hostels listening for ideas, looking past the first list of things to do on google.Of…
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A Monastic Tour in Central Greece
Throughout my travels in Europe, I often visited similar types of places: parks, museums, castles, and monasteries. The latter often presented some of the most incredible architecture and views and there was no better place for this than the incredible Meteora. I first heard about Meteora while volunteering in Romania. At the time I didn’t…
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A Visit with a Vampire
It was dark and gloomy day. Perched high on the hill, the castle stood. Cloud billowing around it, rain pelting the windows, only a crack of lightning and a boom of thunder could have made the day more ominous. For we stood at the base of Draculas Castle and despite the dangers ahead we proceeded….
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One Year On
Monday the 20th February 2023 marked exactly one year since Kleo the Kererū and I left New Zealand. A year of adventure that I never expected. In the lead up to leaving I had no clue where I would go, what I would do, how long I would be gone for.I told myself make it…
