On Wednesday this week we had our very last day at the Brickworks after 25 years. The end of a huge last two weeks of 12 hour days sorting and packing the last of our machinery and timbers, and the end of an era for Thor’s Hammer.

It’s the end of an era for those of us who grew up in Canberra, with the demolition of the Northbourne Flats. The excavators have started tearing down these buildings that have stood at the doorstep of our city since the 1950’s, and were originally built to house public servants.

Paolo Bellini is a ski coach, sports psychologist, nutritionist and co-founder of Vertikal Snow Sports. We spoke to him about life after a coma, the smell of hard work and what inspired his ski lodge fit-out.