As a student, 'west coaster' Rick Snell took a different path from his peers — now he's back home
As a student, 'west coaster' Rick Snell took a different path from his peers â now he's back home FriFriday 15 JanJanuary 2021 at 8:46pm Rick Snell says no matter how far from home he has been, he's always been a West Coaster at heart. ( Share Print text only Cancel Rick Snell is the first to admit he is far from a typical "west coaster", despite growing up in the Tasmanian mining town of Queenstown. "I loved to read, and that kind of stood me out from nearly everyone else ⦠most of my contemporaries had either never read a book or prided themselves on not reading," he laughs.