A QUICK WORD WITH DEBORAH SAMS

I grew up at Whale Beach. In my 20s and 30s I lived in the east [of Sydney] and in my early 30s I moved back to Avalon and have lived there ever since with my husband and my son. It’s so beautiful, you have nature at your doorstep. We’re beach people and we have water all around us.

There’s a place called Queen Ester Falafel, which opened