It was a brochure-perfect summer morning in Forster. Tourism NSW could not have improved upon the view from our umbrella-shaded table at a beachfront cafe. Just beyond the kids squealing and leaping as the little waves scudded into the still uncrowded sand, a solitary swimmer made his leisurely progress in a glittering sea.
Around us, the cafe was busy, with servers coming and going and patrons sipping coffee, studying their phones or just chatting while waiting for their
