Hi

Just read your story re Avalon restaurant incident - not good at all! However I have to say that I lived on the Northern Beaches for the last 18 years and I have never witnessed an incident remotely like that one. If you go to Manly on on Saturday night, yes you will see a gathering of drunking louts however fast rule you don't go there if you can possibly avoid it.

Avalon is considered to be one of jewels of the northern beaches (I should reiterate I don't live there due to affordability factor so I'm not rallying for my home burb). Simply speaking, these incidents can occur anywhere however it is not the typical and I'm speaking with 18 years experience of these parts.

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