I have been holidaying at Cabarita Beach for the past 15 years (not for that whole time unfortunately!) and have bought at Pottsville just down the road.
I would say I am pretty familiar with Cabarita, as I have consistently checked the pricing in the Cabarita to Pottsville strip for the past 5 years every few weeks or months.
My view is that Cabarita is the place to buy, I really think it will become absolutely exclusive and expensive because of the natural beauty of the area, the building restrictions in the area, and due to the other developments in and around Cabarita.
The old pub which is being knocked down to make way for the new 'Beach' Resort currently enjoys paying land tax and rates of $250 000 per year! There are only three apartments left in the resort, ranging from 1.5m to 3m so I hope you have your cheque book open.
I would compart Cabaritas future to Byron Bay, on a slightly smaller scale.
Tim