It's summer here...and it used to be easy to pack up for a last minute camping getaway decades ago, arrive and find a spot to pitch the tent. Now must often plan/reserve site months in advance - no leaving on Thurs with hopes of finding a campsite near water anymore.
How about in NZ? I imagine school holiday periods are most difficult...but these would likely be the times we, too, would be looking at getaways (unless we homeschool which would definitely be a perk to be able to have a wider selection of getaway destinations).